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| Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. In a hurry he dived into the cool water and flew into the water, not 1 that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(美洲鳄) was swimming toward the 2 . His mother, looking out the window in the house, saw the two as they got closer and closer together. In utter(完全的) fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her son as 3 as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became 4 and made a return to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator 5 him. From the dock(码头), the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war(拔河) between the two. The alligator was much 6 than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her screams, raced from his truck, took aim and 7 the alligator. Remarkably(出乎意外地), after weeks in hospital, the little boy 8 . His legs were 9 scarred by the attack of the animal and, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved. The newspaper reporter who interviewed the boy later asked if he would show him his 10 . The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious 11 , he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn't let go.” You and I can identify(感同身受) with the 12 . We have scars, too. No, not from an alligator, or anything quite so dramatic. But, the scars of a 13 past. Some of those scars are unsightly(难看 的) and have caused us deep 14 . But, some , my friend, are because God has 15 to let go. In the midst of your struggle, he's been there holding on to you. | ||||
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| An “apple polisher” is one who gives gifts to win friendship or special treatment. It is not exactly a bribe(贿赂), but is close to it. All sorts of people are apple polishers, including politicians and people in high offices-just abou t everybody. Oliver Cromwell, the great English leader, offered many gifts to win the support of George Fox and his party, but failed. There are other phrases meaning the same thing as “apple-polishing”-“soft-soaping” or “buttering-up”. A gift is just one way to “soft-soap” somebody, or to “butter him up”. Another that is just as effective is flattery, giving someone high praise-telling him how good he looks, or how well he speaks, or how talented and wise he is. Endless are the ways of flattery. Who does not love to hear it? Only an unusual man can resist the thrill of being told how wonderful he is. In truth, flattery is good medicine for most of us, who get so little of it. We need it to be more sure of ourselves. It cannot hurt unless we get carried away by it. But if we just lap it up for its food value and nourishment, as a cat laps up milk, then we can still remain true to ourselves. Sometimes, however, flattery will get you nothing from one who has had too much of it. A good example is the famous 12th century legend of King Canute of Denmark and England. The king got tired of listening to endless sickening flattery of his courtiers(朝臣). They overpraised him to the skies, as a man of limitless might. He decided to teach them a lesson. He took them to the seashore and sat down. Then he ordered the waves to stop coming in. The tide was too busy to listen to him. The king was satisfied. This might show his followers how weak his power was and how empty their flattery. |
| 1. Which of the following activities has nothing to do with “apple-polishing”? |
| A. A boy tells his girlfriend how pretty she looks. B. An employee tells her boss how good he is at management. C. A knight is said to be of limitless power by his followers. D. A teacher praises her students for their talent and wisdom. |
| 2. What does the writer want to prove with Cromwell’s example? |
| A. Everybody can be an apple-polisher. B. Cromwell was not a good apple-polisher. C. George Fox and his party were not apple-polishers. D. There are people who don’t like being apple-polished. |
| 3. Which of the following statements about flattery is true according to the author? |
| A. Too much flattery can carry us away. B. Flattery is too empty to do people any good. C. Flattery can get you nothing but excessive(过度的) pride. D. Flattery is one of the ways to apple-polish people. |
| 4. King Canute of Denmark and England took his follows to the seashore because _______. |
| A. he was sick of his normal life B. he disliked being overpraised any more C. he wanted them to realize how wise he was D. he wanted them to see how weak he was as a king |
| 5. The author thinks that flattery can do good to those who _______. |
| A. are politicians or in high offices B. lack confidence C. are really excellent D. think highly of themselves |
| 阅读理解。 |
| Six years ago, a Miami woman walking through the hall of an office building casually noticed two men standing together. Several minutes after her leaving, the men murdered a person working in the building. Police investigators determined that the woman was the only witness who had seen the two suspects, and could possibly describe them. In an interview with police, her memory of the men proved disappointingly unclear. Several days later, psychologist Ronald P. Fisher was brought in to obtain a more complete account from the woman. Fisher’s interview produced a breakthrough-the woman reported a clear picture of one of the suspects. She then recalled several details about his appearances. This information gave police important leads that enabled them to arrest the suspects and close the case. Police investigators sought the help from Fisher because of his rich knowledge in conducting the so-called cognitive (认知的) interview, a kind of memory-rebuilding process. In its original form, the cognitive interview