篇一：2014广东高考英语原题及答案A卷
绝密★启用前 试卷类型：A
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷)
英语
本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分.考试用时120分钟
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔讲试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试题与答题卡一并交回。
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完型填空(见下页)
第二节 语法填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 18_____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 19_____ for the week after. I didn’t understand 20____ this would happen and my credit card had already been charged______ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 22_____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 23_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 24____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little_____（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
解析:
第一节 完形填空
Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the . On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually when parents blame them for the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different to these problems. However, some approaches are more than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to their actions.
Psychologists say that is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space. Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
1. A. natural
2. A. interest
3. A. noisyB. strongB. argument B. crowded
B. using
B. popular
B. taste
C. guilty C. link C. messy
D. similar D. knowledge D. locked D. research D. replacing D. attitudes D. successful D. thoroughly D. nature D. thrills D. reconsider D. trust D. talk D. stop 4. A. homework 5. A. washing6. A. approaches 7. A. complex8. A. later 9. A. behavior10. A. failures11. A. defend13. A. reply 14. A. hateB. houseworkB. contributionsB. deliberately B. changesB. delay B. attend B. scoldC. problemC. dropping C. scientific C. seldomC. futureC. introductions C. consequences C. friendship C. attach C. repeat12. A. communication B. bond C. frighten
15. A. loving
B. observingC. understanding D. praising
阅读（共两节）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
26. What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A. He has a gift for writing music B. He can write down the note he hears.
C. He is a top student at the law schoolD. He can play the musical piece he hears.
27. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.
B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.
28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.
A. received a good early education in music B played the guitar and the piano perfectly
C. could play the piano without reading musicD. could play the guitar better than his father
29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?
A. He became famous during a special event at his college.
B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.
C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.
D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.The Qualities of a Musician B.The Story of a Musical Talent
C.The Importance of Early Education D.The Relationship between Memory and Music.
B
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “.”
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?
A. She knew the car drivers well. B. She wanted to show kindness.
C. She hoped to please others. D. She had seven tickets.
32. Judy Foreman copied down the phrase because she A. thought it was beautifully written
B. wanted to know what it really meant
C. decided to write it on a warehouse wall
D. wanted her husband to put it up in the classroom
33. Who came up with the phrase according to the passage?
A. Judy Foreman. B. Natalie Smith. C. Alice Johnson. D. Anne Herbert.
34. Which of the following statements is closest in the meaning to the underlined sentence above?
A. Kindness and violence can change the world.
B. Kindness and violence can affect one’s behavior.
C. Kindness and violence can reproduce themselves.
D. Kindness and violence can shape one’s character.
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. People should practice random kindness to those in need.
B. People who receive kindness are likely to offer it to others.
C. People should practice random kindness to strangers they meet.
D. People who receive kindness are likely to pay it back to the giver.
C
Like many new graduates, I left university full of hope for the future but with no real idea of what I wanted to do. My degree, with honors, in English literature had not really prepared me for anything practical. I knew I wanted to make a difference in the world somehow, but I had no idea how to do that. That’s when I learned about the Lighthouse Project.
I started my journey as a Lighthouse Project volunteer by reading as much as I could about the experiences of previous volunteers. I knew it would be a lot of hard work, and that I would be away from my family and friends for a very long time. In short, I did not take my decision to apply for the Lighthouse Project lightly. Neither did my family.
Eventually, however, I won the support of my family, and I sent in all the paperwork needed for the application. After countless interviews and presentations, I managed to stand out among the candidates and survive the test alone. Several months later, I finally received a call asking me to report for the duty. I would be going to a small village near Abuja, Nigeria. Where? What? Nigeria? I had no idea. But I was about to find out.
After completing my training, I was sent to the village that was small and desperately in need of proper accommodation. Though the local villagers were poor, they offered their homes, hearts, and food as if I were their own family. I was asked to lead a small team of local people in building a new schoolhouse. For the next year or so, I taught in that same schoolhouse. But I sometimes think I learned more from my students than they did from me.
Sometime during that period, I realized that all those things that had seemed so strange or unusual to me no longer did, though I did not get anywhere with the local language, and returned to the United States a different man. The Lighthouse Project had changed my life forever.
