1、Section Reading and Thinking (1) 阅读理解 A One day, Toms teacher, Miss Mak, held a class meeting. “There will be a flag day next Saturday. Does anyone want to join this meaningful event?” asked Miss Mak. Tom was interested in raising money for homeless children, but he was not brave enough to talk to t
2、he strangers, so he kept quiet in his seat. “Tom, you havent sold flags before,” said Miss Mak suddenly. “Would you like to have a try?” Tom was hesitant, but he finally nodded. On the flag day, Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street. “Ex-cuse-me. Could y-o-u pl-ea-se buy .?” said Angela softly
3、to the first person she met. The man smiled and put a five-dollar coin into Angelas collection bag. Then she said thanks and put a flag under his shoulder. “I did it!” said Angela happily. “Its your turn now.” Feeling nervous, Tom began to shake. Soon, he saw a young lady walking towards him. The la
4、dy was smiling and holding a few coins in her hand. She asked, “Are you selling flags for Fund for the Homeless Children?” Toms face turned red and said yes. Then the lady made the donation and Tom gave her a flag. “You made it!” laughed Angela. In the next couple of hours, Angela and Tom sold flags
5、 quickly and bravely. At last, their collection bags were so heavy that they had to hold them with both arms. They felt very proud. 1. Why did Tom keep quiet in his seat? A. He had other plans. B. He didnt like Miss Mak. C. He was not interested in the activity. D. He was not brave enough to talk to
6、 the strangers. 解析:解析:细节理解题。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中根据第一段最后一句中“. but he was not . but he was not brave enough to talk to the strangers, so he kept quiet in his brave enough to talk to the strangers, so he kept quiet in his seat.seat.”可知可知, ,这是因为他不够勇敢。故选这是因为他不够勇敢。故选 D D。 答案:答案:D 2. Where did Tom and Angela s
7、ell flags? A. In a busy street. B. In their school. C. In a tall building. D. In a small garden. 解析:解析:细节理解题。根据第三段首句细节理解题。根据第三段首句“On the flag day, Tom and On the flag day, Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street.Angela sold flags in a busy street.”可知可知, ,他们在一条繁忙的他们在一条繁忙的 大街上售卖旗帜。故选大街上售卖旗帜。故选 A A。
8、 答案:答案:A 3. How much did the first man pay Angela for the flag? A. Five dollars. B. Ten dollars. C. Fifteen dollars. D. Twenty dollars. 解析:解析:细节理解题。根据第三段第三句细节理解题。根据第三段第三句“T The man smiled and put a he man smiled and put a fivefive- -dollar coin into Angeladollar coin into Angelas collection bag.s co
9、llection bag.”可知可知, ,这个这个 人付了五美元。故选人付了五美元。故选 A A。 答案:答案:A 4. How did Tom and Angela feel after they sold the flags? A. Bored. B. Shy. C. Proud. D. Sad. 解析:解析:细节理解题。根据短文最后一句细节理解题。根据短文最后一句“They felt very proud.They felt very proud.” 可知可知, ,卖完旗帜以后卖完旗帜以后, ,他们感觉很骄傲。故选他们感觉很骄傲。故选 C C。 答案:答案:C B Moral scien
10、ce is taught as a subject in most schools but with little effect. Perhaps part of the problem lies in the fact that morality is not a science, strictly speaking. It is too much of a social phenomenon, and also has too much of the personal and subjective things mixed within. Besides, morality itself
11、changes with generations. So it is impossible to be defined in a textbook. I remember sitting through forty minutes of moral lessons, which told stories about little children who never told lies and were rewarded for their goodness. They had little effect and left no impression on me, though. If mor
12、al science has to be taught as a subject in schools, it needs a participatory(参与式的) approach. When you tell a child about morals, you also have to deal with social norms(规范) and cultural differences. You have to explain that morality can be subjective, and be able to coexist in society. You will pro
13、bably have to refer to the morals of the present time. The best way to tell a child how to live is to show him or her what is valued. If a child likes his or her friend, you have to make the child think about why. Once the child notices and recognises goodness in others, he or she is likely to devel
14、op it as well. In fact, children learn most of their morals by watching people around them. They absorb behaviour patterns from teachers and older students. They watch to see what is rewarded and who is punished. They learn on the sports field and through social work. Moral science lessons should si
15、mply consist of letting them live and interact, and watch you support correct values and reward good behaviour. 5. Which is NOT the reason why moral science is taught in schools but with little effect? A. Morality isnt a science. B. Morality is more like a social phenomenon. C. Different generations
16、 have different moral ideas. D. Morality cant be written down in textbooks. 解析:解析:细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知, ,德育在学校效果很差德育在学校效果很差, , 是因为是因为: :道德严格来说不是一门科学道德严格来说不是一门科学, ,道德更像社会现象道德更像社会现象, ,不同年代的不同年代的 人有不同的道德观。故选人有不同的道德观。故选 D D。 答案:答案:D 6. Why does the author describe his own experience of havin