focuses on guiding witnesses through four general recalling techniques: thinking about physical surroundings and personal feelings that existed at the time of past events, reporting everything that comes to mind about those events no matter how broken or unconnected, retelling events in a variety of time orders, beginning to end, end to beginning, forward or backward, and adopting different perspectives while recalling events. Usually, an interviewer begins the cognitive approach by encouraging the witness to take an active role in recalling information rather than giving answers only to someone else’s questions. The witness first describes what happened in his or her own words, with no interviewer interruptions. The interviewer then goes further with specific techniques, such as having the witness tell the details of what happened from different perspectives. Experiments with police detectives trained in this demanding interview method find that they get nearly 50% more information from witnesses than before training, while error rates remain about the same. |
| 1. What is the purpose of writing this passage? |
| A. To give an account of a murder case in an office B. To explain why Fisher was invited to a police interview. C. To describe how cognitive method helps the woman to recall. D. To give the readers an idea of cognitive interview. |
| 2. The cognitive interview helped the woman to recall more by ________. |
| A. strengthening her memory B. giving her encouragement C. rebuilding her memory D. giving her more time |
| 3. It can be inferred from the passage that in a cognitive interview, the interviewer mainly plays a _______role. |
| A. directing B. questioning C. passive D. secondary |
| 4. What is the key point of the cognitive interview? |
| A. The interviewer should interrupt the witness from time to time. B. The witness is encouraged to take an active role in recalling information. C. The interview should take place outside the police station. D. The witness should recall details at the scene of the event. |
| 5. Police trained in the cognitve interview method can ________. |
| A. get more information from the witness than before B. decrease the error rate C. solve the cases more quickly D. use the method more skillfully than the psycholologists |
| 阅读理解。 |
| It’s 10 pm. You may not know where your child is, but the chip does. The chip will also know if your child has fallen and needs immediate help. Once doctors arrive, the chip will also be able to tell them which drugs are not suitable for little Johnny or Janie. At the hospital, the chip will tell doctors his or her complete medical history. And of course, when you arrive to pick up your child, settling the hospital bill with your health insurance policy will be a simple matter of waving your own chip-the one embedded in your hand. To some, this may sound unbelievable. But the technology for such chips is no longer the stuff of science fiction. And it may soon offer many other benefits besides locating lost children or elderly patients. It could be used as credit cards and people won’t have to carry wallets anymore. On the other hand, some are already wondering what this sort of technology may do to the sense of personal privacy and liberty. “Any technology of this kind could result in abuse of personal privacy,” says Lee Tien, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. “If a kid can be tracked, do you want other people to be able to track your kid? It’s a double-edged sword.” Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. in Palm Beach, Florida, says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin testing its device in humans. About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip can be encoded (编码) with bits of information and embedded in humans under a layer of skin. When scanned by a nearby reader, the embedded chip gives the data. Most embedded chip designs are so-called passive chips, which give information only when scanned by a nearby reader. But active chips-such as the proposed Digital Angel of the future-will give out information all the time. And that means designers will have to develop some sort of power source that can provide a continuous source of energy, yet be small enough to be embedded with the chips. In addition to technical problems, many suspect that all sorts of legal and privacy issues would have to be cleared as well. |
| 1. By using the example in the first two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that . |
| A. chips are usually used to locate lost children B. chips are more convenient than credit cards C. chips will soon be useful in many aspects of daily lives D. chips will bring out the issue of abuse of personal privacy |
| 2. What is the attitude of Lee Tien towards the chips? |
| A. Negative. B. Indifferent. C. Arbitrary(随意的). D. Cautious. |
| 3. One of the features of the device considered by Applied Digital Solutions is . |
| A. duration(持续时间) B. capacity C. safety D. purpose |
| 4. Which of the following statements about Digital Angel is NOT true? |
| A. Digital Angel will include at least a chip and a power source. B. Digital Angel will soon be produced and replace passive chips. C. Digital Angel will be embedded in humans under a layer of skin. D. Digital Angel will give information without being scanned by a reader. |
| 5. It is indicated in the passage that chip producers have to consider the following issues EXCEPT . |
| A. financial problems B. technical problems C. legal problems D. privacy problems |
| 阅读理解。 |
