2014海淀一模 第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. She calls back whenever someone ______ her a message.

A. left A. to A. Finished A. has said A. shouldn‘t A. run A. would lock

B. leaves B. on B. Finishing B. has been said B. mustn‘t B. running B. was locking

C. had left C. in C. To finish C. had said C. wouldn‘t C. to run C. has locked

D. will leave D. for

D. Having finished D. had been said D. couldn‘t D. having run D. had locked

22. The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the problem. 23. ______ the task in time, we had to work late into the night.

24. I know little about the accident because not much ______ about it up to now.

25. She ______ have attended that meeting, for she was doing paperwork in the office then. 26. We‘re advised not to leave the water ______ after using it.

27. Mr. Smith couldn‘t open the door because his naughty boy ______ it from the inside. 28. Jeff, what‘s up? You are not yourself today.

Oh, mom. I really wish I ______ the chance but I failed. A. had got A. one A. stealing

A. before A. which

B. to steal B. whether B. where

C. stolen C. once C. when

D. to be stolen D. while D. why

B. would get B. it

C. will get C. that

D. got D. another

29. This kind of cell phone is very common and I also have ______.

30. The paintings ______ from the National Gallery last week have been found.

31. You cannot take back your words ______ they are out of your mouth.

32. The App WeChat provides a networking platform ______ communication is faster and easier. 33. Did you sleep well last night?

No, the loud noise from the street ______ me awake for hours. A. had kept

B. is keeping

C. has kept

D. kept

34. Have you told your parents about your decision? Not yet. I can hardly imagine ______ they will react. A. what A. that

B. that B. whether

C. how C. where

D. when D. how

35. I think the biggest problem in banning smoking is ______ people can buy cigarettes easily.

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Little Angel

Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, —How is my little boy?‖

The surgeon said, —I‘m __36__. We did all we could, but your boy didn‘t __37__ it.‖ Sally __38__into the chair. The surgeon asked, —Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the __39__?‖ Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers __40__ through his thick curly hair. —Would you like a lock of his hair?‖ the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, —It was Jimmy‘s idea to __41__ his body to the university for study. He said it might __42__ somebody else. —I said no at first, __43__ Jimmy said, ?Mom, I won‘t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.‘‖

—My Jimmy had a heart of __44__, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.‖ she went on.

Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy‘s __45__ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was __46__. It was even harder to enter the __47__ house. She carried Jimmy‘s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son‘s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room __48__ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, __49__ herself to sleep.

It was around midnight when Sally __50__. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said, “Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to __51__ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more __52__ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to __53__a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.

Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all __54__. I don’t have to stand that __55__any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.” 36. A. worried 37. A. make 38. A. knocked 39. A. house 40. A. anxiously 41. A. donate 42. A. affect 43. A. for 44. A. gold

B. sorry B. pass B. looked

C. happy C. win

C. sank C. patiently C. show

D. grateful D. like

D. got

D. university

D. angrily D. lend D. impress D. but

B. church

B. lovingly

B. move

B. help

C. hospital

C. protect C. so

B. and

B. stone C. wisdom D. bravery

45. A. toys 46. A. long

B. clothes B. smooth

B. familiar B. exactly B. sent

B. forgive B. around B. host B. gone

C. belongings

C. difficult C. big

D. letters D. old D. possibly D. awoke D. miss D. in D. adopt

D. dangerous

47. A. empty 48. A. roughly 49. A. put

50. A. wrote 52. A. with 53. A. save 54. A. lost

C. especially C. slept C. leave

C. visit C. pain

C. cried D. buried

B. spoke

51. A. understand

C. on

C. cured D. spotted D. stress

55. A. depression B. sadness

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

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

A Sharing Beauty

It was in October. I was aimlessly wandering down the street, heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but it seemed everyone was in a hurry.

I took the next-best action. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She looked at me as though I were from some other planet. She hesitated, and then seemingly against her better judgment, she moved toward the door.

When she got outside I said to her, —Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.‖

For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, —God is in his heaven and all is right with the world.‖ I thanked her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty.

Four years later my situation changed greatly. I came to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. I lived in a trailer park which, at the time, I considered a real come-down, and I had to do my wash in the community laundry room.

One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: clothing sales in a department store.

Then something that happened to her changed everything. She said a woman came into her

department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, —God is in his heaven and all is right with the world,‖ and she had realized the truth in that statement. From that moment on, she turned her life around.

56. The author asked the woman to go outside to ______.

A. admire the sunset B. cheer her up C. offer some help D. have a chat 57. Four years later, the author ______. A. found her dream job C. worked in a laundry room A. disappointed B. puzzled

B

There is a lot of talk these days about how kids should be interested in science. Here‘s an area of science for everyone, and these cool new books might inspire you to discover your inner scientist.

Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled by Catherine Thimmesh, 58 pages, ages 9-12

Seeing a picture or a model of a dinosaur, do you wonder how anybody knows what they look like? After all, nobody has seen a living dinosaur. This book explains how scientists and artists work together to re-create dinosaurs. As scientific discoveries have been made, the models have changed. Scientific tests may one day expose what a dinosaur‘s coloring was, but now artists have to use their imagination to determine how these huge creatures looked.

Beyond the Solar System by Mary Kay Carson, 128 pages, ages 10-13

This book takes readers back to the beginnings of space explorationthousands of years ago, when people began star observationand forward to today‘s search for planets in distant parts of the Milky Way. Along with history lessons, readers get 21 activities, such as making a black hole and creating a model of Albert Einstein‘s universe using a T-shirt. The activities are perfect for cold winter days.

Ultimate Bugopedia by Darlyne Murawski and Nancy Honovich, 272 pages, ages 7 and older If you‘re always on the lookout for butterflies, this book is for you. Hundreds of color photos of common and unusual insects fill this hardcover. There are fascinating stories related to the photos. For example, do you know an insect feeds on the tears of Asian cattle? There‘s a question-and-answer section with an insect scientist and advice on how to help preserve endangered insects.

Journey Into the Invisible by Christine Schlitt, 80 pages, ages 9-12

If you use a magnifying（放大的）glass, you know a leaf looks quite different. This book explains what microscopes do and then shows what happens to things around the house when watched with this amazing scientific tool. The bacteria in your mouth, when magnified 20,000 times, look a bit like swimming pool noodles. Fascinating photos are paired with suggestions about how to learn about the world around you, just by looking a little closer.

59. Kids interested in pre-historical animals might read ______. B. put an end to her marriage D. lived in the same community C. inspired D. overjoyed 58. After reading the article in the magazine, the author was probably______.

A. Ultimate Bugopedia

B. Beyond the Solar System

C. Journey Into the Invisible

D. Scaly Spotted Feathered Frilled

60. Beyond the Solar System is mainly about ______.

A. space exploration B. the Milky Way

C. history lessons D. Albert Einstein‘s universe

61. From the passage, we can learn that ______.

A. butterflies are fond of the tears of Asian cattle

B. scientists have discovered the dinosaur‘s coloring

C. microscopes can present you with an amazing world

D. man has explored the black hole for thousands of years

62. The main purpose of the passage is to ______.

A. compare features of different books

B. inspire people to become scientists

C. teach children some knowledge of science

D. recommend new science books to children

C

Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.

People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that —addicted‖ was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.

The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.

I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.

What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that —too much of a good thing is wonderful.‖ But it‘s time to discover that it does not work for technology.

Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that —we can be swept away by our technologies.‖ To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today‘s overused technology.

63. The underlined word —allure‖ in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. advantage B. attraction

A. attract people to buy their products B. provide the latest information

C. improve people‘s quality of life D. deal with cultural diseases

65. It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.

A. consider too much technology wonderful

B. have realized the harm of high-tech devices

C. can regain freedom without high-tech devices

D. may enjoy life better without overused technology

66. What‘s the author‘s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?

A. Neutral. B. Sceptical. C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic.

D

Did you see American figure skater, Jeremy

Abbott, crash to the ice during the short program

at the Sochi Olympics, rolling into the wall,

clutching his side in pain. Ten seconds later, he

got up and continued his skatedespite the pain,

embarrassment and fear. All I could think was:

this kid‘s got courage. In business we have a

word for itresilience, the ability to gain strengths and confidence from overcoming unpleasant events.

However, opposite examples appeared in Sochi Olympics as well. For them, failure is someone else‘s fault, because they do not accept personal responsibility. Therefore, they have to pay a high price for this attitude. After years of studying failure, I have learned one thing: modesty and open-mindedness in the face of mistakes is the single best thing you can do to improve results. Everyone fails, but not everyone recovers from failure. The key is to learn from it rather than get beaten by it.

The good news is that each of us has the potential to live a resilient life on and off the job. It may be difficult, but that just makes it all the more powerful and important. If you believe the above paragraph to be true, then you‘re probably more resilient than you think you are. It takes confidence to be resilient but that too much confidence is a killer is so true of leadership. For example, Ron Johnson, the ill-fated CEO of JC Penney, was so stubborn that he completely missed all sorts of signals from employees and customers and instead listened to all those who

agreed with him, which failed his strategy. Bouncing back from failure requires that you recognize C. adaption D. attempt 64. From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.

something has gone wrong, and you were the one who made it happen.

The challenge of resilience is not just about our work. When parents help their kids deal with every challenging situation, they are doing an unhelpful action to their children. Parents want to

protect their kids from failure, but doing so takes away the opportunity from them to practice not just a life skill but an essential work skill. When self-esteem becomes more important than results, we are accidently training young people to become less adaptable, not more.

Resilience is not just about getting up off the floor, but also being ready for whatever comes next, even when you don‘t know what it is. Failures and setbacks are no longer unusual events, but regular features of a dynamic, competitive and highly demanding work environment. Getting up to finish your skate is no longer optional.

67. The example of Jeremy Abbott shows that one should ______.

A. recover from failure B. stick to his own viewpoint

C. take others‘ opinions to heart D. challenge difficulties bravely

68. According to the author, what can best build up resilience?

A. Being positive and powerful.

B. Being competitive and helpful.

C. Being modest and open-minded.

D. Being confident and responsible.

69. Which of the following examples shows us resilience?

A. A teacher offers students timely help and care.

B. A determined athlete practices skating hard every day.

C. A confident leader persuades his staff to follow his plan.

D. A student has got a low grade but continues to work hard.

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

A. An Example of Resilience: Ron Johnson B. Resilience: A Lesson from Sochi

C. Optional Challenges of Resilience D. Resilience in Family Education

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. ____71_____

The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. ____72_____ Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don‘t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.

The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely

understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader‘s understanding. _____73_____ Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here —learning‖ means understanding more, not remembering more information.

What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. _____74_____ Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved.

_____75_____ It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.

A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.

B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.

C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.

D. The writer must be —superior‖ to the reader in understanding.

E. Thus, we can employ the word —reading‖ in two distinct senses.

F. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.

G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there‘s another goal of readingentertainment.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节（15分）

你们班同学打算周六去爬香山。请给外教Chris写一封英文信，邀请他参加此次活动。具体内容如下：

1. 时间：8 am5 pm；

2. 集合地点：校门口；

3. 交通工具：公交车；

4. 携带物品：雨具，午餐，相机。

注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Chris，

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Joe

第二节（20分）

假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华。你班同学张强即将去国外读书，下面四幅图描述了同学们为他送行的过程，请根据图片的先后顺序用英语写一篇日记。

注意：1. 日记的开头已为你写好。

2. 词数不少于60。

Monday, March 10 Fine

This afternoon,

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2014海淀二模

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---Have you told Mr. Smith about the meeting?

---Not yet. I ________him in a minute. A. called B. call C. will call D. have called

22. Students ______to do some voluntary work every year.

A. were encouraged B. are encouraged C. encourage D. encouraged

23. The manager refused to accept ________of the three suggestions.

A. neither B. either C. some D. any

24. I got to the lecture hall very early, ______to get a good rest.

A. hoping B. hoped C. to hope D. hope

25. Online shopping ______more and more popular in recent years.

A. becomes B. became C. is becoming D. was becoming

26. During the final match, all the audience shouted ______excitement.

A. at B. for C. by D. with

27. We are not allowed _____drinks into the computer lab.

A. taking B. to take C. taken D. take

28. ---Why is Tom absent today?

---No idea. He ______ be ill at home. A. might B. can C. must D. should

29. Although ______by the opposite team, the players were not discouraged but practiced harder.

A. beating B. beaten C. having beaten D. being beaten

30. Air pollution has caused millions of deaths every year, _______has become a great concern.

A. when B. what C. which D. that

31. We ______for over 2 hours, Are you sure this is the right way?

A. have been driving B. were driving C. had driven D. drove

32. Success partly depends on _______ you have the patience to do simple things perfectly.

A. that B. what C. when D. whether

33. If I ______the project earlier, I would be enjoying myself on the beach now.

A. might finish

C. had finished B. finished D. would have finished

34. _______is responsible for the accident will be punished.

