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ding a broken friendship can be difficult. The 1 may not be easy to get over, but you shouldtry. Be the first to talk to your friend. If it wasn’t your fault, then it should be easy to
2 your friend. Tell her that her friendship is more 3 to you than any silly misunderstanding.Be generous, and she will accept your apology. Never return to this painful 4 unless she brings it up.
If the fault was yours, tell her so and 5 that you should never have said what you said or donewhat you did. Don’t send her an email or 6 her. You have to be brave and apologize to her inperson. If you’re lucky, she might 7 it at once; otherwise, you will have to give her
8 to recover. Get your shared friends to help if your first attempt has been 9 . But don’tgive up. Prove to your friend that she’s worth fighting for and that you’re 10 to show how sorryyou are by being mature and 11 until she’s ready to forgive you.
A friendship can be broken in a minute due to 12 talk or jealousy. A true friendship however isworth mending but take it 13 , step by step. Talk to her about the good times you had and the badtimes when you helped each other. Tell her how 14 it would be for you to lose someone you value andrespect so much. Show her that your broken friendship must be mended because you cannot 15 to keepit broken forever.
1. A. friendshipB. feeling C. hurt D. talk 2.A. forgiveB. encourage C. ignoreD. blame
3.A. dependableB. valuableC. acceptableD. considerable 4.A. conversationB. friendship C. ideaD. topic 5.A. analyzeB. explainC. demonstrateD. conclude 6.A. callB. meetC. avoidD. join
7.A. confirmB. welcome C. faceD. accept 8.A. courageB. timeC. reasonD. strength
9.A. offensiveB. surprising C. unsuccessfulD. unacceptable 10.A. willingB. delighted C. scaredD. upset 11.A. politeB. faithfulC. patientD. eager
12.A. unprepared B. informal C. meaninglessD. careless 13.A. slowlyB. seriouslyC. softlyD. kindly
14.A. strangeB. difficultC. impracticalD. pointless 15.A. waitB. liveC. hopeD. afford
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。
Once, in a lovely garden, lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, andhad won so many beauty competitions 16 she had become very proud. One day, the naughty cockroach (蟑螂) got fed up with her showing off, and decided 17 (teach) her a lesson.
She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really thatbeautiful, and that the butterfly only won the competitions 18 the judges had been paid. In 19 (real), the cockroach was the most beautiful.
The butterfly was angry and told the cockroach, “I 20 (beat) you in a beauty competition, withwhichever judges you yourself choose.”
“OK, I accept. See you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left 21 waiting for a reply. That Saturday everyone went to 22 beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely confidentof victory until she saw 23 the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of 24 preferredthe ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.
The butterfly was left 25 (sob) and disappointed, wanting never to enter another beauty
competition in her life. Fortunately, the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they becamefriends.
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
When Luca first heard of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders soundedso incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searchingfor clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes ofphysics and chemistry, even music.
Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secretplace, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to theisland was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Onlythen could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.
So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention,and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other younginventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving aninvitation letter.
As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends workharder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines.Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions. But still, no invitation came.
They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up withmore and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting tothe island.
One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man namedRoberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of thewonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation.Surprised, the young inventor interrupted:
“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the realinvitation?”
It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No islandcould exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than whathe and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and thathis life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.
26. Luca’s picture of the Island of Inventions was mainly based on ________. A. scientific researchB. his imagination C. reports of others D. history books
27. Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island? A. Their ideas were not considered worthy enough. B. They were too concerned with acquiring fame. C. The organization had already broken up. D. The island was not a real place.
28. What was Roberts’ reaction to Luca’s story of the island? A. He thought he had already arrived at the island. B. He was disappointed to discover it didn’t exist. C. He was excited about receiving an invitation.
D. He expressed surprise that Luca believed in such fairy tales. 29. What did Luca learn at the end of the story? A. The island of inventions did not exist. B. He had wasted most of his life.
C. He had unknowingly built his own dreamland. D. He finally would receive his invitation. 30. Which of the following best describes Luca?
A. Aggressive.B. Trusting. C. Creative.D. Easy-going. B
Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30,000 years, and then taking the seed out and plantingit. Do you think a flower would grow?
Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of anancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia — a region covering central and easternRussia — for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. Thenew blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers haveever revived from a deep freeze.
“This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” said University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller.
The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arcticground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeasternSiberia. The ground became permafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time.
Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 metersbelow the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to growshoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seedsthat could be used to grow even more of them.
It’s important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozenfor a long time. That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants byfreezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One suchendeavor, an underground facility in Norway, is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores
hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back bytaking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.
“No one knows how long they are able to live for, but freezing is basically the format for manyplant conservation attempts nowadays.” Shen-Miller said. It’s a good thing that at least some plantsare tough enough to survive the experience.
31. How did the fruit originally get underground? A. It was placed there by an animal.
B. It was trapped there during the ice-age. C. It was planted there by ancient farmers. D. It was buried there after the earthquake.
32. Which of the following was NOT used to recreate the ancient plant? A. Modern nutrients. B. Parts of its fruit. C. Its frozen seeds. D. Plant pots with soil. 33. Why are scientists interested in this discovery?
A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years. B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plant-life. C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants.
