C

A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the British Medical Journal.

Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians — although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.

Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.

Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.

Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.

Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.

But Dr Frankie Phillips of the British Dietetic Association said，“It is like the chicken and egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues?”

28.What’ s the result of the research mentioned in the text?

A. Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.

B. Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.

C. Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.

D. Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.

29.It was found in the research that________.

A. most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out

B. female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians

C. vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians

D. vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians

30.Catharine Gale talked about “being vegetarians” in a(n)________way.

A. doubtful     B. favorable

C. negative    D. objective

31.What’ s the best title for the text?

A. Get more IQ points!                   B. Be a vegetarian, please!

C. A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian    D. Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk

D

People in several American states may be surprised to see cars on city streets without a driver. Experimental driverless vehicles now are legal in Florida, Nevada and California. They are pointing the way to a future that is not far down the road. The high-tech company Google has a number of self-driving cars, which had covered 480,000 kilometers by August. Volvo is among the companies doing road tests and says it plans to sell driverless cars by 2020.

In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed an act to allow autonomous vehicles on the roads of his state. “Today we’re looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow’s reality—the driverless car.” The technology for these cars includes cameras, radar and motion sensors. The systems have been improved through competitions sponsored by the US government agency DARPA. Engineer Richard Mason of the Rand Corporation helped design driverless vehicles for DARPA challenge races.

“Cars have become much more fuel-efficient, and new electronic features are making Hondas safer,” said Angie Nucci of Honda America. “A camera on the passenger-side mirror actually engaged on your guiding screen so you can safely change lanes.” Other safety features include warning systems on the front and the sides of the cars. These systems help drivers, but don’t replace them. Curator Leslie Kendall of the Petersen Automotive Museum said autonomous cars will make the high ways safer.

“By taking out drivers, you also remove most risks of an accident,” Kendall said. He said consumers, however, may be unwilling to lose control. “It may take them time to come to realize that the technology is indeed reliable, but it will have to prove itself first.”

Mason said the technology already works and the biggest challenge now is getting down the cost for driverless vehicles from hundreds of thousands of dollars to something more affordable. He said this will happen as the technology is improved.

32. What can we learn from Paragraph l?

A. Volvo will be the first to sell driverless cars.

B. Driverless cars are pointing us a faraway future.

C. Driverless vehicles are now legal in the whole USA.

D. Google’s self-driving cars have covered a long distance.

33. We learn that Governor of California Jerry Brown_________.

A. helped design self-driving cars

B. supports self-driving cars on roads

C. considers self-driving cars science fiction

D. improved the self-driving car systems

34. According to Richard Mason, what is the biggest challenge for driverless cars?

A. They are not allowed to run on the road.

B. Their technical problems remain to be solved.

C. They are now too expensive for consumers.

D. They are more dangerous for people on the street.

35. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. The Benefits of the Self-driving Cars

B. The Biggest Challenge of the Self-driving Cars

C. Safer or More Dangerous Self-driving Cars

D. Self-driving Cars—Science Fiction Future Is Near

第二节(共5小题;每小题2分，共10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

Every year, it costs British students more and more to attend university.   36   So is a university degree really worth it?

In 2006, the UK government started to allow universities in England and Wales to charge British students tuition fees. As a result, more than 80% of students in England and Wales now take out a student loan in order to go to university.   37    The average student in England and Wales now graduates from university with debts of around ￡12,000. Students of medicine, who study for longer, usually have debts of more than ￡20,000. That is a lot of money.   38    They even struggle to pay rent on a house, because they have to start paying back the student loan after graduating.

You might think that a British person with a degree will find it easy to get a well-paid job. However, most people in “white-collar jobs” seem to have a degree these days, so there is a lot of competition.    39    Like everyone else, graduates usually have to start at the bottom and work their way up. That can be very frustrating for them, since they are often over-qualified for the work they are doing. While at university, they had dreams of getting an exciting, challenging job. Therefore, life after university ends up being quite disappointing for a lot of graduates.

40    Students have always been seen as not having a lot of money, but “student poverty” is now considered a real problem in the UK. Most British students expect to get a loan, part-time job or summer job. Worse still, however, an increasing number of students turn to crime to support themselves.

A. They are graduating with larger and larger debts.

B. All these lead to the reevaluation of a university degree.

C. It means graduates cannot afford to buy a house for many years.

D. Sometimes they have to borrow money from relatives and friends.

E. If solved improperly, the debts might cause serious social problems.

F. They use the loan to pay for tuition fees, books and living expenses.

G. Also, British companies tend to value work experience over a piece of paper.

第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空 (共20小题，每小题.1.5分, 满分30分)

阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I went to India for a 2-week vacation to visit my relatives. We stopped on a red light, and as always, there were a lot of activities outside the cars near the   41   . People walked in, between the cars    42    newspaper, water and a number of kids looked for a bit of charity from the car owners. It’s a familiar   43   in most poor developing countries.