A. Whoever B. Whatever C. Who D. What

35. You can get respect from others only ______you respect yourself.

A. because B. when C. before D. unless

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I got aboard and sat down in my seat. It was going to be a long flight. Lakes Air Base. Well be there for special training, and then to the front.’ journey would be several hours, and I decided to buy one. front; its almost like you are doing it for him.

Picking up ten boxes, she headed to the soldiers. -five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming, looking at the seat numbers someone bought me a lunch. It was an act I never forgot. I was a little applause rang out from all of the passengers. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals. dollars in my hand. 36. A. strangers B. soldiers C. attendants D. passengers

37. A. available B. reasonable C. convenient D. special

38. A. prepared B. sent C. reached D. paid

39. A. None B. Some C. Many D. All

40. A. lent B. showed C. handed D. charged

41. A. advised 42. A. praised 43. A. one 44. A. as 45. A. tongue 46. A. feel 47. A. Once

48. A. performance 49. A. embarrassed 50. A. threw 51. A. separated 52. A. in

53. A. training 54. A. casually 55. A. arrival B. greeted B. stopped B. kind B. though B. arm B. seize B. Later B. kindness B. relieved B. found B. landed B. for

B. shouting B. anxiously B. return C. inspired C. attracted C. part C. till C. head C. shake C. Recently C. bravery C. overjoyed C. took C. paused C. through C. gathering

C. disappointedly C. flight D. thanked D. discovered D. much D. unless D. hand D. check D. Frequently D. wisdom D. satisfied D. left D. chatted D. without D. marching D. lightheartedly D. escape

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

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

A

Dear Grandma,

It was nice seeing you at Christmas. You looked so happy!

After losing two grandparents within the past year, I have taken some time to reflect on what is most important. I want to let you know what a positive influence you have been on me. I am the person I am because of you.

I remember being on your farm a lot when I was younger. I remember the projects you planned for us. We painted rocks to represent our family members. We made doll clothes out of colorful socks. We made many —playhouse‖ in the woods.

We learned that if you left a bucket of soybeans in the rain, you would soon have a bucket of growing beans. We learned that if we helped pick the strawberries in the morning, we’d have them on our ice cream in the afternoon. We learned that some plants have funny names, like the elephant ear plant. We learned that you could make do with what you had. We learned that making things out of paper and cardboard was more fun than what came inside the packaging. We learned it was OK to get dirty, but Grandma would wash us up before Mom came.

You once made models of everyone’s houses, which made me want to be an architect. Another time, you made quilts for all of the grandkids. I still use mine every night. The edgy had worn out. But you taught me how to fix it.

I love and respect you. You are always patient, with a quiet determination.

Grandma, thank you for everything you have taught me. I hope that I am able to pass on all these memories and skills to my children and grandchildren. Love always Kelly

56. After losing two grandparents, the author began to_______.

A. realize her grandma’s influence on her

B. become a person like her grandma

C. write to her grandma regularly

D. like her grandma very much

57. On her grandma’s fans, Kelly learned to_______.

A. make strawberry ice cream

B. name different funny plants

C. mend the worn-out edge of her quilt

D. use cupboards to make models of houses

58. Kelly’s grandma________.

A. was willing to help others

B. was skilled in making things

C. wanted Kelly to be an architect

D. disliked the kid’s bad behaviors

59. Kelly wrote this letter mainly to _______.

A. send her grandma best wishes for Christmas

B. show love and respect for her grandma

C. recall her happy life on the farm

D. ask her grandma for help

B

On a February day during an unusually mild winter, I found myself missing the snowy beauty. I enjoyed the feeling that comes from watching snow fall gently from heaven while I’m cozy inside with a good fire burning in the stove. But there were more serious concerns, like the lack if rainfall making our woods more accessible to summer forest fires. Local ski fields and hotels, all dependent on a snowy season, felt sorry for vacant lifts, empty restaurants and unused snowmobiles.

Then I happened to see three little robin（知更鸟）fly into our yard. What were they doing here? West of us, in the Willannette Valley, wild flowers burst this time of year. But here in central Oregon, even if a groundhog（土拨鼠）had wanted to appear, it couldn‘t have broken through the frozen earth. And yet, these robins had arrived.

Their presence brought me a flow of happiness. It felt like a celebration as I dug into my leg of birdseed and spread a handful on the ground. Above me, the deep blue sky was cloudless, perfectly quiet but for some smoke from a neighbor‘s chimney. The lively could made the air fresh and clean.

My robin jumped lightly toward the seed. My soul jumped with them, feeling equally carefree. Caught up in the moment of spring fever, I checked out snowless flower beds. To my delight, I spotted a green branch sticking out through the brown soil.

Despite the cold, It wasn‘t ready to go back inside, Just a short meeting with those robins had renewed my spirit. The next day I would return to my outdoor work with a cheerful heart and a hopeful eye for these signs of spring.

60. The author missed a snowy winter because snow could______.

A. prevent forest fires

B. boom his business

C. promise an early spring

D. bring him a good feeling

61. The author felt happy when finding_____.

A. the sky was deep blue with clouds

B. three little robins flew into his yard

C. wild flowers burst in the Willamette Valley

D. a grounding appeared through the frozen earth

62. We can infer from the passage that the author______.

A. would enjoy wild flowers the next day

B. though winter was already over

C. longed for the coming of spring

D. loved robins the most

C

Cooking Kills Four Million People a Year

Polluted airborne particle（大气悬浮颗粒）kill 7 million people a year, reports the World Health Organization.

That news may not come as a surprise to anyone who has seen images of chimneys in Beijing, Delhi or Mexico. But those factories---or even the jammed roadways of modern cities---are not the biggest killer. Each year, some 4.3million people die earlier than they should because of polluted air inside their homes, says the WHO.

What’s causing the air inside people’s homes to be so poisonous that it kills around 11, 000 people a day? Stoves. — Having an open fire in your kitchen is like burning 400 cigarettes an hour.‖ says Kirk Smith, a professor at the University of California Berkeley, whose research suggests that household air pollution from cooking killed between 3.5 million and 4million people in 2013.

Not all stoves causes this kind of harm. The ones Smith’s talking about are those that the 3 billion people in the developing world use for heat and cooking, which burn solid fuels such as wood, coal, or crop waste instead of gas. The smoke from those fires produces harmful fine particles and carbon monoxide into homes. Poor ventilation then prevents that smoke from escaping, raising fine particle levels 100 times higher than the limits that the WHO considers acceptable.

Breathing this air day in day out eventually causes lots of disease; more than a third of the

4.3million die of a smoke, while a quarter die of heart disease. And around one-third of annual lung disease deaths worldwide are due to waste from coal stoves.

Exposure lends to be extremely harmful for the people who spend the most time around the fireusually women and young children. In fact, the WHO reports that household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood lung disease.

63. According to Kirk Smith’s research, _______.

A. factories are the biggest killer worldwide nowadays

B. burning 400 cigarettes an hour is extremely dangerous

C. household air pollution from cooking is surprisingly harmful

D. some 4.3 million people die earlier each year than they should

64. What should be the deadly killer in a household kitchens?

A. Solid fuels B. Goal stoves C. Pour gas D. Cooking smoke

65. The underlined word “ventilation” in paragraph means______

A. airing B. cooking C. burning D. cooling

66. The author intent to tell people______

A. how to avoid polluted air in their homes

B. to stop cooking in the household kitchen

C. to guard against household pollution from cooking

D. how to prevent childhood lung diseases in household

D

Your dilemma has two aspects: your employer demands loyalty, but you want to help another working woman. The question is whether you can act properly towards both. Your personal view about the unfair maternity policy makes it complicated. In the United States, paid maternity leave（带薪产假）is not an automatic benefit guaranteed by the government. Even unpaid leave is only permitted for a limited period with certain working hours.

It’s understandable that you feel such divided loyalties, said Gretchen Zetoony, a licensed clinical expert in Virginia. —On the other hand, you want to be careful not to provide information that might discomfort your employer in a negotiation; on the other hand, it‘s natural to feel sympathetic toward someone in a similar situation. Particularly if you see the company‘s policy as unfair.‖ She said.

Before you give advice on negotiating a better maternity-leave package, remember to be careful with what you say. “If you are nervous that your employer could learn you had advised her, that should be a guide for you that you may wander into a questionable area‖. Zetoony said.

What happens if your colleagues discover that this applicant benefits simply because of your advice. That may not be formal discrimination but it might creat a bad feeling among colleagues who are not working mothers and who didn‘t join your organization armed with insider tips.‖ In this case, the risk isn‘t as much as about betraying your employer or your fellow women as possibly creating conflict in the workplace if colleagues notice that you helped an applicant gain an advantage because you share some personal characteristics.‖ Zetoony said. If that happens, and you find that your colleagues are whispering about you, or openly complaining, address the situation with a calm sit-down. Explain that you felt you had to help this woman pass her away through the organization‘s human-resources maze, and that you would do the same for anyone who asked you for advice.

There might be a better way to help women negotiate maternity leave than advising them, Consider getting together with colleagues who also care about this issue to advocate for bettering family leave policies within your organization, Zetoony suggests. The more employees who join you, the more likely management are to listen, It is also applicable in other components of an employment offer where you will face such a dilemma.

67. One may fall into a dilemma mainly because______

A. he thinks the maternity policy unfair

B. his employer breaks the maternity policy

C. the US government protects his employer

D. his woman colleague asks for a paid leave

68. According to Zetoony, your nervousness might lead to _______

A. your employer’s forgiveness

B. an even more embarrassing situation

C. your employer’s sympathy

D. an exposure to your characteristics

69. From the passage, in a similar dilemma, you’d better_______

A. talk to your employer directly

B. put forward more applicable solutions

C. give your colleagues a helping hand sincerely

D. gather more colleagues to work out better policies

70. What’s the author’s attitude towards maternity leave?

A. Supportive

B. Neutral

C. Negative

D. Critical

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

Selfie

Social media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called the selfie. It refers to a picture of yourself, usually shared on my social networking website.

Some selfie are extreme close-ups, and others show part of an arm held straight outward.

A few of them even feature the subject standing in front of a bathroom mirror.

Everyone takes selfies, but the younger crowd seems to be especially involved in the trend. Young people are relatively behavior digital users. They are interested in staying connected to their friends. There are also kinds of psychological factors driving people to take a selfie and upload it to a social networking site. A quick and easy way to attract other‘s attention is to get —likes‖ and comments from friends. Seondly, it‘s human nature to show off your own great achievements. When you feel good about yourself or look good, it‘s far too easy to take out your phone and document it all through one or several selfies. That‘s right. Sometimes people are bored at work, bored at school, bored at home and even bored on the toilet. Last but not least, social media is about being social! If that means unloading as many selfies as possible, then so be it. It‘s fun, and it‘s a cool way to sort of document your own life.

Finally, there are things to be mindful of when you’re posting. It’s easy to think you’re So don‘t post anything online, selfie especially.

A. There are lots of selfie styles.

B. The rise of selfie has become universal.

C. Social media, to some extent, is the driving force of their selfie activity.

D. The desire to take, post and get “likes” on selfie goes back to a biological behavior. E. But the whole world of social media is public anf every individual can get access to it. F. There are also people who will take selfies because they have nothing else better to do. G. The loading factor is that people want to get attention from as many people as possible.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节（15分）

假如你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华，你参加高校招生英语面试，请根据以下提示用英语做自我介绍。

兴趣爱好：篮球、音乐；

擅长科目：英语

未来专业意向

Good morning！I’m Li Hua from Hongxing Middle School.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

That’s all. Thank you.

第二节（20分）

假如你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华，发现爷爷奶奶思念定居国外的姑姑。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇日记，记述你和爸爸妈妈帮助他们视频通话的过程。 注意：1.周记的开头已为你写好。

2.词数不少于

60.

2014朝阳二模

第二部分：知识运用（共两节, 45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题

卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It‘s so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What‘s more

21. You can smoke here _____ you leave a window open to let the smoke out.

A. even though

No, the grass _____.

A. will be cut B. is being cut C. was cut D. has been cut B. so that C. in case D. as long as 答案是D。 B. That‘s to say C. In other words D. Believe it or not 22. Can we play on the football field now?