D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen. 34. The underlined word “they” in the final paragraph refers to _______. A. plantsB. seedsC. scientists D. storage lockers 35. The purpose of the passage is to _______. A. discuss a plant conservation effort B. introduce some ancient plants
C. outline some causes of global warming D. describe a scientific research project C
As thousands of communities in the USA — especially in the South — became booming gateways forimmigrant families from Central and South America during the 1990s and the early years of the newcentury, public schools struggled with the unfamiliar task of serving the large numbers of Englishlearners arriving in their classrooms.
Education programs needed to be built from scratch. “We had no teaching resources suitable for
English learners here before. We had to develop them all ourselves,” a Texas principal said. Throughoutthe country, districts had to train their own teachers to teach English to non-native speakers or
recruit teachers from elsewhere. School staff members had to figure out how to communicate with parentswho spoke no English.
But even as immigration has slowed or stopped in many places, and instructional programs for
English-learners have matured, serving immigrant families and their children remains a work in progressin many public schools, especially those in communities that are skeptical, or sometimes unwelcoming, tothe newcomers. One of the biggest challenges educators face, is communicating effectively with parentswho don’t speak English — an issue that, in part, has contributed to recent complaints ofdiscrimination by Latino students in some cities.
“The parents’ role is very important for the success of these students, but it's also one of themost difficult things we’ve had to tackle,” said Jim D. Rollins, the president of the Springdaleschool district, where the 19,000-student school system has gone from having no English-learners 15years ago to more than 7,500 now. “You have to make it a priority and work on it, work on it, and workon it.”
Aside from the practical challenges, such as finding bilingual (会说两种语言的) staff members,guiding districts through such dramatic changes requires school leaders to bridge difficult politicaland cultural divides. For school leaders in the South, especially in the last few years, this difficultjob has been made harder still by the negative attitudes of some locals towards immigrants. 36. According to the passage, what is the problem that public schools are facing? A. Handling more cases from the immigrant Mexican communities. B. Offering services to immigrant families in the southern states. C. Offering enough communicative lessons to immigrant parents. D. Providing education for non-native English learners.
37. The underlined part “built from scratch” (in Paragraph 2) probably means “________”. A. completely new B. painful to make
C. based on past experience D. constructed gradually
38. What is one of the things the school leaders have done to deal with the problems? A. Provide more Spanish-only classes.
B. Invite more teachers from other places. C. Train their teachers to speak Spanish.
D. Use bilingual parents as part-time teachers. 39. What do we know about the immigrant parents? A. Many of them cannot speak English.
B. Most of them think education is not important.
C. Some of them feel skeptical about the local community.
D. Few of them have attended American schools.
40. According to Paragraph 3, what has caused some of the recent complaints by Latino students? A. Discrimination by schools. B. Unfriendliness of the locals. C. Miscommunication with parents. D. Poor government service. D
Steven Spielberg’s new movie Lincoln paints a vivid and breath-taking picture of the 16th U.S.president and his determination to end slavery. Spielberg based his film on parts of Team of Rivals, abook by Doris Kearns Goodwin. He makes Abraham Lincoln relevant today by presenting a cunning politicalmind trying to overcome Washington’s all too familiar political divisions.
In previous movies, Lincoln was shown as a simple yet almost perfect man. But Spielberg’s Lincolnis different. “I was determined to make a movie about a working president dealing with real problems.Not some angel,” Spielberg said.
We watch the president first ending slavery and then the war.
The film’s adviser, historian Eric Martin, explains how Lincoln's thinking evolved.
“His main objective when the war began was not the freeing of the slaves but to keep the countryunited. Lincoln realizes that in order to keep the country together, the question of slavery will haveto be addressed,” Martin said.
The film focuses on the last four months of his presidency.
In the movie, the arguments among political enemies seem very similar to the problems we see inWashington today. The disagreements were bitter.
The film turns to Lincoln’s relationships with his wife and kids, his beliefs and constant self-examination. Daniel Day-Lewis, the actor who plays Lincoln, offers an Oscar-worthy performance as the16th President. Not only is his physical similarity to the president incredible, he is able to capturemany of Lincoln’s mannerisms and his high-pitched, almost lady-like voice.
“I found it very easy to play the role of Lincoln because the real man himself was so open. When Iwas researching his history to prepare for the part, one of the most surprising things I found was justhow accessible he was. Even in war-time, when he was in great danger, he was always willing to meet withothers and share his ideas,” Day-Lewis said.
Spielberg’s Lincoln will head to the Oscars. But more important it will make history. 41. What does Spielberg say is different about his movie of Lincoln? A. It is based on a book called “Team of Rivals”. B. It mainly shows how cunning Lincoln was. C. It focuses on how he worked as a politician. D. It describes how determined he was.
42. According to Martin, Abraham Lincoln ______. A. started the war to free the slaves
B. ended slavery to keep the country united C. was killed because of his military failure D. was forced to free the slaves
43. Which of the following is true about the actor who plays Lincoln? A. He looks very similar to Lincoln. B. His performance is very lady-like. C. He won an Oscar for his performance. D. He believed he really was Lincoln.
44. What is the author’s opinion about the movie? A. It reflects historical facts. B. It is controversial.
C. Its performances aren’t realistic.
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