36. What do we know about the author?
A. His university education focused on the theoretical knowledge.
B. His dream at university was to become a volunteer.
C. He took pride in having contributed to the world.
D. He felt honored to study English literature.
37. According to the Paragraph 2, it is most
A. discussed his decision with his family.
B. asked previous volunteers about voluntary work
C. attended special training to perform difficult tasks
D. felt sad about having to leave his family and friends
A. participated in many discussions B. went through challenging survival tests
C. wrote quite a few paper on voluntary work D. faced strong competition from other candidates
39. On arrival at the village, the author was
A. asked to lead a farming team B. sent to teach in a schoolhouse
C. received warmly by local villagersD. arranged to live in a separate house.
40. What can we infer from the author’s experiences in Nigeria?
A. He found some difficulty adapting to the local culture
B. He had learned to communicate in the local language.
C. He had overcome all his weaknesses before he left for home.
D. He was chosen as the most respectable teacher by his students.
篇二：2014高考英语广东卷试题及答案
绝密★启用前试卷类型：A
2014年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷)
英语
本试卷共12页,三大题,满分135分.考试用时120分钟
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色笔迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、考场号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔讲试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应的位置上。将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角“条形码粘贴处”。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上21世纪教育网对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试题与答题卡一并交回。
I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Parents feel that it is difficult to live with teenagers. Then again, teenagers have feelings about their parents, saying that it is not easy living with them. According to a recent research, the most common between parents and teenagers is that regarding untidiness and daily routine tasks. On the one hand, parents go mad over rooms, clothes thrown on the floor and their children’s refusal to help with the . On the other hand, teenagers lose their patience continually 21世纪教育网when parents blame them for the towel in the bathroom, not cleaning up their room or refusing to do the shopping at the supermarket.
The research, conducted by St. George University, shows that different parents have different to these problems. However, some approaches are more than others. For example, those parents who yell at their children for their untidiness, but clean the room for them, have fewer chances of changing their children’s On the contrary, those who let teenagers experience the of their actions can do better. For example, when teenagers who don’t help their parents with the shopping don’t find their favorite drink in the refrigerator, they are forced to their actions.
Psychologists say that is the most important thing in parent-child relationships. Parents should lend an ear to what they have to say. Parents may their children when they are untidy but they should also understand that their room is their own private space.
Communication is a two-way process. It is only by listening to and each other that problems between parents and children can be settled.
1. A. natural B. strongC. guiltyD. similar
2. A. interest B. argument C. link D. knowledge
3. A. noisy B. crowded 21世纪教育网 C. messyD. locked
4. A. homeworkB. housework C. problem D. research
5. A. washing B. using C. droppingD. replacing
6. A. approachesB. contributions C. introductions D. attitudes
7. A. complex B. popularC. scientificD. successful
8. A. later B. deliberatelyC. seldom D. thoroughly
9. A. behavior B. taste C. future D. nature
10. A. failures B. changesC. consequences D. thrills
11. A. defend B. delay C. repeat D. reconsider
12. A. communication B. bond C. friendshipD. trust
13. A. reply
14. A. hate
15. A. loving B. attend C. attach D. talk B. scold C. frighten D. stop
B. observingC. understanding
D. praising
第二节 语法填空（共10题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.
After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 18_____（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, 19_____ for the week after. I didn’t understand 20____ this would happen and my credit card had already been charged______ the reservation. What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 22_____（surprise）helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 23_____ top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.
The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 24____ we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little_____（sunburn），but the day had been so relaxing that we didn’t mind.
2、语法填空
16. it 考代词。
17. earlier 考形容词比较级。
18. were told 考谓语动词根据时态语态以及主谓一致规则的变化。
19. but 并列连词。
20. why 宾语从句的连接词。
21. for 考介词。
22. surprisingly 词性转换。
23. the 考冠词。
24. where 定语从句连接词。
25. sunburned/ sunburnt 考动词变为非谓语动词。
Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical 21世纪教育网 pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in
his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and 21世纪教育网difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable .They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a 21世纪教育网special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently,” It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his 21世纪教育网studies.
26. What is special about Samuel Osmond?
A. He has a gift for writing music.
B. He can write down the note he hears.
C. He is a top student at the law school.
D. He can play the musical piece he hears.
27. What can we learn form the passage?
A. Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.
B. Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.
C. Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.
D. Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.
28. Everyone around Samuel was surprised because he _________.
A. received a good early education in music
B. played the guitar and the piano perfectly
C. could play the piano without reading music
D. could play the guitar better than his father
29. What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?
A. He became famous during a special event at his college.
B. He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.
C. He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.
D. He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.
30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. The Qualities of a Musician
B. The Story of a Musical Talent
C. The Importance of Early Education
D. The Relationship between Memory and Music.
B
It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth (收费站). “I’m paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me,” she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, “Some lady up ahead already paid your fare.”