23. It hasn‘t been announced _____ the plane is to take off.

A. where B. when C. how D. why

24. The problem is _____ his ability and I don‘t think he can solve it.

A. beyond B. to C. against D. within

25. _____ around the school, the retired teachers were impressed by its new look.

A. Showing B. To be shown C. Having shown D. Shown

26. Travelling abroad is a great way to find out _____ life is like in another part of the world.

A. what B. how C. where D. that

27. You seem to be familiar with the school.

I _____ here for three years. It‘s great to be back.

A. studied B. have studied C. had studied D. study

28. The goals _____ he had fought all his life no longer seemed important to him.

A. after which B. with which C. for which D. at which

29. The agreement _____ between the two companies last week will come into effect soon.

A. to sign B. to be signed C. signed D. signing

30. What kind of food do you prefer?

_____ but Japanese.

A. Something B. Anything C. Everything D. Nothing

31. Sir Denis has made it known that he _____ much of his collection to the nation after his death.

A. has left B. left C. would leave D. will leave

32. What‘s the matter with Coco?

She has a headache because she _____ too long; she ought to stop working now.

A. has been reading B. was reading C. reads D. had read

33. I saw them whispering to each other; obviously they did not want _____ by others.

A. to hear B. to be heard C. hearing D. being heard

34. Mom, I‘m going to Diana‘s birthday party tomorrow.

OK, but you _____ stay there too late. Be sure to get home before 10 pm.

A. couldn‘t B. wouldn‘t C. mustn‘t D. might not

35. If Nina _____ that her husband would go to the bus stop to meet her, she wouldn‘t have walked back home.

A. knows

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Go for the Gold

Diana Golden was 12 years old when she found she had bone cancer. Doctors recommended her right leg above the knee.

Diana heard the news, she asked the first question that came into her mind, —Will I still be able to

—When the doctors said yes,‖ she later said, —I thought it wouldn‘t be too

That was Diana‘s to life. Losing a leg would cause most children to lose , but Diana refused to think about the side. —Losing a leg?‖ she‘d say. —It‘s nothing. A body part.‖

Most of all, Diana didn‘t want to let cancer stop her from doing what she lovedskiing. She had been on ski since five. After the operation, Diana worked hard to get back to the . —I always skied, and I intended to keep on skiing. There was never any question in my mind about that,‖ she . Seven months after losing her leg, Diana met her . She was back out on the slopes (斜坡).

Skiing wasn‘t quite the same with just one leg, but Diana made the best of it. She to go faster on one leg than most people could go on two. When she was just 17, she became a member of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.

After high school, Diana went on to Dartmouth College. There she saw how top two-legged skiers trained. not to be left behind, Diana began training with the Dartmouth team. When they ran up and down the steps of the football stadium, she went up and down the steps tooby ,‖ she later explained. —I was an athlete. I had one leg, which meant I had to do it .‖

Her constant efforts finally paid off. In 1987, Diana placed 10th in a race some of the best nondisabled skiers in the country. And in 1988, the magazine Ski Racing selected her —Skier of the Year‖, breaking the of electing able-bodied World Cup athletes.

As a result of her and determination, Diana has changed the way the world looks at athletes. People have begun to see them as strong and competent. —Everyone has some kind of ?disability‘,‖ Diana says, —It‘s what we do with our abilities that B. knew C. has known D. had known

36. A. pulling 37. A. Until 38. A. run 40. A. answer 41. A. memory 42. A. serious

B. losing B. When B. walk B. attitude B. interest B. practical

C. removing C. Once C. train C. difficult C. attention C. confidence C. positive C. track C. declared C. approval C. expected C. Anxious C. jumping C. survive C. differently C. to C. promise C. behavior C. young C. helps

D. breaking D. Since D. ski D. dangerous D. challenge D. patience D. negative D. court D. introduced D. standard D. learned D. Cautious D. walking D. transform D. deliberately D. for D. tradition D. courage D. international D. contributes

39. A. bad B. strange

43. A. mountain B . field 44. A. responded B. commented 45. A. goal

B. requirement

46. A. offered B. agreed 47. A. Determined B. Ashamed 48. A. climbing B. running 49. A. adapt B. perform 50. A. properly B. immediately 51. A. between B. against 52. A. reality B. system 53. A. wisdom B. experience 54. A. top B . disabled 55. A. pushes B. matters

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

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

A

Proper Care and Use of a Microscope

A microscope is a useful instrument for observing small objects. It shows people the details that are undetectable when they observe with their own eyes. Before using the microscope, please read the instruction below. Caution:

Microscopes are both delicate and expensive, and must be handled with care.

1. Always carry the microscope with two handsone supporting the base and the other on the arm.

2. Keep the stage clean and always use a glass slide for specimens, the things tested or examined.

3. To avoid pressing the glass slide when focusing, begin with the lens (镜头) close to the specimen and gradually back off to focus.

4. Keep the microscope covered to prevent the buildup of

dust while it is being stored.

How to Use the Microscope:

1. Plug in the lamp.

2. Place a specimen on a slide.

3. Adjust the mirror so it reflects light from the room up

into the objective lens.

4. Place your slide with the specimen directly over the

center of the glass circle on the stage. If it is a wet slide,

be sure the bottom of the slide is dry.

5. With the LOW POWER objective lens placed over the slide, use the coarse focus knob to lower the lens to the lowest point.

6. Look through the eyepiece with one eye while closing the other eye. Slowly raise the lens until the focus is relatively clear.

7. Use the fine focus knob to make very small changes to the focus.

8. Without changing the focus knobs, switch to the HIGH POWER objective lens. Once you have switched to HIGH POWER, use only the fine focus knob to make the image sharper.

56. When using a microscope, you should use a glass slide for specimens to ______.

A. keep the stage clean

B. avoid pressing the lens

C. prevent the buildup of dust

D. support the base and the arm

57. When observing onion cells on a slide, which of the following should you do first?

A. Lower the lens.

B. Adjust the mirror.

C. Turn the fine focus knob.

D. Look through the eyepiece.

58. What is the main purpose of this passage?

A. To show the reader the various parts of a microscope.

B. To persuade the reader to buy this type of microscope.

C. To instruct the reader how to use a microscope with care.

D. To show the reader some advantages of using a microscope.

B

When I first entered college, I was afraid that I was not —up to it‖. I was afraid of being away from my family for the first time. Here I would have to make friends with strange people and perhaps also compete with them for grades in courses I would take. Were they smarter than I was? Could I keep up with them? Would they accept me?

I soon learned that my life was now up to me. I had to set a study program if I were to succeed in my courses. I had to regulate the time I spent in my study and socializing. I had to decide when to go to bed, what to eat, and with whom to be friendly. These questions I had to answer for myself.

At first, life was rough. I made mistakes in how I used my time. I also made mistakes in how I chose my first friends in college. Shortly, however, I had my life under control. I managed to get myself to class on time, do my homework and hand them in, and pass my first exams with satisfying grades. In addition, I developed a circle of friends with whom I felt comfortable and could share my fears. I set up my own routine, one that really met my needs.

As a result, I began to look upon myself from a different perspective (视角). I began to see myself as a person responsible for myself and responsible for my friends and family. It felt good to make decisions and see them turn out to be wise ones. I guess this is what people call —growing up‖.

What did life have in store for me? At that stage in my life, I was really uncertain where I would go and what I would do with the years ahead of me. But I knew I would be able to handle what was ahead because I had successfully overcome the major problem in my life: I had made the change from a person dependent on his family to a person who was responsible for himself.

59. The author was anxious about his college life at first because ______.

A. he hated to get on with strangers

B. he lacked some specialist knowledge

C. he was at a loss in the new surroundings

D. he was afraid of making mistakes in front of others

60. We can learn from the author‘s early experience at college that ______.

A. he got used to the new life without much trouble

B. he lost the ability to handle things independently

C. he came to realize he should be in charge of his own business

D. he was a failure in many aspects except in school performance

61. The author‘s college life finally brought him a sense that ______.

A. he became a person caring for others

B. he was smarter than his fellow students

C. he brought confidence back in making decisions

D. he could deal with his personal matters independently

62. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Memories of My Time in College

C. My Colorful College Life

C

How Much Exercise Do I Need?

When it comes to exercise, less is not morebut it‘s certainly better than none. Physical inactivity accounts for as many as 23 percent of all deaths from major chronic (慢性的) diseases, yet almost one of every three Americans is sedentary (spending a lot of time sitting down). According to the Centers for Disease Control, 29.4 percent of those surveyed (调查) report they have no free-time physical activity at all. City people tend to be more active than country folks, with 27.4 percent saying they are sedentary, compared with 36.6 percent of those in rural areas.

Light activity can improve physical and mental well-being. While light activity is good, moderate (not very large or very small) activity is even better, and health experts encourage everyone to have at least 30 minutes a day of moderate physical activity. But you don‘t have to head to a gym. As recent studies have confirmed, —lifestyle‖ activities, such as walking, house cleaning and gardening, are as effective as a structured exercise program in improving heart function, lowering blood pressure and keeping or losing weight.

In one study, overweight, sedentary middle-aged men and women who learned behavioral skills to make them more physically active, such as walking around airports or train stations while waiting for a departure, reduced their body fat percentage and improved their blood pressure and heart function as much as individuals participating in structured programs at a fitness center. In another study, fat women ranging in age from 21 to 60 who adopted a more active lifestyle lost as much weight as women in a low-impact aerobics (有氧健身) programand regained fewer pounds in the following year.

Recognizing the value of different levels and types of activity, the American College of Sports Medicine has changed its recommendations on quantity and quality of exercise to include flexibility as well as aerobic and muscle exercise and to acknowledge that multiple short periods B. College: A Turning Point in My Life D. College Life Brings Me Pressure

of exercise during the day are nearly as beneficial as one long session.

63. By saying that almost one third of Americans are sedentary, the author means ______.

A. they take proper exercise to be healthy

B. they know nothing about light activity

C. they are very fond of physical activity

D. they take little free-time physical activity

64. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A. light activity is especially good for the middle-aged people

B. people like light activity because it won‘t make them feel tired

C. people only need to do light activity three times a week to keep fit

D. light activity promotes people‘s well-being physically and mentally

65. What do health experts suggest about moderate activity?

A. No less than half an hour‘s moderate activity daily can do us good.

B. Moderate activity is no better than light activity to people.

C. —Lifestyle‖ activities don‘t belong to moderate activity.

D. People may go to the gym to take moderate activity.

66. According to the passage, which of the following belongs to a structured exercise program？

A. Doing gymnastics at a gym.

C. Walking.

D

Is Positive Thinking Powerful?

The $11 billion self-help industry is built on the idea that you should turn negative thoughts like —I never do anything right‖ into positive ones like —I can succeed‖. But was the positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right? Is there power in positive thinking?

Researchers in Canada just published a study in Psychological Science that says trying to get people to think more positively can actually have the opposite effect: it can simply stress how unhappy they are. The study‘s authors, Joanne Wood and John Lee of the University of Waterloo and Elaine Perunovic of the University of New Brunswick, begin by using older research showing that when people get feedback (反馈) which they believe is overly positive, they actually feel worse, not better. If you tell your friend who is not very clever that he has the potential of an Einstein, In the 1990s, a team including psychologist Joel Cooper of Princeton conducted an experiment. The participants were asked to write essays opposing financial support for the disabled, expressing little sympathy for them. When these participants were later praised for their sympathy, they felt even worse about what they had B. Taking outdoor activities. D. Gardening.

written.

In this experiment, Wood, Lee and Perunovic measured 68 students‘ self-respect. The participants were then asked to write down their thoughts and feelings for four minutes. Every 15 seconds, one group of students heard a bell. When it rang, they were supposed to tell themselves, —I am lovable.‖ Those with low self-respect didn‘t feel better after the forced self-approval. In fact, their feelings turned significantly worse than those of members of the control group, who weren‘t urged to think positive thoughts.

The study provides support for newer forms for psychotherapy (心理治疗) that urge people to accept their negative thoughts and feelings rather than fight them. In the fighting, we not only often fail but can make things worse. Meditation (静思) techniques, on the contrary, can teach people to realize their shortcomings from a larger, more realistic perspective. Call it the power of negative thinking.