While we were   44   for the red light to turn green, I noticed a man outside a couple of   45   in front of ours trying to sell bottles of water. It’s   46   unusual at first. He was a man in his 40s with relatively  47   clothes. But he walked around in a strange way. He kind of   48   his way around the spaces. He was blind.

Carrying a couple of water bottles on one hand, he   49   got to the outside of our car. Out of    50   , my mum decided to buy one water bottle. As she gave the man the money, the light turned green. The car behind sounded loudly and   51  , trying to get ahead of traffic. Seeing this, my mum kindly told the man to   52   the change. However, with his    53   sense of touch, he quickly went through his shirt pocket and threw the money at my mum’s   54   . It was the exact change. The cars behind us were really getting out of control,   55    we decided to go on our way.

I broke down and even   56   when I got home. Here’s a blind man, born in    57   , trying to sell water bottles on the streets to make ends meet. He    58    our sympathy. Life hasn’t been    59   to him, yet he’s giving it his best shot. I think that is what    00    is all about facing life bravely.

41. A. signs            B. crossroads       C. stations           D. theatres

42. A. giving           B. buying          C. selling            D. throwing

43. A. scene           B. play             C. activity           D. street

44. A. watching        B. asking           C. waiting           D. changing

45. A. blocks          B. crossings         C. turns             D. cars

46. A. everything       B. something        C. anything          D. nothing

47. A. expensive       B. fashionable        C. ragged           D. fastened

48. A. pushed          B. drove            C. cleared           D. felt

49. A. eventually       B. quickly           C. frequently        D. happily

50. A. curiosity        B. sympathy          C. thirsty           D. politeness

51. A. impatiently      B. casually           C. naturally         D. carefully

52. A. keep           B. return             C. borrow          D. count

53. A. poor           B. superior           C. limited          D. enlarged

54. A. hand           B. arm              C. face             D. lap

55. A. still            B. yet               C. so              D. but

56. A. smiled         B. shouted            C. complained       D. cried

57. A. pain           B. poverty            C. sadness          D. loneliness

58. A. refused         B. enjoyed           C. doubted          D. cheated

59. A. rich            B. unfair            C. kind             D. bad

60. A. kindness        B. courage           C. experience       D. challenge

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mary: I really don't know what to do this summer. I can't afford to just sit around, and there don't seem to be any jobs    61      . (avail)

Lucy: Why don't you try house-sitting? Last summer my friend Margaret house-sat for the Dodds when they went away   62   vacation. Mr. Dodd    63   (hire) Margaret to stay in their house because he didn't want     64   left empty.

Mary: You mean the Dodds paid Margaret just to live in their house?

Lucy: It wasn't that    65    (ease). She had to mow the lawn and water the house plants. And 66    Eric house-sat for Dr. Cohen, he had to take care of her pats.

Mary: House-sitting sounds like a good job. I guess it's little like baby-sitting, except you're taking care of the house instead of      67   (child).

Lucy: The Student Employment Office still has a few jobs     68    (post).

Mary: Do you have to fill out    69   application?

Lucy: Margaret and Eric had to interview with the homeowners and provide three references each.

Mary: That seems like a lot of trouble for a summer job.

Lucy: Well, the homeowners want some guarantee that they   70   trust the house-sitter.

第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节 短文改错 (共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧), 并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改： 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2、只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

At present we are living in a good age. Therefore, there are still a small number of people who don't act responsible. His bad behaviors are out of place in our civilizing society. For an example, some people often risk their lives to disobey traffic rules. Littering is still a serious problem. Some people are often seen to spit in public places. Bad still, it is common to find silly things writing by some tourists in scenic spots.

To my opinion, everyone should learn to become a responsible citizen. We must aware that everything we do in public places will affect others and we should break our bad habits. As long as we obey the rule in every field and are filled with care and love, our world will become better.

第二节：书面表达(满分25分)[来

假设你是英语科代表，请根据以下提示，通知你班美国学生参加学校为交换生举办的一次讲座。

1. 时间：周三下午4点;

2. 地点：图书馆;

3. 内容：我校历史张老师讲授中国传统节日;

4. 提示：准时到场;做好记录; 欢迎提问。

注意：1. 词数不少于50;

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Boys and girls,

May I have your attention, please?  _______________________________________

That’s all. Thank you!