第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项

A

The Chinese-born American architect Ieoh Ming Pei is one of the most creative architects of our times. He has incorporated both eastern and western ideas into his designs.

Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Guangzhou, China on April 26, 1917. His father was a famous banker. In 1935, at the age of 17, he came to the United States to study architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1942, he entered the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy selected Pei to design the Kennedy library. After that he became well-known all of the world. People named it one of the Ten Best Buildings in the United States. In 1968, Pei started work on the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington D.C.. Over one million people visited the building during its first 50 days in existence.

Following the East Wing project Pei's fame has continued to grow widely. In 1983, French President commissioned(委任) Pei to help make the Louvre more modern. Ten years later, the completion of Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre created a new historic landmark for Paris. Pei described it as, "the greatest challenge and greatest accomplishment of my career." At Fragrant Hill, a 300-room hotel in the Chinese capital, Pei has attempted to bring to his native China his often-quoted "third way of making buildings." Avoiding both a complete copying of traditional Chinese motifs(特色) as well as the modernism of the West, Pei has managed, at Fragrant Hill, to make one of his most eloquent(有说服力的) statements.

Pei has designed nearly 50 projects in the United States and abroad. About half of these projects have won major awards. Pei has been awarded the highest honors from nations over the world. In 1990, Pei was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush for his contributions to world peace and service to the US government.

56. Which is the right order of the events of Ieoh Ming Pei?

a. Pei started work on the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington DC.

b. Ieoh Ming Pei entered the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

c. The completion of Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre created a new historic landmark for Paris.

d. Ieoh Ming Pei was selected to design the Kennedy library.

e. Ieoh Ming Pei was born in Guangzhou.

f. Pei was awarded the Medal of Freedom by President George Bush.

g. Ieoh Ming Pei came to Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

h. French President commissioned Pei to help make the Louvre more modern.

A. e-g-d-b-a-h-c-f B. e-g-b-d-a-h-c-f C. e-g-b-d-h-a-c-f D. e-g-b-d-a-h-f-c

57. The underlined word “incorporate” can be replaced by __________.

A. divide B. combine C. separate D. part

58. It was ____________ that Ieoh Ming Pei became world-famous.

A. after the completion of Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre

B. after he designed East Wing of the National Gallery of Art, in Washington DC

C. after he designed the Kennedy library

D. after he designed the Fragrant Hill

59. __________ is an excellent building that shows both the traditional Chinese motifs and the modernism of the West.

A. Fragrant Hill

B. Pei’s glass pyramid at the Louvre

C. The East Wing of the National Gallery of Art

D. Kennedy library

60. We can infer that about _________of Ieoh Ming Pei’s projects have won major awards.

A. 50 B. 15 C. 25 D. 35

B

One day in my class，Maria shared her feelings about money，“Money worries me. I think I want to live without money because I hate it. I HATE MONEY.” We were all touched by Maria's words as they

reminded us of the spiritual burdens that money managing can bring to us. After class I offered to help Maria deal with her financial problems. She hesitated to accept my offer，and I could see from the expression on her face that she was afraid of what it might involve. I quickly promised her that I wouldn't make her do more than she was able to. I told her frankly that I didn't enjoy managing my money any more than she did hers and wouldn't burden her with guilt，judgments，or impossible tasks. All I would ask her to do was to let me help her look at her fears and try to make some sense of them.

Maria still resisted my offer，and I can remember the excuses she gave me as they were the repeated complaints I had heard from so many people. “I'll never understand money，”she said. “My facts are meaningless.” “I don't deserve to have money.” “I never have enough.” “I have too little to manage.” “My financial position isn't worth looking at.” and the most devastating one of all，“I just can't do it.”

Going home that day，I couldn't get Maria out of my mind：her attitude conveyed the same negativity and fear that I believed annoyed many people. I was sure it was this attitude that prevented people from managing their money effectively. My counseling(咨询)has taught me that these anxieties are inseparably connected to our self ¬doubts and fear for survival. Many of us are terrified of handling our money because we don't believe we can do it well，and to do it wrong would put our very existence at risk.

On a deeper level we know that money is not the source of life，but sense of worth drives us to act as if it were. It locks us up in self ¬doubts and prevents us from tapping into the true source of our management power，our spirit.