67. What is the finding of the Canadian researchers?

A. There can be no simple solutions to psychological problems.

B. Encouraging positive thinking may do harm to people.

C. The power of positive thinking is limited.

D. Unhappy people cannot think positively.

68. The underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.

A. you are pointing out the mistakes he has made

B. you are not taking his mistakes seriously enough

C. you are stressing the fact that he is not intelligent

D. you are not trying to make him feel better about his faults

69. What do we learn from the experiment of Wood, Lee and Perunovic?

A. Self-approval can bring a positive change to one‘s feelings.

B. People with low self-respect seldom write down their true feelings.

C. It is important for people to continually improve their self-respect.

D. Forcing people to think positive thoughts may lower their self-respect.

70. It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______.

A. people can avoid making mistakes through meditation

B. different people tend to have different ways of thinking

C. meditation may prove to be a good form of psychotherapy

D. the effects of positive thinking differ from person to person

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

Different Cultures

The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot.

The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are fostered by riversthe Yellow River in China and the Hindu River in India. Then in Tang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan, mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays. Though a bit different from the Chinese one, it belongs to the same system.

When the two mother rivers gave birth to the Eastern culture, another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plainthe Mesopotamian Civilization. This civilization later on developed into the cultures of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Like the Chinese culture, the European one also crossed waters. When the British settled down in America, their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean. So the American culture doesn‘t distinguish from the European one a lot.

Take the language system for example. In the East, most languages belong to the pictographic language while the Western languages are mostly based on the Latin system. Other causes like human race difference counts as well. But what‘s more, due to the far distance and the steep areas between the East and West, the two cultures seldom communicate until recent centuries. So they grew up totally in their own ways with almost no interference (干扰) from the other.

The differences are everywhere. But different cultures make the world of 21st century more colorful. The cultural gap should not be the obstacle (障碍) to the civilization of human being. It ought to be the motivation of our going farther.

A. Let us work together to keep a variety of culture.

B. One important thing is to learn about other cultures.

C. And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.

D. At the same time, some other differences add to the cultural differences.

E. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole.

F. They helped the two cultures develop for centuries and form their own styles.

G. They are obvious and affect people‘s ways of thinking and their views of the world.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节 （15分）

假设你是英语科代表，请根据以下提示，通知你班美国学生参加学校为交换生举办的一次讲座。

1. 时间：周三下午4点；

2. 地点：图书馆；

3. 内容：我校历史张老师讲授中国传统节日；

4. 提示：准时到场；做好记录; 欢迎提问。

注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Boys and girls,

May I have your attention, please? ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________.

That‘s all. Thank you!

第二节 （20分）

假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇日记，描述周日你在西山公园踏青过程中发生的故事。词数不少于60。

Sunday, May 4 Fine

______________________________________________________________________________.

2014朝阳高中一模英语

第二部分 知识运用（共两节，45分）

单项填空

21. In China, you _____ vote when you are 18.

A. must B. might C. can D. would

22. I‘ve been away for only three years, _____I can hardly recognize my hometown.

A. so B. or C. for D. yet

23. This article is well written because special attention ______ to the choice of words.

A. has paid B. has been paid C. has paid D. had been paid

24. They always give the vacant seat to ____ comes first.

A. anyone B. whom C. whomever D. whoever

25. In some countries, friends kiss____ both checks when they say goodbye.

A. on B. in C. at D. of

26. It is hard to imagine ____ makes a top-level athlete.

A. which B. how C. that D. what

27. The movie Gravity won seven awards at the Oscar night, ____was beyond the director‘s wildest

dream. A. which B. that C. where D. what

28. ---Did he get the job finally?

---Though he ____ well before the gob interview, he failed to answer some important questions. A. Was preparing B. would prepare C. had prepared D. has prepared

29. When ____ about one of the biggest concerns today, many citizens mentioned the sharp rise in

housing price. A. asking B. to ask C. asked D. having asked

30. _____time, the teacher had us do half of the exercises in class and complete the other half for

our homework. A. To save B. Save C. Saving D. Having saved

31. Remember me to your parents when you ____them.

A. are calling B. call C. will call D. have called

32. ---What‘s that noise?

---There‘s a truck stopping outside. It‘s someone ____ something. A. deliver B. to deliver C. delivering D. delivered

33. Quietness seems impossible _____ everyone takes their seats and begins to write.

A. until B. after C. for D. once

34. ---How long have you been here, Susan?

---Only about five minutes. Alisa ____ here with me. A. walks B. walked C. has walked D. had walked

35. I didn‘t know your mobile phone number; otherwise I ____you the moment I got to Canada.

A. would ring B. would have rung C. had rung D. rang

第二节 完型填空

Wallet Back

This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way that I live my life. The ____36___in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work. I was taught by one of the most effective ___37___ of teaching, one that only people with lots of love can do.

“My wallet! Where is it？” were my first words___38___ I found my wallet was missing. I ____39___ my memory for a few good seconds, then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library‘s public ___40___!

Because the library was now __41__, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it. When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom. This was the first time I could remember ever ___42___ to see a clean restroom. As I walked out, I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the ___43____ fool in front of me.

I politely ___44____ the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday. —No.‖ That was that. I walked off with a sense of ____45____.

I __46___ what I would do if I had found a wallet containing sixty dollars, a phone card and many other irreplaceable ___47____things. Finally, I ___48___ accepted the fact that my wallet was gone.

A week later, I received a ___49____ in the mail. it was my wallet And most ___50____, nothing was missing！ But there was a little yellow sheet of paper folded up in one of the wallet pockets that had not been there before. I slowly unfolded the paper, which ___51____something like this:

When we continue to help around, we will live in a larger and more rewarding world.

This person didn‘t even leave a return address. So I couldn‘t ___52___whoever it was. From that day on, I __53__ myself that I will follow this ___54___ and help others and make them as ___55__ as I was when I opened that parcel！

36. A. leader

37. A. aids

38. A. once B. writer B. systems B. when C. teacher C. materials C. before D. scholar D. methods D. since

39. A. searched 40. A. canteen 41. A. closed 42. A. hoping 43. A. grateful 44. A. approached 45. A. safety 46. A. described 47. A. personal 48. A. gladly 49. A. letter 50. A. sincerely 51. A. read 52. A. owe 53. A. supported 54. A. plan 55. A. shocked

B. improved B. lounge B. deserted B. hating B. curious B. interviewed B. forgiveness B. wondered B. strange B. naturally B. note B. amazingly B. printed B. thank B. suggested B. course B. cautions

C. developed C. restroom C. crowded C. refusing C. forgetful C. identified C. satisfaction C. discovered C. surprising C. willingly C. package C. honestly C. explained C. admire C. improved C. regulation C. delighted

D. recorded D. showroom D. occupied D. preferring D. nervous D. reminded D. disappointment D. expressed D. reasonable D. painfully D. suitcase D. obviously D. wrote D. inspire D. promised D. example D. optimistic

第三部分： 阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一部分

A

Johnny the Explorer

Johnny was three when he ran away from home for the first time. Somebody left the garden gate open. Johnny wandered out, crossed some fields, and two hours later, and arrived in the next village. He was just able to give his name and address.

By the time he was seven, Johnny used to vanish from home two to three times a year. Sometimes he covered quite long distances on foot. On other occasions he got on a bus or even a train, and simply sat there until someone asked for his ticket. Generally the police brought him home. "Why do you do it?" they used to ask. "You arent unhappy at home, are you? .... ““Of course not," Johnny replied.” Then why?" "I just like seeing places," Johnny told them.

Johnny continued to "see places" although everyone tried to stop him. His parents used to watch him closely, and so did his teachers; but sooner or later Johnny managed to slip away. As he grew older, his favorite trick was to hide on a long distance truck. Sometimes he used to travel hundreds of miles before anyone discovered him.

It is hardly surprising that eventually Johnny managed to get on board a plane. He was twelve at the time. It was a cargo plane and, a few hours later, Johnny found himself in Cairo. How did he get on board? No one knows! According to Johnny himself, it was easy: he just went into the airport,

walked along some corridors and got on board the nearest plane.

In spite of all this, Johnny did well at school. He enjoyed maths and languages and, perhaps not surprisingly, he was especially good at geography. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" his teachers asked him. Johnny did not take long to answer that question. "An explorer!" he answered. "But its difficult to become an explorer in this modem age." they tried to tell him, But it was no use: Johnny knew what he wanted!

Just before he left school, Johnny saw a notice in one of the daily papers. An expedition was about to go to Brazil to travel up the Amazon River. There were vacancies for three young people "willing to work hard and with a sense of adventure". Johnny applied, and, two months later, he was on his way to Brazil.

56. Johnny frequently left home because_________.

A. he preferred to stay home

B. he enjoyed seeing new places

C. he couldn’t do well at school

D. he didn’t get along well with his parents

57. People around Johnny_______.

A. tried to stop him from slipping away

B. kept following him to get him back

C. booked tickets for him if necessary

D. were closer about how he traveled abroad

58. From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A. Johnny worked for a daily paper

B. Johnny lacked a sense of adventure

C. Johnny went exploring along the Amazon River

D. Johnny went to Brazil months after he finished school.

B

Editor Henry Slocum,

I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books, or e-books, with great interest. You made several good points about the disadvantage of e-books. You may have overlooked, however, some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books. Yes, e-books are expensive, but they are also convenient. In addition, duo to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planets for the better.

E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term, are about the same size and shape as regular books. They have a large screen in the middle, however, this screen shows the reader a page of the text that has been downloaded from a computer. Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen, he or she scrolls down to see a new page. The process continues until the entire book has been read.

As you pointed out, Mr. Slocum, it‘s great to lie on a warm, sandy beach with a book. You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book. In fact, because e-books are so light, you can carry themselves. Say, for example, that you like to read on the bus. Which would you rather carry with you---a heavy 800-page novel, or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?

Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well. They are more environment-friendly than traditional books. At present, thousands of trees cut down each year to

meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper. Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the publisher and destroyed, This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books, which require no paper.

Sincerely,

David Eng

59. What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?

A. Interesting B. Expensive C. Convenient D. Environment-friendly

60. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?

A. What an e-book is

B. Why e-books are popular

C. How e-books have developed

D. Who are the readers of e-books

61. In David’s letter, he thinks that_______

A. E-books will come down in price

B. E-books come in various sizes and shapes

C. E-books do little harm to the environment

D. E-books are no better than traditional books

62. The main purpose of the letter is to ________

A. explain how to read e-books

B. honor the person who invented e-books

C. scold publishers for wasting so much paper

D. provide evidence that e-books are a good idea

C

Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits---including make your brain sharper.

Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive functions such as memory and attention. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology at Kent State University.

Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits(缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some king of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to access their abilities if memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24%of the patients showed damaged learning and 23%showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteer who didn‘t lose weight dropped even further.

The study helped, Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he‘s been the positive effect that weight loss can have one memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional wayeating healthier and getting more active. He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. “If we can improve the condition with operation, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well.” He says.

63. There is less research on overweight and cognitive functions because researchers________.

A. believe overweight only affects our body

B. have focused on ways to sharpen people’s mind

C. do not consider overweight a main cause for low cognitive ability

D. are clear about the relation between weight and mental functions

64. The result of Gunstad‘s study shows that_______

A. losing weight has little effect on people’s memory

B. Losing weight can improve people’s mental functions

C. overweight people are likely to have psychology problem

D. overweight people’s abilities of concentration differ greatly

65. What is Gunstad planning to prove next in his research?

A. Slim people are smarter than overweight people

B. Healthy diet is better than exercise in losing weight

C. Traditional ways of losing weight are better than operation

D. Overweight people will get smarter by taking more exercise

66. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. Body Weight and Health

B. Losing Weight by Operation

C. Ways to Improve Mental Functions

D. Losing Weight to Sharpen Your Mind

D

Seeing in Stereo

Have you wondered why you have two eyes and why they are set close together on the front of your face? The reasons are simple and important to the way you see the rest of your world.

Your eyes are like two small cameras. A camera catches an image of an object and records it on film. Similarly, when you look at something, each eye takes in what it sees and sends this image to the back of the eyeball. Because your eyes are set close together, they view the world from about the same height but from slightly different angles. Working as a team, they eyes send the images to your brain, which puts them together into a single, centered image.

Seeing in stereo means seeing with two eyes working together, which is called stereoscopic sight. This allows you to view the world in three dimensions, or 3-D. Seeing depth helps you to judge the distance between you and the objects you see and to adjust to the changing angle at which you see something as you move closer to or farther away from it. If images are coming from only one eye, however, only two of these dimensionsheight and width---can be perceived. A world seen with one eye is thus two-dimensional, as in a photograph.

