A good beginning is half done. Although the use of the expression is often an insincere, meaningless social custom, there is nothing wrong with it except that it?s a little uninteresting. The salesgirl, the waitress, the teacher, and all the others who speak it without thinking may not really care about my day. But in a strange and comfortable way, it?s nice to know they care enough to pretend they care when their really don?t. While the expression may not often be sincere, it?s always spoken. 54. How does the author understand Marie?s words?
A. Marie shows her worry to the author. B. Marie really wishes the author a good day. C. Marie encourages the author to stay happy. D. Marie is upset about the author?s safety. 55. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. The salesgirl is rude. B. The salesgirl is bored.
C. The salesgirl actually cares about me. D. The salesgirl doesn?t mean what she says. 56. By saying “Have a nice day,” a stranger may _____.
A. try to be polite to you B. express respect to you
C. seriously wish you good luck D. share his happiness with you 57. According to the last paragraph, people say “Have a nice day” _______.
A. lovingly B. thankfully C. as a habit D. as a joke
D
Passenger pigeons (旅鸽) once lived in the U.S. in large numbers. Written records from the 18th and 19th centuries described their groups so large that they darken the sky for hours. When it population reached its highest point, they were more than 3 billion—a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird population in the U.S., making it perhaps the most abundant (大量) bird in the world. Around 1870, one group of them believed to be 320 miles long was seen near Cincinnati.
Sadly the abundance of passenger pigeons may have been their undoing. Where the birds were in large numbers, people killed them by the thousand. Hunters attracted them with grain(谷物), waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.
By the end of the 19th century, the forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by American?s need for wood, so the birds had to go farther north, where cold temperatures and storms further led to their decline(衰败). Soon the great groups were gone, never to be seen again.
In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law to stop the killing of passenger pigeons but by then, no great groups of them had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last wild passenger pigeon seen in the United States was shot by a boy in Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known lovingly as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.
58. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons____.
A. were the biggest bird in the world
B. were no longer in large numbers in Cincinnati. C. did great harm to the natural environment D. were the largest bird population in the U.S.
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A good beginning is half done. 59. The underlined word “undoing” probably means the pigeons? ____.
A. return B. ruin C. sadness D. development 60. What was the main reason for people to kill passenger pigeons?
A. To find pleasure. B. To save the other birds. C. To make money. D. To protect the environment. 61. Which of the following is one reason for passenger pigeons? disappearance?
A. A boy shot the last passenger pigeon in Ohio, in 1900. B. It was too late when the law to stop the killing was passed. C. People damaged the forests to kill them by the thousand. D. The Cincinnati Zoo didn?t take good care of Martha.
E
Not long ago, I met a young woman when drinking in a bar. I asked: “Where are you from?” She said: “I?m American.” I went on to ask: “Which state?” She answered: “Columbia--the country!” My new Colombian friend was annoyed that I steal the word “American” to call my country---the United States. How unfair and self-centered! She pointed out that she, too, was American.
Americans have been attacked on this point for many years. “Calling the U.S. America is often challenged, especially in Latin America,” American journalist H.L. Mencken wrote in 1947. Today, the argument continues not just in bars but on the Internet. A Facebook group with 1,800 members holds that America is a continent, not a country. Wikipedia editors have argued over it. On urbandictionary.com, the top definition(定义) for “America” is: “A country that claims(索取) the name of an entire continent to itself for no convincing reason.”
It?s true that “America” is a confusing word. But we?re not going to stop using it. Certainly, calling the U.S. “America” somewhat reflects the U.S.?s world power. But John Adams used “America” to mean the “U.S.” in his first inaugural address(就职演讲), well before the nation became a world power. The truth is that Americans using “America” is not imperialist(帝国主义). It?s just convenient, and harms no one. True, it shows that Americans don?t often think of the entire American continent the way they think of Europe. That?s not because they look down on Latin America, though. It?s because Chile has never invaded(侵略) Greenland and Canada hasn?t bombed Argentina. The idea of “America” as a continent doesn?t have many practical uses in our daily life except for soccer tournaments (锦标赛).
Meanwhile, the word “U.S.” is spiritless. It reduces the country to its political arrangement. It?s like a Brazilian saying, “Hello, I?m from the Republic(共和国).” Of what? Where? The “America” grounds the “United States” to the specific, real world.