61.The underlined word “devastating” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

A.convincing B.interesting C.shocking D.valuable

62.Maria's words moved the author and others because they were ________.

A.in the same financial trouble B.in the same financial condition

C.of the same family background D.of the same feeling over the issue

63.As for money managing，the author intended to tell Maria how to ________.

A.overcome her fears B.make wise decisions

C.avoid making mistakes D.learn the necessary skills

64.Maria wouldn't take the author's offer of help for fear of________.

A.being forced to share her money with others B.having to do something beyond her reach

C.being found guilty of making impossible errors

D.showing her judgment about money

65.According to the author，people's anxieties about managing money result from their understanding of

money as the only source of ________.

A.life B.values C.spirit D.power

C

Don’t go to Kauai. Go to any of the other Hawaiian Islands—Maui, Lanai, the Big Island—but leave Kauai for us. The weather on Kauai is so unpredictable that sometimes it rains all day—in fact, it’s the second –wettest spot on the earth. Yes, there are giant double rainbows all the time, and the sunlight through the clouds is magical. But if you are not interested in these, go somewhere else. You just can’t control the nature on Kauai, and who wants to surrender to the nature when you could be at a fine hotel, lying in a comfortable chair next to a swimming pool, with food served upon request?

So what if Kauai produces surf champions the way Texas produces cowboys? Most of its 300 white-sand beaches are unmarked. Unless you connect with the local people, the hidden spots are hard to find. While Hanalei is the most beautiful town you’ve ever dreamed of, you can forget about discos and clubs. Worse, it doesn’t have one single four-star restaurant. What it does have is the original drive- through places where you pass by a rambutan tree (红毛丹树)，and pick a piece of fruit.

Shopping in Kauai? Forget it—unless you are interested in shell necklaces and beautifully carved wood bowls. Kauai is not about pampering. It’s about going natural and finding the nature within you. It’s a do-it-yourself place that offers walking along the coast, driving and swimming in the Pacific Ocean, and lying on the beach.

Don’t go to Kauai unless you have a lot of time, because there’s only one road, which can be slightly dull. It winds through the beautiful scenery of waterfalls, rivers flowing into the ocean, and taro(芋头)fields. You have no choice but to look at everything, because the speed limit is 35 m.p.h.

If you’re not interested in color, don’t bother with Kauai, because that’s what you get—red roads, blue oceans, and a hundred different shades of green. It’s like diving on land. Many people on Kauai believe that this is Lemuria—a lost island in the Atlantic. Can you imagine? Those Hawaiians, surfers, New Agers, and people who love nature and beauty and want a different quality of life—what do they know, anyway? Forget about it—you’re not going to like it. Go somewhere else. Leave Kauai for us.

66. After reading the text, we come to know that it is .

A. a piece of shocking news B. an exciting story

C. an angry complaint about a tourist attraction D. a moving advertisement

67. It can be learned from the text that .

A. Kauai is an island near the Hawaiian Islands B. Kauai is another name of the Hawaiian Islands

C. Kauai is one of the Hawaiian Islands D. Kauai doesn’t belong to the Hawaiian Islands

68. In the writer’s opinion, Kauai .

A. is not worth visiting at all B. is well worth visiting

C. is not a beautiful island D. is a dangerous island

69. Who would like to visit Kauai?

A. Those who love nature. B. Those who love city life.

C. Those who love the comfort in a fine hotel. D. Those who love going shopping

70. Which of the following statements is false?

A. Many more people will probably come to Kauai after reading the passage.

B. You can practice in Kauai if you want to win a championship in surfing.

C. The weather in Kauai is changeable.

D. In Kauai there are top class hotels where food is served upon request.

D

In the same way that a child must be able to move his arms and legs before he can learn to walk, the child must physically be able to produce and experiment particular feelings before these feelings can be modified through learning. Psychologists have found that there are two basic processes by which learning takes place. One kind of learning is called ‘classical conditioning”. This take places when one event or stimulus(刺激) is always paired with, or followed by, a reward or punishment. It is through classical conditioning that a child learns to connect his mother’s face and voice with happiness and love, for he learns that this person provides food and comfort. Negative emotions are learned in a similar way.