Now consider why your two eyes are on the front of your face. Think of other animals with the same arrangement. They are all animal that hunt, like lions and wolves. Their eyes face directly in front of them. This provided a field of sight about 180 degree wide, which is called binocular sight. On the other hand, animals that are hunted have eyes on the sides of the head, which provides nearly 360-degree field of sight. In order to stay alive, they need to see things coming from the sides and from behind. However, without stereoscopic sight, they have difficulty determining how far a danger is.

With sight both stereoscopic and binocular, human share with animal hunters the ability to see from side to side and to accurately determine the distance. If you think it would be great to have

another type of sight, perhaps with hundreds of tiny eyes like many insects do, think again! Each tiny insect eye sees only a tiny part. Besides, what if you needed glasses? Be glad for the eyesight that you have.

67. According to the passage, an eye is like a camera because both_______

A. can record images

B. can imagine objects

C. provide centered images

D. work at the same height

68. Stereoscopic sight is a result of having_________.

A. a three-hundred-sixty-degree field of sight

B. hundreds of eyes, all seeing parts of an image

C. two eyes close to one another that work together

D. one eye on either side of the head, each seeing a different image

69. The underlined word “perceived” in paragraph 3means________.

A. set B. taken C. seen D. understood

70. The author implies that “seeing in stereo”________.

A. is similar to the way camera work

B. is an ability humans are fortunate to have

C. would be better for a wider field of sight

D. helps people to have better sight than animals

第二节

Puppy Food

A puppy (young dog) is a precious addition to any family. The excitement of bringing home a little furry friend will always live in our memories. Like all of us, though, your puppy must have adequate nutrition right from the start to make certain that it’ll have a long and healthy life.

____71____You might ask yourself what is the best for your new pet with all of the different varieties on the market in all of their attractive packaging. Some dry food produced especially for puppies is the best for the development of their teeth. _____72_____

Contrary to the belief of many first time puppy owners, it is not always the best idea to purchase food that is too high in calcium, protein, and vitamin levels. _____73_____In addition, a high intake of calcium is associated with bone disease in large-breed dogs. If you have a small-breed puppy, you can buy that kind of food.

It is not a good idea to feed the food you eat to your puppy frequently, as your puppy may become selective about food. ___74____Some people think that dog biscuits and other treats are fine, but they should not be a main part of puppy‘s diet.

Young puppies should be fed three times a day. Each puppy is unique, however, so feeding them twice a day is acceptable. After ten to twelve weeks of age, feed your puppy twice per day. Allow your puppy to cat as much as he would like in fifteen minutes. ____75____If you let your puppy eat too much or too often by keeping food accessible at all time, he may become overweight and have health problem as an adult. Like humans, your puppy will not enjoy the food any longer if it is there at all times.

Pick up the dish with the remaining food

Proper food id a basic necessity for your puppies

Remember to give your puppy the food he would like to have

It can also cause an upset stomach due to an unbalanced diet

A further benefit is that it is less expensive than the canned food

One example is that extra helpings of nutrients do harm to digestive organs

It’s good to provide the extra nutrients a puppy needs until he grows larger.

第四部分： 书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节

你的英国朋友Tim打算暑假来北京学习汉语，来信向你咨询你校国际版的汉语课程。请你根据以下提示给他写一封信。

为汉语初学者开设，每班10人

注重听说

安排与中国学生交流活动

注意：1. 词数不少于50

2. 可适当增加情节

3. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数

Hi Tim，

Yours

Steve

第二节

假设你是红星中学高三（1）班的学生李华。上周你班组织志愿活动，清理地铁内小广告和垃圾，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英语写一篇周记，记述从讨论到活动实施的全过程。 注意：1. 周记的开头已经写好

2. 词数不少于60

提示词：小广告adlets

Last week, our glass organized a voluntary activity in subway cars.___________________.

2014东城一模英语

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. --Is your uncle a pilot?

--Yes. He _________ four days a week and has been to many places.

A. travels B. travelled C. has travelled D. had travelled

22. James was enjoying the art show, _________ his wife wanted to go home.

A. or B. for C. so D. but th23. --Was the United State of America founded on July 4, 1776？

--You _________ be right but I need to check it in the history textbook anyway.

A. have to B. must C. may D. will

24. I don‘t understand why they don‘t have the report. It _________ to them a week ago.

A. is sent B. was sent C. will be sent D. had been sent

25. My brother‘s bedroom is always a mess, and he can never find anything, _________ is very frustrating.

A. where B. whom C. when D. which

26. I _________ to the party with you tomorrow if I didn‘t have to attend the meeting.

A. went B. had gone C. would go D. would have gone

27. --Dad, I want to go out for dinner with my friends tonight.

--Keep in mind _________ you have to be home by 9:00.

A. that B. where C. what D. when

28. --Can you smell something _________ in the house?

--Oh! I forgot to turn off the gas cooker!

A. to burn B. burning C. having burnt D. having been burnt

29. --Is your dad at home?

--No, he_________ out.

A. goes B. has gone C. will go D. is going

30. The president is planning to increase the number of the students _________ to the university next year.

A. to admit B. to be admitted C. admitting D. being admitted

31. The ship will go faster if we sail _________ the wind.

A. by B. for C. with D. after

32. _________ her son outside the school gate, she drove straight to her work place.

A. To drop B. Dropped C. Having dropped D. Having been dropped

33.--Is Jack still in hospital?

--Yes. He _________ the bad food.

A. wouldn‘t eat B. shouldn‘t eat

C. wouldn‘t have eaten D. shouldn‘t have eaten

34. I don‘t want to talk to you _________ you‘re so annoyed and impatient.

A. when B. unless C. though D. till

35. --Where did you get the breaking news?

--It _________ in the newspapers.

A. published B. is being published

C. would publish D. has been published

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

Jay Wilson was my English teacher at Lake Forest High School. It was him realized my potential in writing, and his made me a writer eventually.

He was kind to me, but I had no that he took particular notice of me. There were other kids in the class, and soon I fell back into my usual the term, we began to read the play--Macbeth. Believe me, this is not an easy play for high school students to I spent a lot of time reading it. After working till the night before it was due, I wrote a paper about the the first paper I typed on a typewriter and turned it the next day.

I got a good on it, and below the grade Mr. Wilson wrote, —Sure you become a writer.‖ That was it. Those six words were written in his clear and neat handwriting. It was the first time he or anyone had in any way that writing was a option for me. We‘d never had any writers in our family line, and we didn‘t know any writers personally, even , so writing for a living didn‘t seem something to me. But then, just like that, Jay Wilson tapped my hidden and let me see a wider world.

Over the next 10 years, I often about Mr. Wilson‘s six words. Whenever I felt discouraged, it was those six words that came back to me and gave me tell me I had no talent, I held Mr. Wilson‘s before me to protect myself. I didn‘t department at Lake Forest High, I could be a writer. So I put my head down and struggled forward. 396

36. A. when B. who C. how D. where

37. A. knowledge B. confidence C. influence D. assignment

38. A. intention B. concern C. doubt D. sense

39. A. older B. smarter C. richer D. luckier

40. A. location B. position C. motivation D. qualification

41. A. so B. but C. or D. for

42. A. work B. term C. class D. play

43. A. on B. off C. in D. up

44. A. grade B. praise C. idea D. start

45. A. wonder B. hope C. make D. help

46. A. arranged B. persuaded C. announced D. indicated

47. A. career B. study C. hobby D. method

48. A. distantly B. frequently C. actually D. obviously

49. A. necessary B. precious C. different D. available

50. A. talent B. memory C. secret D. opinion

51. A. worried B. thought C. heard D. wrote

52. A. impression B. improvement C. imagination D. strength

53. A. actions B. wisdom C. words D. duty

54. A. care B. predict C. ignore D. learn

55. A. proved B. said C. promised D. answered

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

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

A

Worlds of Fun

Location: Worlds of Fun is located off Highway 435 in Kansas City, Missouri.

History: Worlds of Fun was opened on May 26, 1973, at a cost of 25 million dollars. Loosely themed around the Jules Verne book, Around the World in Eighty Days, the park was founded by Hunt Midwest Company. In 1982, Hunt Midwest bought a nearby waterpark, Oceans of Fun. In 2013, Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun were combined to a one ticket admission, providing all guests with access to 235 acres of amusement and water rides.

Hours: Worlds of Fun is open from April through Halloween.

Tickets: Buy and print online. Always try to buy your tickets in advance, to save time when you get to the park.

Reservations: Worlds of Fun sells —Fast Lane‖ cards that save riders‘ time by allowing them to bypass the majority of wait for most of rides and attractions including Mamba, Prowler, and Patriot. Ride as many times as you want all day long. Strategy(策略): Most visitors tend to begin the day with Prowler, the hottest attraction in the park. Use that tendency to your advantage and head to the Patriot first. After that, try the Dragons. Then work your way back to the Prowler. After riding the Prowler, there is only one coaster left, Mamba. Hit it next. If the park is not very crowded, you can ride Boomerang on the way to Mamba. After riding Mamba, head back for a ride on the Wolf. By then you will have tried most of the popular rides and attractions in the shortest possible time.

News: In 2014, Worlds of Fun is adding Steel Hawk, a ride that will take guests up 301 feet in the air and spin them at a 45-degree angle for a 60-second flight. Wait to have a try!

56. When did Hunt Midwest‘s two parks start to share one ticket?

A. In 1973. B. In 1982. C. In 2013. D. In 2014.

57. With a —Fast Lane‖ card, the visitor can _________.

A. save some money

B. buy tickets online

C. avoid lining up for long

D. enjoy all the rides for free

58 What is talked about in the part of Strategy?

A. The best visiting route.

B. The highest ride in the park.

C. The most popular tour season.

D. The hottest attractions in the park.

B

Museums in Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia is a great place for visitors seeking a little culture. There are Atlanta museums of all kinds, to interest adults and children. The history of the area is a fascinating one and it is documented in many of the museums. There are also collections of art and science based institutions and displays from the natural world.

The city is famous for many reasons, one of them being the World of Coca-Cola Museum. Its a worldwide product with a long history and the collection contains memorabilia（大事记） and handmade objects. Some of the documents go back to 1905. Visitors can see how a bottling operates and there are films about the history of the company. This Atlanta museum has a Pop Culture Gallery that shows paintings with the Coca-Cola image. At the end of the tour, visitors can buy a souvenir at the gift store.

The Atlanta History Center，established in 1926, is most well-known for its civil war collection. There is also the exhibition of folk arts and the displays on the history of golf in the US.

The state is also proud of its famous daughter, novelist Margaret Mitchell. The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum was founded in the house that the author shared with her husband from 1925 until 1932. It was here that she wrote her great book, Gone with the Wind. Much of this Atlanta museum is focused on the 1939 Hollywood film of the book.

Families and school outings are fortunate in having the Fernbank Science Center. It serves the local educational community and the public also enjoys the displays. There are a wide variety of exhibitions, including a collection of dinosaur skeletons, an electron microscope and a Apollo spacecraft. The museum also has an impressive botanical collection.

The Georgia Aquarium(水族馆) is the largest one in the world and almost all the tourists place it high on their travel plan when visiting the city. There are numerous species to see and learn about. The highlights include whale sharks, electric fish, Japanese spider crabs, Californian sea lions and African black-footed penguins. Atlanta museums have something for everyone and will never disappoint you.

A. factory B. movie C. soft drink D. handmade object

60. Visitors interested in literature will probably go to _________.

A. The Georgia Aquarium

B. Fernbank Science Center

C. The Atlanta History Center

D. The Margaret Mitchell House and Museum

61. Visitors who go to Pop Culture Gallery can see _____.

A. exhibition of folk arts

B. pictures of sea animals

C. collections of the civil war

D. paintings with the Coca-Cola image

62. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. Coca-Cola is popular with young visitors

B. most tourists want to visit the Georgia Aquarium

C. Science Center was set up by the local community

D. Atlanta museums mainly focus on art and literature

C

Going Green

For career（职业） changers thinking about growth and advancement potential, forget the blue-collar and white-collar categories: Green is the way to go. According to Bracken Hendricks, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Progress, careers that promote environmental responsibility will become main stream within a decade. —The

growth in green careers will be like the Internet boom, which not only created new jobs, but also had an influence on the overall economy（经济）,‖ he says.

The increasing environmental problems and need for eco-friendly products and services are creating a new job section of green-collar jobs. Many countries of the world have realized the importance and need for energy-saving products and services. It is expected that by 2025 about 25% of the jobs in developed countries will be of green-collar jobs. Doesn‘t the data look promising for the future?