I know the situation isn?t ideal. But Americans have been calling their country “America” for more than two centuries. They will and should continue. Deal with it. 62. The young woman in the bar felt annoyed because______. A. the author didn?t speak her language B. the author stole her belongings
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A good beginning is half done. C. the author took “America” for his own country D. the author asked her private questions
63. The use of “America” to mean the U.S. is often attacked because_______.
A. the U.S. is a world power B. the Wikipedia editors can?t reach an agreement C. it seems unfair and self-centered. D. the Internet has been developing quickly 64. We can infer from the 3rd and 4th paragraph that ________.
A. the Americans use “America” to mean the U.S. because they want to invade others B. the American continent is more peaceful than Europe, so it?s less recognized C. “U.S.” has deeper geographical meaning than “American” D. Latin Americans are looked down on in the U.S.
65. Which of the following people might use “America” to mean the American Continent?
A. H.L. Mencken B. The author C. John Adams D. an American soccer fan 66. What is the author?s attitude in this passage?
A. indifferent B. defensive C. objective D. worried
第二节 阅读补全（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。
注意： 如果需要选填E，请同时涂黑AB；F请同时涂黑AC；G请同时涂黑AD。
Your house may influence your weight. Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you put on the pounds or keep them off. ___67____. ___68___. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating , for people are often less self-conscious（难为情）when they?re in poorly lit places－and so more likely to eat lots of food.
Mind the colors. Research shows warm colors fuel our appetites（胃口）. In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow room. Warm colors make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry. ___69___. ___70___. People who eat slowly tend to consume(消耗) about 70 fewer calories（卡路里）per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin recording the time, and try to make dinner last longer. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music on the radio.
Downsize the dishes. ___71___. When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one ,total intake（摄入）jumps by 14 percent. And we?ll pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.
A. Don?t forget the clock-or the radio. B. So when it?s time to repaint, go blue.
C. Here are some ways to turn your home into part of a diet plan. D. Open the curtains and turn up the lights. E. Don?t eat in poorly lighted restaurants.
F. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. G. While you?re at meals, actually sit down to eat.
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A good beginning is half done. 第二卷 非选择题（共40分）
请将答案写在答题卷上
第四部分 读写结合（共四节 满分40分 ）
第一节 完成句子 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 72. 昨天的晚会我们玩得很开心。
We ___________________ at the party yesterday.
73. 有了电脑的帮助，分享和处理信息变得更容易。
____________________, it?s easier to share and deal with information. 74. 这本书值得一读。
This book ____________________.
75. 他总是积极参加学校的各种社团活动。
He always _______________________ all kinds of student events actively. 76. 电影大圣归来被很多观众高度评价。
The movie The Return of the Monkey King is____________________ by many audiences.
第二节 短文填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
根据短文内容及所给首字母提示写出所缺单词.使短文意思完整，每空一词.
It was raining lightly when I a__77___ in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn?t care. A few hours___78___, I?d been at home in Hong Kong, with its choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh. I?d skipped(跳过) Guilin, a dream place for ___79___(游客) who look for the mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River__80___ are pictured by artists in so many Chinese __81___ (画). Instead, I headed ___82___(直接) for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it?s only an hour away___83__ car but offers the ___84___ (风景) of a different city. Yangshuo is fast becoming a p___85___ weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it often arranges getaways here for people l__86__ in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
第三节 书面表达 (共1题，满分20分)
开学考大家感觉还好吗？在考试中，你肯定体验过成功，也遭遇过失败。请你根据提示内容，以Different Attitudes Towards Failure in Exams 为题，简要概述中学生普遍存在的对考试失败的两种态度，并结合自身实际，说明你的观点。
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A good beginning is half done. 态度一 当考试没有取得理想成绩时，感觉失望，丧失信心，不再努力。 态度二 当考试失败时，分析并找出失败的原因，提醒自己避免再犯同样的错误。 你的观点 1，…… 2，……
要求： 1. 词数：100左右，开头已经写好，不计入总数。 2. 不要逐字翻译，可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：分析 analyze
Different Attitudes towards Failure in Exams
Failure in exams is such a common thing that every student has suffered from it._____
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