The second kind of learning is called “operant conditioning”. This takes place when a person learns to do things that produce rewards in his environment and learns not to do things that produce punishments. For example, if a mother always attends to her baby when he cries and comforts him until he is quiet, she may teach him that if he cries he will get attention from mother. Thus, the baby will learn to increase his crying in order to have his mother more.

Every day, we grow and have new experiences. We never stop learning by reading, watching television, interacting with other people, and so on. This learning affects our emotions. Why is it that we learn to like some people and dislike others? If a person is nice to us, cares about us, we learn to connect this person with positive feelings, such as joy, happiness, and friendliness. On the other hand, if a person is mean to us, does not care about us, and even purposely does things to harm us, we learn to connect this person with negative feelings, such as unhappiness, discomfort, and anger.

71. The author’s main purpose in writing the passage is to ____.

A. teach children how to learn to produce and experience certain emotions

B. give the general reader an account of two basic kinds of learning

C. give parents some advice on how to modify their children’s emotions

D. discuss with psychologists how positive and negative feelings are produced

72. If your jokes often find a ready echo(反响) in a person, you will learn through ____ that telling jokes to this person is fun, and you will try with greater efforts to be humorous in his presence.

A. classical conditioning B. operant conditioning C. negative emotions D. any stimulus

73. In the third paragraph, the author is ____.

A. discussing how we grow and have new experience every day

B. talking about learning to modify emotions through operant conditioning

C. suggesting learning by reading, watching television, interacting with people, and so on

D. using examples to further explain learning through classical conditioning

74. In the paragraph following the third, the author will most probably go on to discuss ____.

A. what positive feelings and negative feelings are B. a third kind of learning

C. examples of learning through operant conditioning D. how a child learns to walk

75. What does the word “modify” probably mean according to the underlined one in paragraph 1?

A. to change and improve B. to give the meaning of C. to learn D. to get rid of

第II卷(非选择题，共45分)

第四部分 书面表达(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 阅读表达(共5小题;每小题3分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到题后相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

People learn in different ways. Researchers give different names to different learning styles, but they all agree that students who understand their own styles can improve their study skills. The learning styles described below (visual, auditory, and tactile) are just three of the many ways to identify how people learn.

Visual learners have to “see it to believe it”. They often have good imaginations (they can picture things in their minds), and they may also have a good sense of colour and artistic ability. These learners may have trouble listening to lectures or instructions if there are no pictures or text to support what they hear. They may also find it hard to focus in a room where people are moving around.

Auditory learners remember information if _____________. They prefer to learn by listening and will often ask questions about things they read. Reading tasks can he difficult for these learners, and they can quickly lose their focus if there is too much noise in a room.

Tactile learners can learn and remember what they touch. That's why computers are a big help to these learners; the sense of touch (using the keyboard) helps them remember information. Tactile learners prefer to do “hands-on” activities such as role plays, science experiments, or project that involve buildings. They learn better when they do some sort of physical activity. Tactile learners need to take frequent breaks when they study because they don’t like sitting for long periods of time.

One thing is true for all learners, whether visual, auditory, or tactile: in the world of education, one of the most important subjects is learning how to learn.

76. What is the main idea of the passage?(within 4 words)

________________________________________________________

77. What does the underlined word “it” in the 2nd paragraph refer to? (within 3 words)

________________________________________________________

78. Fill in the blank in the 3rd paragraph. (within 5 words)

________________________________________________________

79. Fill in the blank in the following sentence according to the passage. (within 6 words)

If you want to improve your study skills, it is important for you ___________________________.

80. Mike can learn how to ride a bicycle quickly after practicing only a couple of times. What kind of learner is he? (within 3 words)

________________________________________________________

第二节 写作(满分25分)

第二节: 书面表达(25分)

5月20日是中国学生营养日。据统计，我国有1200万肥胖儿童和少年。不吃早餐、经常吃快餐和锻炼少是导致中国儿童肥胖的主要因素。请根据以下要求写一篇120词左右的短文。

1. 描述现状; 2. 叙述你对此的看法; 3. 提出建议。

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