Green-collar jobs have become a bright career chances for all. And jobs will pop up at every income level, from environmental manager to gardener. For example, many countries including the United States have understood that fossil fuels have negative effect on the environment which can later become a serious danger to mankind. As a result, possibilities are being explored to find alternatives to satisfy demands in a better way. The increasing demand of newer resources（资源） has creating the need for experts and researchers who can find better ways to deal with the ongoing needs. In addition, in order to meet the increasing demands of environment-friendly equipment, both green product designer and educated and trained workers are needed. Management of environmental organizations also demands a large number of environmental managers.

Where can you find green-collar jobs? Internet is undoubtedly the best way to find information on almost any matter. Nowadays, different kinds of jobs are being posted online. Search through a couple of job websites to look for a bright future in energy conversion and recycling of waste management. Check regularly and find the right work for yourself. People who read newspapers can also find different kinds of green-collar jobs.

63. Why does Bracken Hendricks mention the Internet Boom in Paragraph One?

A. To explain the importance of technology.

B. To provide evidence of his recent research.

C. To indicate the bright future of green careers.

D. To inform us of the way of finding green-collar jobs.

64. Which of the following probably creates green-collar jobs?

A. Promoting services.

B. Training employees.

C. Consuming fossil fuels.

D. Developing new resources.

65. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3?

A. The requirements for green employees.

B. The development of the green industry.

C. The economic influence of green careers.

D. The job chances in the environmental industry.

66. The passage is written to _______.

A. discuss eco-friendly services

B. introduce promising career chances

C. suggest ways of saving energy at work D. explain the best method of finding jobs

D

Boredom and Creativity

Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream.

That is the finding of Dr. Sandi Mann from the University of Central Lancashire. Dr. Mann conducted two studies. In the first experiment, 40 people were asked to carry out a boring task. They were told to copy numbers out of a telephone directory for 15 minutes. After that they were asked to complete another task. A pair of cups were given to each of them. Everyone tried to come up with different uses of the cups, and was given a chance to display their creativity. Meanwhile, another group of 40 people were just asked to come up with uses for the cups without doing any boring tasks before. It turned out that the 40 people who had first copied out the telephone numbers were more creative than the control group(对照组). To see if daydreaming was a factor in this effect, a second boring task was introduced that allowed even more daydreaming than the boring writing task. This second study saw 30 people copying out the numbers as before, but also included a second group of 30 reading rather than writing them.

Again the researchers found that the people in the control group were least creative, but the people who had just read the names were more creative than those who had to write them out. This suggests that more passive boring activities, like reading or perhaps attending meetings, can lead to more creativity. Compared with reading, writing reduced the scope（范围） for daydreaming. As a result, it reduces the effects of boredom on creativity.

Dr. Mann says: —Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be avoided, but perhaps we should accept it in order to promote our creativity. What we want to do next is to see what the practical implications of this finding are. Do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their work -- or do they go home and write novels?‖

67. Who proved to be the most creative in the two studies?

A. The people who attended meetings.

B. The people who did the reading task.

C. The people who invented uses for cups.

D. The people who copied telephone numbers.

68. The studies conducted by Dr. Mann indicate that creativity results from _______.

A. creative tasks

B. controlled activities

C. the range of daydreaming

D. reading and writing ability

69. What is Dr. Mann‘s attitude towards boredom at work?

A. Positive.

B. Skeptical.

C. Subjective.

D. Disapproving.

70. What will Dr. Mann probably continue to research in their study?

A. The real causes of creativity.

B. The actual use of boredom.

C. The practical reasons of boredom.

D. The writing ability improved by boredom.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

Teen peer pressure

Teen peer pressure is the influence a teens social group has on him or her. As adolescents enter the teen years, they usually begin to focus more on their peers or friends. Peers influence most aspects of a teens life, including how teens dress, what music they listen to, and what kind of activities they are involved in. Good friends can encourage teens to do well in school, get involved in positive activities, volunteer, eat healthy foods, and avoid drugs, alcohol, and other risky activities. Friends also help teens learn good social skills and better ways to

Negative peer pressure is when teens feel pressured to do something they know is This is because they want to be liked or fit in, they are afraid of being made fun of, or they want to try something other teens are doing.

It is important for teens to learn how to deal with peer pressure. There are a lot of things a teen can do to handle friends use positive peer pressure to help you be your best self. Also you need to think about the consequences of your decisions and actions, such as if an activity might harm your health or get you into trouble. Or you can talk to your parents or a trusted adult about the kinds of peer pressure you face and listen to their advice. Remember that if just one teen stands up against negative peer pressure, usually others will join him or her, and learning to handle peer pressure gives teens more confidence.

A. Peer pressure is not always bad.

B. They always give teens good advice.

C. Teens may give in to negative peer pressure.

D. Why it is important to deal with negative peer pressure?

E. First of all, teens need to recognize negative peer pressure.

F. For example, you can choose good friends who share your values.

G. The desire to fit in with peers can be a very strong influence on teens.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节（15分）

你的美国朋友William下个月即将来北京。请根据以下提示给他写信，告知他到达当日的安排。

1. 你去机场接机。

2. 送他去酒店。

3. 晚上欢迎他来你家共进晚餐。

注意：1. 词数不少于50。

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3. 邮件的开头和结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear William,

______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Yours Joe

（请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内）

第二节（20分）

假设你是红星中学高二（1）班的学生李华。下面四幅图描述了发生在你上学路上的一件事，请根据图片的先后顺序，为校刊—英语园地‖写一篇短文。词数不少于60。

___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

（请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内）

2014东城二模英语

英语试卷 2014.5

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. I have watched a number of movie recently,______ none of them have impressed me.

A. but B. or C. so D. for

22. The beat way________ how to drive a car is to practice with a driving instructor.

A. learned B. learning C. to learn D. to be learn

23. ---Do you have any plan for this Sunday？

---Yes, I________ shopping with my friends.

A. go B.am going C. went D. have gone

24. It is believed_______ children should learn to be responsible from the very beginning.

A. why B. how C. when D. that

25. _______a new house is impossible for the young couple because they haven’t saved enough money.

A. Buy B. Buying C. Bought D. Having bought

26. The cinema______ ten years ago we first moved to this town.

A. built B. has built C. was built D. would be built

27. My sister has a habit of keeping a diary and write down______ happen every day.

A. how B. when C. which D. what

28. Every book______ from the library should be returned on time.

A. borrow B. to borrow C. borrowing D. borrowed.

29. ---Hi, Jack, You look a bit fat now.

---Yes, I______ five pounds recently.

A. Am putting B. will put on C. have put on D. had put on

30. You’d better not ride the bicycle on snowy days; you______ fall.

A. must B. might C. have to D. ought to’

31. Milk will turn sour soon on hot days_____ it is stored in the refrigerator.

A. since B. until C. because D. unless

32. There was an excited expression______ his face when he heard the good news.

A. of B. on C. at D. over

33. Drivers must stop when the traffic lights______ red.

A. turn B. will turn C. turned D. were turning

34. Teaching is a difficult job_____ requires great skill and patience.

A. which B. where C. who D. why

35. I f you had told him the truth, he_____ so angry now.

A. isn’t B. wasn’t

C. wouldn’t be D .wouldn’t have been

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was thirteen, one day my mom told my family that she had to tell us something. So my dad, my brother and I all sat down on the sofa to begin in the discussion. You could feel the 36 atmosphere of the room. It was 37 that something was wrong. Then my mom told us that she

had been diagnosed（诊断）with a very serious disease. That was when we all had a moment of 38 and cried.

After that my mom started the 39 and had to travel to the hospital every day. After a week, she began to lose her 40 and so shaved it all off. My mom would always wear bright-colored scarfs and after a while 41 to buy a wig (假发). Along with losing her hair she lost all her nails.

42, I had never seen a desperate look in my mom’s eyes. I remember one day I went with my mom to the hospital. When we were 43 for her to receive the treatment, We kept telling jokes. We both burst out 44 from time to time. Everyone in the waiting room was so 45, while we were in the middle of the room, chatting 46 . Neither of us eared 47 people thought of us.

After about a year of treatment, and all the 48 . one day my mom said she wanted to tell us something important. As my mom was about to speak, a smile 49 on her face. At that moment I knew that it was going to be something very 50. She told us that she had recovered! At that moment I 51 down in tears. They were tears of joy. At that moment for the first time in a very long time I had a feeling that everything was going to be 52 .

Now two years has passed and my mom is 53 of the disease. I am so happy that I have my mom with the very step of the way. My mom 54 me to value every moment in my life and to remain 55 through thick or thin. She has taught me so much and continues to teach me more.

36. A. tense B. calm C. friendly D. cold

37. A. necessary B. common C. obvious D. strange

38. A. regret B. anger C. sorrow D. hesitation

39. A. appointment B. treatment C. operation D. observation

40. A. hair B. weight C. energy D. hope

41. A. liked B. offered C. decided D. afforded

42. A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Finally

43. A. arranging B. waiting C. wishing D. preparing

44. A. crying B. quarreling C. talking D. laughing

45. A. down B. over C. out D. off

46. A. nervously B. curiously C. happily D. gently

47. A. why B. when C. where D. what

48. A. pain B. failure C. advice D. love

49. A. turned B. formed C. changed D. burst

50. A. attractive B. active C. exciting D. amusing

51. A. came B. looked C. bent D. broke

52. A. fair B. clear C. ready D. line

53. A. free B. afraid C. aware D. sure

54. A. asked B. taught C. persuaded D. admitted

55. A. determined B. modest C. independent D. positive

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

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

A

Summer Camps

Camp Bou Coeur Ine

Lalayette, LA, 70505

Phone: (337) 2338437

A summer camping experience is something that all children should enjoy. But what summer camp can children with heart disease go? Is there a place where they can enjoy a summer camp experience? Yes! It is called Camp Bon Coeur or Camp Good Heart!

In 1985, Camp Boa Coeur was created by Lalayette General Medical Center, one of the leading medical centers in this area to give children with Congential Heart Defect a traditional summer camp experience. Camp Bon Coeur offers a two-week summer program that gives these campers the opportunity to meet other kids from across the country that also suffer from heart disease. Our campers range in age from 7 to 16 years old.

Tulane University Ripples Camp

New Orleans, LA, 70118

Phone: (504) 865 5431

The Ripples experience for this season will be the best children’s program ever brought to this area. last summer was full of amazing little changing experience for hundreds of campers, their parents and staff involved during our 9-week program. We are very proud and honored to be part of your children’s life.

Ripples provides children with a “World of Good!” through a varied and well-planned schedule of daily activities. In addition to traditional sports, cooking, field trips, cycling, horse riding, rock-climbing, drama and arts are all part of our daily activities. This program is for campers aged 12~14.

Kideam Summer Camp

Kenner, LA, 70062

Phone: (504) 472-5437

For over 35 years, Kideam has born known as the leading provider of summer fan for campers aged 3~13. Kideam aims to help campers build positive values characteristics including respect for others, sharing, cooperation, motivation and encouragement.

Kideam’s mission is to promote children’s social experience in a safe, fun-filled camp environment. With several locations to choose from, including area school, parks, playgrounds and country clubs, every year over 3000 campers have the summer memories they will carry through a lifetime. The organizer of Kideam also created Girl’s Summer Camp, which helps teenage girls build confidence and adventurous spirits.

56. What does the underlines part “Congenital Heart Defect” refer to?

A. An activity

B. A disease

C. A program

D. A disability

57. Children aged 5 can take part in _______.

A. Camp Bon Coeur

B. Girl’s Summer Camp

C. Kideam Summer Camp

D. Tulane University Ripples Camp

58. Children taking part in Ripples Camp will______.

A. have the chance to try cooking

B. stay in the camp for two weeks

C. meet kids from across the world

D. have different camp places to choose from

B

Gift Idea

The other day I was shopping for Grandma I realized I had no gift ideas at all.

It was no a birthday gift or anything like that. It was simply son of a hello gift. That is how we do things in my family. We dont really give gifts for special occasions. Instead, we occasionally just give presents to each other people that we are thinking about them.

That was why I wanted a gift for Grandma. But it was like my imagination had dried up. I have gone through all of the gift ideas in previous years, fruits, wines, cheeses, little handmade ends, and anything else that you can give to a grandmother had even given her gift watches, and CDs. What else was there?

I have always found gift ideas for men a little bit easier than for women，because for men，you can always get the usual things, such as video games, power tools and things like that.

With a woman’s gift idea, however, you have to know more about her. You cannot just get someone a book or a CD. You have to know all about her taste in movies, music, and literature. My grandmother likes to read a lot, but what she likes is always pretty popular, I didnt want to get her a book that she might not like，but I was running out of time. I needed a idea for this weekend and went to visit her. After all, I hadn’t seen her for a long time. I wanted to give her a gift so she would not feel ignored.