| The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving self. The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting tha t life be exactly as you would like it to be. Without patience, life is extremely frustrating. You are easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated. Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life. It’s essential for inner peace. Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present moment, even if you don’t like it. If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking get out of hand and gently reminding yourself to relax. It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme of things, being late is “small stuff”. Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice. An effective way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods-periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Life itself becomes a classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time. What you’ll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it’s only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself. Once you reach little milestone(里程 碑)-five minutes of successful patience-you’ll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you may even become a patient person. Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You’ll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn’t “life or death” but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without patience, the same scenario can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure. |
| 1. In the first paragraph, the expression “building a mental snowball” can be best replaced by ________. |
| A. imagining a big snowball B. awaiting a result calmly C. taking a deep breath D. losing your patience |
| 2. The main idea of the first paragraph is that . |
| A. it takes a long time to cultivate patience B. patience is very important for us C. patience is essential for inner peace D. being late is “small stuff” |
| 3. It’s implied in the second paragraph that . |
| A. the quality of patience is very hard to cultivate B. patience should become a school course C. you’ll get more than expected from practicing patience D. the quality of patience will lead you to success |
| 4. People without patience will treat the challenge as . |
| A. a minor thing B. a matter of life or death C. the small stuff D. a great chance |
| 5. The purpose of this passage is to . |
| A. persuade people to be more patient B. tell how to practice patience C. list the advantages of patience D. state the importance of patience |
| 阅读理解。 信息匹配。 下面是美国著名游记作家Bill Bryson的几本作品，首先请阅读它们的封面信息：
1. In this collection, Bill Bryson is writing from home. We find he assesses life both in New England and in the contemporary United States. With the telescopic perspective (远望视角) of one who has stepped out of the American mainstream and comes back after 20 years, Bryson holds the mirror up to US culture and feels strange to his motherland. 2. This book is a guide to the world’s unspoilt sights and experiences. It presents one thousand fresh and fascinating alternatives to hundreds of well-known tourist destinations and sights, including alternatives to the Carnival in Rio and the beaches of Thailand, the most-visited national parks, overrated restaurants and holiday sites. 3. Returning to the US after 20 years in England, Bill Bryson decided to reconnect with his mother country by hiking the length of the 2, l00-mile Appalachian Trail. Awed by merely the camping section of his local sporting goods store, he still goes into the wilderness and learns hard lessons about self-reliance. 4. A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. This book is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth, the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him to across 38 states in the country, which is like a small town in his opinion. 5. Born in Iowa, Bryson backpacked through Europe as a young man. While living in England some 20 years later, he revisited many of the same places from Arctic Norway' s northern lights to romantic Capri in Italy. Here he jumps back and forth between old memories and new experiences. |
| 写作。 假如你是高三级某班班长，最近你要组织一次郊游，有关本次活动的信息如下：
1. 只能使用5 个句子表达全部内容。 2. 文章的开头和结尾已为你写好（所给句子不计入5个句子中）。 【参考词汇】高考College Entrance Examination | ||||||||||
| We have decided to go for an outing this weekend.________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ So I hope all the students can take part in this activity. |
| 写作。 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 Halloween(万圣节) is a holiday widely celebrated with different names in many countries. It has now lost its religious connections and is celebrated largely as a children’s day in the United States. In recent years, on this day, children come to the door to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess who they are behind the false faces and receive treats of candy, fruit or cookies. They say, "Trick or Treat", meaning, “I will play a trick on you if you will not give me a treat.” More recently, this practice has even developed into a significant international activity. Instead of candy, the children collect money for UNICEF (联合国国际儿童紧急救援基金). This special collection of money by children for needy children throughout the world is known as “UNICEF Trick or Treat”. Begun only recently, it results in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF. The collection box is orange, reminiscent（引人联想的）of the pumpkin. [写作内容] 1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点； 2. 然后以约120个词就“帮助贫困儿童” 这个主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括： 1 ）你读完这篇文章后的感受； 2 ）你会怎样帮助贫困的儿童； 3 ）谈谈你对帮助贫困儿童的建议。 [写作要求] 1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接 引用原文中的句子。 2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。 [评分标准] 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。 |
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