It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend’s refrigerator: “Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.
Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. “I thought it was beautiful,” she said, explaining why she’d taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, “like a message from above.” Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn’t know where it came from or what it really meant.
Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne 21世纪教育网Herbert, a wo
“Here’s the idea,” Anne says. “Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly.” Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, “
The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!
31. Why did Natalie Smith pay for the six cars behind her?
篇三：(答案详细解析版)2015年广东省英语高考真题及答案
绝密★启用前 试卷类型： A
2015 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（广东卷）
英 语
本试卷共 10 页, 三大题， 满分 135 分。 考试用时 120 分钟。
注意事项：
1. 答卷前， 考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、 座位号填写在答题卡上。用 2B 铅笔将试卷类型(B)填涂在答题卡相应位置上。 将条形码横贴在答题卡右上角―条形码粘贴处‖。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分， 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
How long can human being live? Most scientists who study old age think that the human body is 1to live no longer than 120 years. However, 110 years is probably the longest that anyone could hope to live – if he or she is2healthy and lucky. Some scientists even say we can live as long as 130 years! Yet, our cells simply cannot continue to reproduce3 . They wear out, and as a result, we get old and4die.
Even though we can‘t live forever, we are living a5life than ever before. In 1900, the average American life span(寿命) was only 47 years, but today it is 75 years!
When does old age begin then? Sixty-five may be out-of-date as the6line between middle age and old age. After all, many older people don‘t begin to experience physical and mental7until after age 75.
People are living longer because more people8childhood. Before modern medicine changed the laws of nature, many children died of common childhood9 . Now that the chances of dying10are much lower, the chances of living long are much higher due to better diets and health care.
On the whole, our population is getting older. The11in our population will have lasting effects on our social development and our way of life. Some people fear such changes will be for the worse, while some see12 , not disaster. Today, many men and women in their ―golden years‖ are healthy, still active, and young in13if not in age.
As our society grows old, we need the14of our older citizens. With long lives ahead of them, they need to15active and be devoted.
1. A. designedB. selected C. improved D. discovered
2. A. completely B. generally C. apparently D. extremely
3. A. rapidlyB. harmlesslyC. endlessly D. separately
4. A. eventually B. hopelessly C. automatically D. desperately
5. A. busier B. longer C. richer D. happier
6. A. finishing B. guiding C. waiting D. dividing
7. A. stressB. damage C. decline D. failure
8. A. survive B. enjoyC. remember D. value
9. A. problem B. fears C. worries D. diseases
10. A. poor B. youngC. sickD. quiet
11. A. changes B. recovery C. safety D. increases
12. A. dreamsB. appearance C. voice D. movement
14. A. protection B. suggestionsC. contributionsD. permission
15. A. sound B. appearC. turnD. stay
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5 分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文， 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求， 在空格处填入一个适当的或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将 答案填写在答题卡标号为 16—25 的相应位置上。
Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned16farm, which looked almost abandoned.17(lucky), he had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby18other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what19 (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass20it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she21 (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living22the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees23 (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children‘s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market24people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to25that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.
Ⅱ 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分， 满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Peter loved to shop used articles. Almost a month ago, he bought a popular word game that used little pieces of wood with different letters on them. As he was purchasing it, the salesgirl said, ―Oh, look, the game box hasn‘t even been opened yet. That might be worth some money.‖
Peter examined the box and, sure enough, it was completely covered in factory-sealed plastic. And he saw a date of 1973 on the back of the box.
―You should put that up for auction(拍卖) on the internet, and see what happened.‖ The sales- girl said.
―Yes, you are right. People like something rare,‖ Peter agreed. ―I can‘t imagine there being very many unopened boxed of this game still around 40 years later.‖
―Don‘t forget to tell me if you sell it,‖ The salesgirl smiled.
―No problem,‖ Peter said.
After he got home, Peter went online to several auction websites looking for this game. But he couldn‘t find it. Then he typed in the name of the word game and hit Search. The search result
was 543 websites containing information about the changes of the game. Over the years, the game had some produced using letters in different sizes and game boards in different colors. He also found some list of game fans looking for various versions of the game. Peter emailed some of them, telling them what he had.
Two weeks later Peter went back to the shop.
―Hello. Do you still remember the unopened word game?‖
The salesgirl looked at him for a second, then recognized him and said, ―Oh, hi!‖
―I have got something for you,‖ Peter said. ―I sold the game and made $1000. Thank you for your suggestion.‖ He handed her three $100 bills.