Finally，I came up with the perfect gift idea. I made a collection of all the stories I had written in the past year. It wasnt a typical gift idea like a bunch of flowers, but if really worked in the situation. You see, I am a writer and my grandma has always been my fan. Anyway, I had been learning about book binding recently, and had pretty much mastered the art, I figured that I would add a little bit of handmade artwork to the stories, bind it altogether, and give it to her. It took hours to complete, but it was well worth the effort. She absolutely loved it.

59. The writer chose a gift for Grandma to___________.

A. celebrate a special family occasion

B. please her during a weekend visit

C. congratulate her on her birthday

D. beg her pardon for ignoring her

60. What gift did the writer finally decide to give his grandma?

A. Gift watches.

B. A bunch of flowers.

C. Artwork made by hand,

D. Stories written by himself.

61. How does the writer fed about giving gifts to women?

A. Interesting. B. Challenging. C. Time-wasting. D. Popular.

62. We can learn from the passage that .

A. the writer is a successful novelist

B. most people are particular about gifts

C. the writers grandma has a good taste in art

D. the writer’s family will give gifts on regular days

C

Dogs already guide blind and disabled people and now they are to be (rained to help people with dementia. The idea developed by some university students will new be put into practice by Scotland Medical Center. The research is meaningful, for there are 870, 000 people in Britain who have dementia and by 2021 this is expected to rise to one million.

Dementia can make people confuse night and day or forget basic things such as washing or drinking enough water. The dogs would be trained to help to guide them through the day. Joyce Gray from Scotland Medical Center said.44 People in the early stages of dementia are still able to live a relatively normal life, and dogs help them to maintain routine.” For example, people with memory loss will tend to forget to take medicine, “but if a dog presents them with a bag with pills in it, there’s a greater chance of them taking it. n Ms. Gray also said dogs were perfectly suited to remind their owners to eat. “Dogs have an ability to say “it‘s my feeding time”，so there would be a note in the cupboard next to the dog’s food reminding the dog’s owner to eat too.

The dog would also encourage the owner to take them out for walks. “It a reason for the owner to go out into the community,”Ms. Gray said，“We did a test with an elderly person walking down the high street on his own. Then we gave him a dog on a Lead and he did the exact same walk. That time people would come up to him, chatting or smiling and making eye contact. We hope wed see this with people* with dementia too. ”

There is one more advantage of using the pets as companions. Since convert lion can be increasingly confusing for people with dementia, dogs can give them a sense of silent support and companionship. Ms. Gray said：‘we have found that people may forget familiar faces but not pets. People light up when they see animals. There is a speechless bond between the clog and its owner."

63. What’s the common symptom of dementia?

A. Going hungry. B. Feeling lonely.

A. Forgetting things D. Waking up at night.

64. According to Ms. Gray after feeding the pet, the owner may_____________ .

A. do some washing

B. take his medicine

A. have something to eat

D. go out to walk the dog

65. For people with dementia, pets can__________.

A. give them wordless help

B. contribute to their recovery

C. help them to recognize peoples faces

D. ensure them to gain support from other people

66. Whats the best title for the passage?

A. Guide Dogs for the Mind

B. Pets, Faithful Companions

C. Mental Support for the Disabled

D. Dementia, a Curable Disease

D

Interactive Home security Systems

Tarik Celebi who lives in San Francisco suburb, takes his home-security system with him to work to dinner, just about anywhere. By his cell phone, he arms” his home-security alarm from his car before he leaves for work. During his workday, he gets e-mail alerts every time his front door opens, even though hes miles away. If the door opens at an unusual time---say midday when no one should be coming or going he can order a 30-second video clip (片段）from the camera that watches the door. If its just his mother-in-law getting a package delivery, no worries.

Celebi is one of the first users of the latest interactive home-security systems. In addition to sounding alarms when the house is broken into and notifying homeowners or police, as traditional systems do. The interactive systems give users new ways to remotely control their systems and their home environment. Different from traditional home-security alarms, which homeowners typically have to press buttons on a keypad to turn on before they leave their homes, the interactive systems enable consumers to arm and disarm systems from smart phones, iPads and PCs，no matter where they ore.

Most traditional systems are set up to sound an alarm if doors or windows are opened. The interactive systems give homeowners more options. For example, users can elect, when they want to be notified. They might want an e-mail or a text every time a door is opened, or only during the hours of 3 to 4 p. m. when kids come home from school. Like Celebi，they can add cameras and get video clips when doors open. That could be helpful in making sure kids arent bringing friends home when theyre not supposed to.

Nationwide about 20% of homes have traditional home-security systems. About half stop using them because they tire of the trouble. Being able to arm systems even while dashing to the subway or while at work will increase their usage of the new interactive systems. Although the new functions add costs to home security, the interactive systems art believed to push home-security systems ’usage rates closer to 30%, which would be a big movement for an industry that’s been largely stuck at 20% for the past decade. “We all know its going to get bigger though we dont know how long its going to take,” Eric Taylor, an officer from San Francisco Security Department says.

67. What may Ceiebi first do if his front door opens at a wrong time when he is away?

A. Inform the police. B. Call his mother-in-law.

C. Arm the security alarm. D. Observe through video.

68. The interactive systems enable the user to_________

A. improve his home environment remotely

B. lock his houses door while he is miles away

C. operate the home-security systems at any place

D. sound the alarm and inform the police at the same time

69. Whats the advantage of the interactive systems over _________

A. They are cheaper.

B. They are easier to set up.

C. They can give quicker reaction.

D. They have more ways to inform the users.

70.What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The importance of -security industry.

B. The functions of the interactive alarms.

C. The popularity of home-security systems.

D. The market potential of the interactive systems.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共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。 Brain Drain

Imagine you are sitting in your living room and out of surprise you get a call from a friend. He tells you that hes gotten the student visa and is going to study abroad for higher education. His parents may feel it a privilege that their son is guaranteed to have a blight future and unbelievable job opportunities. 71 While many people believe that immigration is a personal choice that must be understood and respected, others have realized a serious problembrain drain. Brain drain refers to the flow of highly skilled and educated people, such as doctors, engineers, scientists from less developed countries to developed countries.

Brain drain has become a common social problem. 72 These reasons are “Push” factors(因素)and “Pull” factors. The push factors include low wages and lack of satisfactory working and living conditions, and so on. The pull factors, however, include higher pay and better working conditions, better job opportunities, as well as better research equipment.

As we can see, many educated people are heading for richer countries，seeking higher wages and better working conditions. _ 73 It reduces the number of creative people who can contribute to the development of their country. Meanwhile, with more successful businessmen taking their money abroad, their countries are missing an opportunity of wealth creation. 74 Besides these economic effects, the brain drain has also social negative effects, such as the loss of improvement in research and technique.

Therefore measures must be taken in less developed countries to avoid brain drain. 75 Social developments like health services and education opportunities also need improving. Otherwise, less developed countries will face an uncertain future.

A. Even you may start to admire his plans,

B. This also reduces government tax income.

C. Why should their motivations be seriously considered?

D. This of course has serious negative effects on their own countries.

E. There should be more job opportunities for highly educated people.

F. So it is important to find out the proper reasons behind the brain drain.

G. Most of the measures taken so far have not reduced the effects of brain drain.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节 (15分)

你的美国笔友Chris帮你买到了史蒂夫乔布斯的纪念邮票并随信寄来，请你根据以下提示给他回信。

非常喜欢，表示感谢；

回赠三张马年邮票；

中国邮票展暑期在北京举办，邀请他参加。

Dear Chris，

Yours

Joe

第二节 (20分)

假设你是红星中学高二（1）班的学生李华，下面四幅图描述了你和父母去西安自助旅游的经过，请根据图片的先后顺序，给校刊“英语园地”投稿。词数不少于60。

2014西城一模英语

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题

卡上将该项涂黑。

21．Tony is ______ fantastic pianist．Im absolutely certain that his concert this Sunday will be

______ success．

A．a; a B．a; the C．the; the D．the; a

22．Its going to take ages to get to the airport this way．Cant you go ______?

A．fast B．any faster C．fastest D．as fast

23．The artist was very proud of his creation and called it the best painting ______ he had ever

done．

A．whose B．which C．when D．that

24．In your life, sometimes you might end up back ______ you started．

A．who B．when C．where D．which

25．Every December Nobel Prizes ______ to people who have made outstanding contributions to

the world．

A．award B．are awarded C．awarded D．were awarded

26．The tour guide reminded people to be careful when ______ off the boat．

A．stepping B．stepped C．to step D．step

27．Oh, I want to give up now．

Come on! ______ doesnt kill you makes you stronger．

A．Whichever B．Whatever C．Whoever D．Whenever

28．E-shoppers ______ to 300 million by the end of last year．

A．had grown B．grew C．have grown D．grow

29．Last night the naughty boy climbed ______ the wall and jumped into the swimming pool

only to find there was no water．

A．across B．over C．through D．for

30．______ at the way he had been treated in the hotel, John complained to the manager．

A．Having disappointed B．Disappointing

C．Disappointed D．To disappoint

31．You should plan for things that happen and not just react to things that have

happened．

A．need B．should C．must C．might

32． Im glad that you had a good time at the tea party． there !

A．have been B． was C．were D．had been

33． Waterfalls never fail to attract and in Guangxi Province are no exception

A． they B．it C．those D．that

34．Coming back after four years of studying abroad．she was busy phoning her friends

together．

A．getting B．to get C．get D．got

35．Your family is moving to Hawaii? Why ?

We about a change of scenery for some time

A．have been thinking B． had thought

C．think D．thought

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Cell Phone Madness

When I opened the box at my 12th birthday party, I couldn‘t believe my eyes. I had really gotten a cell phone!

As soon as I got to my oft my phone and asked everyone for their 38 .

It felt like I didnt even in that class anymore. I wouldnt pay much attention to the teachers because I was too busy on my I was pretty that I stopped paying attention to her week later we took a test and I failed. To make matters mom had to the test.

It was hard to show my mom the Well, eventually, I showed her and she couldnt disappointed.

the fact that I had a phone. They would say, " now and we dont communicate as much with your phone．"

I acted like they were wrong, but then I started to wonder if it was true that I was spending too much ．

A week later I tried ．I had so much because I was actually spending time with my family and paying attention to them．From that day, I had a different point of view towards cell phones．

Phones really take you away from the rest of the world．Im not saying that phones are and not to use them, but you do have to spare some time to spend with your family and not get your phone all day．My phone took away time from my homework and from my family．It also affected my grades．

I will keep using my phone, but I will have it under better control．

36．A．office B．school C．store D．home

37．A．took B．put C．turned D．showed

38．A．number B．name C．help D．address

39．A．come B．hand C．give D．exist

40．A．job B．test C．phone D．desk

41．A．caught B．allowed C．troubled D．appreciated

42．A．proud B．doubtful C．sure D．angry

43．A．mention B．notice C．prevent D．punish

44．A．until B．before C．though D．because

45．A．clearer B．easier C．worse D．better

46．A．read B．sign C．do D．make

47．A．box B．book C．homework D．paper

48．A．believe B．receive C．see D．achieve

49．A．ignore B．dislike C．accept D．enjoy

50．A．secret B．idea C．world D．dream

51．A．time B．force C．money D．control

52．A．studying B．working C．going D．thinking

53．A．trouble B．worry C．fun D．improvement

54．A．good B．bad C．necessary D．useful

55．A．interested B．pleased C．annoyed D．stuck

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

A

How to look good in a photo?

What should you do if you want to have a nice photo taken? Whether its work or fun, the

most important thing is lighting．If you get bad lighting, you will look bad, too．Know where the

light is．You dont want it below you or above you, you want it to shine directly at you．

The key thing is no shadow．If you are being photographed outside, do it in the morning, or

wait till the 2 oclock shadow has passed．Also dont let pictures in the magazines stress you out

all the pictures are taken by great photographers．And all the faces have had pimples （丘疹，

粉刺） taken out by computers．

Tip your head and learn what angles work with your face; everyone is different．So you have

to learn what suits you．You can practice in Photo Booth for as long as it is your turn, to learn what

angles suit your face．Tip your neck to make it look longer, make eye contact with the camera．No

one can look bad if they smile．

For long legs, point one leg into center of the frame and get the photographer to shoot looking

up your body．

For just leg shots, lie upside down and raise legs in the air for the best angle．And your legs

will look thinner and be in better shape．

Keep shoulders back． Always have mouth slightly open, enough to put a penny between your lips, as this will make

your lips look fuller．

Lower your eyes and then look up just as shutter （快门） is clicked for full eyes．

Delete any evidence of a less than perfect photogenic moment, everyone has off days．

56．If you want to look good in a photo, the light should be ______．

A．below you B．above you

C．directly at you D．right behind you

57．According to the passage, we should consider all EXCEPT ______．

A．light B．shadow C．angles D．photographers

58．What advice does the author give on taking photos?