17、g moral lessons? A. To explain telling lies is not right for little children. B. To advise that people should be rewarded for their goodness. C. To show he has no opinions about moral science. D. To prove moral lessons in schools have little effect. 解析:解析: 细节理解题。 根据第二段的句子细节理解题。 根据第二段的句子“They had lit
18、tle effect and They had little effect and left no impression on me, though.left no impression on me, though.”可知可知, ,作者提到自己上道德作者提到自己上道德 课是为了证明道德课效果很差课是为了证明道德课效果很差, ,故选故选 D D。 答案:答案:D 7. What should you do when you tell a child about morals? A. Tell him or her about social norms and cultural differenc
19、es. B. Teach him or her to share personal moral ideas with others. C. Explain that nobody can influence his or her moral ideas. D. Say that the present morals are likely to be changed. 解析:解析: 细节理解题。 根据第三段的句子细节理解题。 根据第三段的句子“When you tell a child about When you tell a child about morals, you also have
20、 to deal with social norms and cultural morals, you also have to deal with social norms and cultural diffedifferences.rences.”可知给孩子讲道德的时候可知给孩子讲道德的时候, ,要告诉他们社会规范和文要告诉他们社会规范和文 化差异。化差异。 答案:答案:A 8. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. The value of teachers setting a good example. B. The best way
21、of teaching children about morals. C. The influence of peoples behaviour on morals. D. The importance of rewarding children for their good behaviour. 解析:解析: 段落大意题。 文章最后一段的内容说明孩子们主要从他们身边段落大意题。 文章最后一段的内容说明孩子们主要从他们身边 的人身上学习道德的人身上学习道德, ,因此最好的教学方式是让孩子们参与、互动、观因此最好的教学方式是让孩子们参与、互动、观 察。故选察。故选 B B。 答案:答案:B C
22、Could the device, a smartphone or a PC, which youre using affects the moral decisions you make when using it? To test it, researchers presented multiple dilemmas to a sample set of 1,010 people. The participants were assigned a device at random. One case of the questions participants were asked is t
23、he classic “trolley(有轨电车) problem”: A runaway trolley is headed towards five people tied up on a set of train tracks. You can do nothing, resulting in the deaths of the five people, or push a man off a bridge, which will stop the trolley. The practical response is to kill one man to save five lives,
24、 which 33.5 percent of smartphone users chose, compared to 22.3 percent of PC users. “What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, reasonable decisions when presented with a highly emotional dilemma,”
25、 Dr Albert Barque-Duran, the lead author of the study, told City, University of London. “This could be due to the increased time pressure often present with smartphones and also the increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices compared to PCs.” As for why the researchers
26、 started this study, Dr Barque-Duran noted, “Due to the fact that our social lives, work and even shopping take place online, it is important to think about how the contexts where we typically face moral decisions and are asked to engage in moral behaviour have changed, and the impact this could hav
27、e on hundreds of millions of people who use such devices daily.” Its clear that we need more research on how our devices affect our moral decision making because were using screens at an ever increasing rate. 9. Why did the author mention the “trolley problem”? A. To introduce a difficult problem to
28、 readers. B. To introduce the aim of carrying out the study. C. To show an example of the questions in the study. D. To show the difficulty in dealing with dilemmas. 解析:解析:推理判断题。根据文章第二段推理判断题。根据文章第二段“One case of the questions One case of the questions participants were asked is the classic participan
29、ts were asked is the classic trolley trolley problemproblem.”可以推断出可以推断出, ,作者提及有轨电车的问题作者提及有轨电车的问题, ,只是展示了只是展示了 研究问题中的一个例子。故选研究问题中的一个例子。故选 C C。 答案:答案:C 10. How do the smartphone users of the study behave in dealing with emotional dilemmas? A. Calmly. B. Cruelly. C. Hesitantly. D. Enthusiastically. 解析:
30、解析:细节理解题。根据文章第三段细节理解题。根据文章第三段“What we found in our study What we found in our study is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral is that when people used a smartphone to view classic moral problems, they were more likely to make more unemotional, problems, they were more likely to mak
31、e more unemotional, r reasonable decisions when presented with a highly emotional easonable decisions when presented with a highly emotional dilemmadilemma”可知可知, ,手机使用者能够更镇定地处理情感困境。故选手机使用者能够更镇定地处理情感困境。故选 A A。 答案:答案:A 11. Dr Albert believes that compared with PCs, smartphones . A. help people bear mo
32、re pressure B. help people make decisions quickly C. make people feel more mentally distant D. make people stay happier to solve problems 解析:解析:推理判断题。根据文章第三段推理判断题。根据文章第三段“This could be due to the This could be due to the increased time pressure often present with smartincreased time pressure often p
33、resent with smart- - phones and also the increased psychological distance which can phones and also the increased psychological distance which can occur when we use such devices cooccur when we use such devices compared to PCs.mpared to PCs.”可知可知, ,与电与电 脑相比脑相比, ,手机更让人感到精神上的疏远。故选手机更让人感到精神上的疏远。故选 C C。