―Wow!‖ the salesgirl cried out. ―Thank you. I never expected it.‖
26. Which of the following best describes Peter‘s word game?
A. It was made around 40 years ago.
B. It had game boards in different sizes.
C. it was kept in a plastic bag with a seal.
D. it had little pieces of wood in different colors.
27. What did the salesgirl probably think of Peter‘s word game?
A. Old and handy. B. Rare and valuable. C. Classic and attractive.
D. Colorful and interesting
28. Peter got the names of the game fans from .
A. an auction B. the Internet C. a game shop D. the second-hand shop
29. What happened at the end of the story?
A. Peter gave the girl $300 as a reward.
B. The salesgirl became Peter‘s friend.
C. Peter returned the word game for $1000.
D. The salesgirl felt confused to see Peter again.
30. What is the main theme of the story?
A. It‘s important to keep a promise.
B. It‘s great to share in other people‘s happiness.
C. We should be grateful for the help from others.
D. Something rare is worth a large amount of money.
B
When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that was not very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn‘t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, ―Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish‖. I remember I didn‘t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does?
As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don‘t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun hurts their eyes. The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them.
When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, ―We all need to think like salespeople.‖ But it didn‘t completely make sense. My dad never once said, ―If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.‖ What he said was, ―You need to think like fish.‖ Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me. I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
31. Why was the author upset in the fishing trips when he was nine?
A. He could not catch a fish.
B. His father did not teach him fishing.
C. His father was not patient with him.
D. He could not influence a fish as his father did.
32. What did the author‘s father really mean?
A. To read about fish.
B. To learn fishing by oneself.
C. To understand what fish think.
D. To study fishing in many ways.
33. According to the author, fish are more like to be found .
A. in deep water on cloudy days
B. in deep water on sunny days
C. in shallow water under sunlight
D. in shallow water under waterside trees
34. After entering the business world, the author found .
A. it easy to think like a customer
B. his father‘s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first boss‘s sales ideas reasonable
D. it difficult to sell services to poor people
35. This passage most likely comes from .
A. a fishing guide
B. a popular sales book
C. a novel on childhood
D. a millionaire‘s biography
C
Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it‘s important to distinguish television‘s influences on children from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesn‘t really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping children‘s minds.
One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child‘s ability to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images(影像). Instead, they learn both explicit and hidden meaning from what they see. Actually, children learn early the psychology of characters in TV shows. Furthermore, as many teachers agree, children understand far more when parents watch TV with them, explaining new words and ideas. Yet, most parents use an educational program as a chance to park their kid in front of the set and do something in another room.
Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of entertainment. But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching television is not related to reading
ability. TV doesn‘t take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place of similar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports. Things like parents‘ educational background have a stronger influence on a child‘s reading. ―A child‘s reading ability is best predicted by how much a parent reads,‖ Anderson says.
Traditional wisdom also has it that heavy television-watching lowers IQ (智商) scores and affects school performance. But here, too, Anderson notes that no studies have proved it. In fact research suggests that it‘s the other way around. ―If you‘re smart young, you‘ll watch less TV when you‘re older,‖ Anderson says. Yet, people of lower IQ tend to be lifelong television viewers. For years researchers have attempted to show that television is dangerous to children. However, by showing that television promotes none of the dangerous effects as conventionally believed, Anderson suggests that television cannot be condemned without considering other influences.
36. By watching TV, children learn .
A. images though words
B. more than explicit meanings
C. more about images than words
D. little about people‘s psychology
37. An educational program is best watched by a child .
A. on his own
B. with other kids
C. with his parents
D. with his teachers
38.Which of the following is most related to children‘s reading ability?
A. Radio-listening.
B. Television-watching.
C. Parents‘ reading list.
D. Parents‘ educational background.
39. Anderson believes that .
A. the more a child watches TV, the smarter he is
B. the younger the child is, the more he watches TV
C. the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV
D. the less a child watches TV, the better he performs at school
40.What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To advise on the educational use of TV.
B. To describe TV‘s harmful effects on children.
C. To explain traditional views on TV influences.
D. To present Anderson‘s unconventional ideas.
D
It was once common to regard Britain as a society with class distinction. Each class had unique characteristics.
In recent years, many writers have begun to speak the ?decline of class‘ and ?classless society‘ in Britain. And in modern day consumer society everyone is considered to be middle class.
But pronouncing the death of class is too early. A recent wide-ranging society of public opinion found 90 percent of people still placing themselves in particular class; 73 percent agreed that class