A．Raise legs on the wall． B．Look down．

C．Keep shoulders back． D．Put a penny between lips．

B

Throughout my 41 years at General Electric, Ive experienced a lot．In the media, Ive gone

from prince to pig and back again．And Ive been called many things．

In the early days, some called me a crazy, wild man．When I became CEO two decades ago,

Wall Street asked, "Jack who?"

When I tried to make GE more competitive by cutting back our workforce in the early 1980s,

the media called me "Neutron Jack．" When they learned we were focused on values and culture at

GE, people asked if "Jack has gone soft．" Ive been No．1 or No．2 Jack, Services Jack, Global Jack, and, in more recent years．Six Sigma Jack and e-Business Jack．

When we made an effort to acquire Honeywell in October 2000, and I agreed to stay on through the transition （ 过渡期 ） , some thought of me as the Long-in-the-Tooth Jack hanging on by his fingertips to his CEO job．

Those characterizations said less about me and a lot more about the stage our company went through．Truth is, down deep, Ive never really changed much from the boy my mother raised in Salem, Massachusetts．

When I started on this journey in 1981 , standing before Wall Street analysts for the first time at New Yorks Pierre Hotel, I said I wanted GE to become " the most competitive enterprise on earth．" My objective was to put a small-company spirit in a big-company body, to build an organization out of an old-line industrial company that would be more high-spirited, more adaptable, and more flexible than companies that are one-fiftieth our size．I said then that I wanted to create a company " where people dare to try new things ?where people know that only the limits of their creativity and drive, their own standards of personal excellence, will be the ceiling on how far and how fast they move．" Ive been lucky enough to be a part of GE．

59．According to the first two paragraphs, the author ______．

A．had many ups and downs

B．had a poor image in public

C．became CEO of GE 41 years ago

D．suffered from some mental illnesses

60．As the author sees it, the many nicknames of him indicate ______．

A．the change of his character with the time

B．the various opinions of different journalists

C．his companys different stages of development

D．his popularity among his friends and relatives

61．According to the author, GE in 1981 ______．

A．should seek broader space for development

B．was the most competitive company in the world

C．differed from many old-line industrial companies

D．was a big company with a small-companys spirit

62．What does the underlined word "journey" in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Taking GE to a new height．

B．Travelling from home to office．

C．Seeking a higher position in GE．

D．Growing from a baby into an adult．

C

College students constantly hear the praises of education．We have all become used to believing that a college education is always a guarantee of an easier life．I was nine years old when my fourth-grade teacher presented me with a task, to write down all of the things I wanted in my life．I filled my paper with things like: own a big house and have servants; be rich and have a

good job．The next day my teacher handed back my paper and in red ink she wrote: " GO TO COLLEGE．" For a long time, I was convinced that once I obtained an education, BAM! Life would be easier．

However, education cannot promise all wishes, dreams, and desires．Society must reject the foolish idea that a college educations main purpose is to satisfy our desires and secure success．Like most challenging things, education is a gamble （赌博） in which results depend entirely on peoples ability to look past their wants to see the realism and reason behind their wants．

For instance, my first year of college, I took a sociology class．In class, we were taught that Third World countries were poor．We learned that our quality of life would be almost impossible for an average person in those countries．I began to examine my own desire to be rich．To always go after money felt selfish when knowing others had none at all．Learning about other societys financial situations forced me to look beyond what I wanted．

Through the process of education, everything once desired is tested．Wanting something no longer is enough; its more important to examine why we want it and whether we really want it．When my desire for money changed, everything changed．I stopped longing for money-driven careers and stopped valuing the people who had them．I began to examine the things I purchased and my reason for wanting them．

Education is a tool to be used to develop and advance our desires, so we can discover the things that are truly significant in life．Education is a source to expand our society to see beyond the superficial （表面的） appeals and the "quick fixes" , leaving the belief of an effortless life behind in order to desire a meaningful one．

63．The authors fourth-grade teacher probably agreed that ______．

A．the author was an ambitious student

B．the author should set more realistic goals

C．a college student would lead an easier life

D．a college degree was the key to the authors dreams

64．Why does the author mention her sociology class?

A．To share her learning experiences with readers．

B．To support her new understanding about education．

C．To express her sympathy for people in Third World．

D．To stress the importance of taking a sociology course．

65．With a college education, the author ______．

A．envied rich people

B．lost interest in career

C．desired more material things

D．stopped always seeking more wealth

66．Whats the main idea of the passage?

A．College education promises an effortless life．

B．College education tests and guides our life desires．

C．College education offers solutions to social problems．

D．College education turns young people into gamblers．

D

The word proactivity is fairly common in management literature, but you wont find it in the dictionary．It means that as a human being you take responsibility for your own life．

Look at the word responsibility: ability to choose your response, response-ability．Effective people are proactive because they take responsibility．Their behavior is a product of their own decisions, based on values, rather than being a product of their own conditions, based on feelings．For instance, you are planning a picnic with your family．Youre excited．You have all the preparations．Youve decided where to go, and then it becomes stormy, killing your plan．Proactive They realize what their purpose really was, and they creatively have a picnic elsewhere even if its in their own basement with some special games, and make the best of that situation．The opposite of being proactive is to be reactive．Reactive people would say, "Whats the use?" "We cant do anything．" "Oh this is so upsetting after all of our preparations and arrangements．" They try to persuade the people around them and usually the picnic will be cancelled．

Being proactive is really just being true to your human nature．Your basic nature is to act, and not to be acted upon．Thats true, despite widely accepted theories of determinism used to explain human nature．Determinism says that you dont really choose anything and that what you call choices are nothing more than automatic responses to outside conditions．

The language of reactive people is like: " I cant．" " Dont have time．" " I have to．" " I must．" The whole spirit of that language is the transfer of responsibility．They think things are determined by their environment, or by their conditions, or by their conditioning or their genetic （基因的） makeup．Psychologically, people who believe they are determined will produce the evidence to support the belief, and they increasingly feel victimized and out of control．Theyre not in charge of their life at all．

On the contrary, a proactive person exercises free will, the freedom to choose the response that best applies to his values．In that way, he gains control over the circumstances, rather than being controlled by them．

67．According to the passage, a proactive persons behavior can result from ______．

A．the environment B．an inner belief

C．the genetic makeup D．a temporary feeling

68．When a picnic plan is threatened by a sudden storm, reactive people will probably ____．

A．have the picnic as planned B．make the best of the picnic

C．complain and give up the picnic D．find somewhere else for the picnic

69．What does "carry weather within them" in the second paragraph probably mean?

A．Manage to improve the weather． B．Give in to the weather passively．

C．Stress the influence of the weather． D．Find a solution to the weather

problems．

70．It can be concluded from the passage that determinists ______．

A．accept things passively B．are in charge of themselves

C．are similar to proactive people D．respond to outside conditions actively

第二节 （共5小题;每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项

Where would you most like to go on vacation? Paris? London? The Amazon Rainforest? Each of these destinations is attractive．As a new word, staycation refers to people staying at home during their vacation time, and

going sightseeing around their hometown．

Staycations have become really popular recently, as a way of having an enjoyable vacation,

without spending too much money．There are shortcomings to every positive thing, however．

might be the same as any other time．

．

What can you do to make your staycation fun?

1．Go to a nearby town, or to a fancy hotel in your hometown and stay over night．Treat

yourself to room service and any other fun things the hotel has to offer．

2．You would have done it on a vacation, right? Treat yourself to this, at least for

one day!

3．Throw a small party．Think about the money you are saving by not going away．You will

still save money, but have more fun, and you will help other people to have fun too!

4．Go shopping! Window shopping, or the super fun type, where you buy things! You would

have bought souvenirs （纪念品） if you had gone on a vacation, so treat yourself during your

staycation!

The most important thing to remember is to do things that make you and your family excited!

A．Eat out for every meal!

B．Go on a day trip to a nearby town, or to a beach．

C．But why not remain at home and enjoy a staycation?

E．Most of the time it involves dining out more frequently than usual．

D．If you are on a staycation, you might get calls from work．

F．Make sure you all have fun, and when it is over, you feel refreshed．

G．The trick is to make sure your friends and coworkers know you are on a staycation．

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节（15分）

假如你是校学生会主席。新年即将到来，为了帮助你校的外国留学生更好地了解中国文

化，学生会将为他们举办一个新年晚会。请你根据以下提示，用英语向他们发出口头通知。

时间：下周五6：00 -8：00

地点：教学楼1 01室

内容：1．唱中国歌 2．比赛用筷子 3．学习包饺子

注意：

1．词数不少于50；

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Good afternoon, everyone．

Thank you for your attention．

第二节（20分）

假如你是红星中学高二（1）班李华，下面四幅图描述了近期你看到骑公共自行车“绿色出行”的宣传后所采取的行动。请根据图片的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文。词数不少于60。

2014西城二模英语

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It‘s so nice to hear from her again. ________, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What‘s more B. That‘s to say C. In other words D. Believe it or not

答案是D。

21. You look great!

I ______ out. Check out my muscles!

A. will work B. was working

C. have been working D. had been working

22. ______ Stephon Marbury is an American, he has become a role model among Beijing basketball fans.

A. As B. Although C. When D. Since

23. It‘s been discovered in the study ______ people are more relieved after forgiving others.

A. that B. what C. which D. whose

24. Grandpa was shocked by the news. Rarely ______ him so quiet.

A. do I see B. had I seen C. I had seen D. I saw

25. The report aims to explain how these conclusions ______.

A. were reached B. had been reached C. have reached D. had reached

26. Sometimes, ______ a patient a get-well card is better than visiting him.

A. to be sent B. being sent C. having sent D. sending

27. It‘s always hard to remember a name when one doesn‘t have a face to go with ______.

A. him B. it C. her D. one

28. It was unusual that such close neighbors ______ not know one another.

A. could B. would C. must D. should

29. The agent promised to keep the family members fully ______ of any developments.

A. inform B. informing C. informed D. being informed

30. The professor gave a really good speech.

I suggest you ______ him some specific questions about his work experience.

A. have asked B. will ask C. asked D. ask

31. A person who has never tasted bitter won‘t know ______ sweet is.

A. which B. what C. when D. why

32. The landlady prefers to have women in the apartment rather than men. She thinks women take ______ care of things!

A. well B. good C. better D. best

33. Based on a true story, the film shows a hero racing ______ time to get back the stolen papers.

A. behind B. against C. about D. at 34. I‘ve made several travel plans for our vacation, but I‘ll leave it to you ______ one.

A. choosing B. chosen C. to choose D. choose

35. Paris has some great museums ______ visitors can see fine works of impressionist painters.

A. where B. which C. that D. when

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.

The first two there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.

As we were 老年痴呆症), most of them the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren‘t the songs that we were singing, at least they didn‘t like that. As we got The louder we got, the louder she got. she was singing, she was also with her hands and body. I knew that I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my were to my students. People who worked at the care center could to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.

Justin also the same lady. The difference between us is that he on her needs, but I didn‘t. During the last song, —Silent Night,‖ Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her and with his actions said, —You are important, and I will take my to let you know that.‖

This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No can completely describe that touching moment...

It a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and love. Justin‘s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself

36. A. rooms B. buildings C. floors D. groups

37. A. bravely B. shyly C. madly D. beautifully

38. A. dancing B. meeting C. gathering D. singing

39. A. stared B. shut C. paid D. glared

40. A. looked B. caught C. escaped D. hurt

41. A. appear B. hear C. sound D. feel

42. A. louder B. nearer C. faster D. higher

43. A. Because B. As C. Since D. Though

44. A. moving B. reaching C. coming D. spreading

45. A. interests B. abilities C. feeling s D. responsibilities

46. A. speak B. object C. attend D. compare

47. A. afraid B. sure C. guilty D. scary

48. A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed

49. A. called B. acted C. insisted D. kept

50. A. tears B. hands C. eyes D. face

51. A. time B. flower C. body D. cheek

52. A. words B. poems C. expressions D. songs

53. A. took B. wasted C. caused D. made