34、 答案:答案:C Reading and Thinking (2) 基础测评 . 单词拼写 1. So p (宝贵的) is time that we cant afford to waste it. 2. In the nursing profession, women are in the m (大部分). 3. The students began to c (抱怨) about how cold it would be. 4. During conversations, do you spend all your “listening” time thinking about how
35、to r (回复) to the speaker? 5. When he failed in the Students Union e (选举) last semester, he, instead of being upset, viewed it as an opportunity to exercise his ability. 6. He had the complete support of the s (全体职员) in the hospital. 7. I refuse to lie about it; its against my p (原则). 8. Who do you s
36、uppose will r (取代) her on the show? 9. Sam lives in a f (遥远的) village, which is more than 20 miles away from his school. 10. Suddenly I felt a s (急剧的) pain in my shoulder. 答案:答案:1. precious 2. majority 3. complain 4. respond 5. election 6. staff 7. principles 8. replace 9. faraway 10. sharp . 用所给短语的
37、适当形式填空 carry sb through, care for, tend to, of ones own,be responsible for, 1. He works hard, but he doesnt his health. 2. Their faith and courage them . 3. When Im tired, I make mistakes. 4. They said the director, rather than the clerks, the incident. 5. These college professors had opinions . 答案:
38、答案:1. care for 2. carried; through 3. tend to 4. was responsible for 5. of their own . 语法填空 As a five-year-old girl, Lin Qiaozhi was 1. (deep) affected by her mothers death. At age 18, instead of following the traditional path of 2. _(marry) like the 3. _(major) of girls, she chose to study medicine
39、. “Why should girls learn so much? Finding a good husband should be 4. _(them) final goal!” her brother complained, 5. _(think) of the high tuition 6. _(fee). She responded, “Id rather stay single 7. _(study) all my life!” Eight years later, Lin graduated from Peking Union Medical College(PUMC) 8. _
40、the Wenhai Scholarship, 9. _highest prize given to graduates. She immediately became the first woman 10. _was hired as a resident physician in the OB-GYN department of the PUMC Hospital. 答案:答案:1. deeply 2. marriage 3. majority 4. their 5. thinking 6. fees 7. to study 8. with 9. the 10. who 提升测评 . 阅读
41、理解 Working as a vet(兽医), I met a family that taught me an unforgettable lesson. They came to my clinic with their dying dog, Coco. I examined Coco and found she was old and had a serious illness. I told the family we couldnt do anything for Coco, and that euthanasia(安乐死) would be the best for the do
42、g. On that day, their little boy Eric seemed so calm, patting the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if Eric understood what was going on. The little boy seemed to accept Cocos death without any difficulty. We sat together for a while after Cocos death. I explained that animals lives are sho
43、rter than human lives. Eric, who had been listening quietly, said, “I know why.” He said, “People need a lifetime to learn how to live a good lifelike loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?” The 6-year-old continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they dont have to stay as
44、 long.” Id never heard a more soft-hearted explanation as to why animals lives are so short. It has changed the way I live. I see every day as the day that my life could be easily taken away, so I try to live my life to the fullest. 1. What was the matter with Coco? A. She had a stomachache. B. She
45、had a headache. C. She was old and dying. D. She was hurt by her friend. 解析:解析:推理判断题。根据第一段中推理判断题。根据第一段中“They came to my clinic with They came to my clinic with their dying dog, Coco. I examined Coco and found she was old their dying dog, Coco. I examined Coco and found she was old and had a serious
46、illness.and had a serious illness.”可知可知,Coco,Coco 已经奄奄一息。已经奄奄一息。 答案:答案:C 2. Why was Eric so calm while patting the dog for the last time? A. Because he didnt know what was going on. B. Because he didnt know how to face Cocos death. C. Because he had another dog. D. Because he accepted Cocos death. 解
47、析:解析:细节理解题。根据第三段第一句细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“The little boy seemed to The little boy seemed to accept Cocoaccept Cocos death without any difficulty.s death without any difficulty.”可知小男孩已可知小男孩已 经接受了狗的死亡。经接受了狗的死亡。 答案:答案:D 3. What can we infer according to the passage? A. The vet didnt do anything for Coco. B. Th
48、e vet makes an effort to live a full life. C. The vet has lived his life to the fullest. D. The vet will keep more dogs. 解析:解析:推理判断题。根据最后一段中最后一句推理判断题。根据最后一段中最后一句“I see every day as I see every day as the day thatthe day that my life could be easily taken away, so I try to my life could be easily tak
49、en away, so I try to live my life to the fullest.live my life to the fullest.”可知可知, ,作者认识到生命易逝作者认识到生命易逝, ,并且并且 努力使生活更加充实。努力使生活更加充实。 答案:答案:B . 完形填空 Like many perfectionists, I truly believed that self-sufficiency was a virtue. And 1 my brain was so good at finding what it was looking for, I noticed every single time that idea got proved 2 , and so I always had lots of 3 that it really was better if I just handled everything myself. This kind of thinking, friends, was the 4 in disguise. My self-reliance came in handy when I was a kid i
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