第二节：完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)

As a teacher, I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking as we enter a building.This rule  36   to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place.

Once，in New York City，I took my class to see a(n)  37   near Times Square.When we arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes    38   outside waiting to get in.The students from the other schools were not   39    and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气).I told my students to stay in a line and keep  40   .I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other    41  .Soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganized.There was a lady trying to   42   the groups and get them to their seats，43  students were everywhere and   44   really knew where to go.My class，observing our rule，walked in    45   in two single-file lines.We stood near the door behind everyone else，and we   46   .All of a sudden，the lady who was   47    noticed us and she walked    48   our direction.She asked the students 49   the teacher was for our group, and I raised my    50   .She asked,“Very, very nice to meet you.Come this way.”We were led into the theatre，   51    ，and we were given front-row seats.

Sometimes   52   for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect，especially when you  53   no one around who is taking manners into   54   .However，that is usually the time when such   55  actions will be most appreciated and recognized.

36.A.leads      B.applies   C.turns    D.belongs

37.A.play   B.lady    C.teacher   D.exhibition

38.A.sorted out     B.settled down  C.turned away  D.lined up

39.A.behaving  B.listening   C.concentrating   D.watching

40.A.order      B.contact   C.watch   D.time

41.A.places  B.seats    C.classes   D.teachers

42.A.scold      B.dismiss   C.attract   D.organize

43.A.and   B.but    C.so    D.while

44.A.anyone  B.nobody   C.everyone   D.somebody

45.A.anxiously  B.immediately  C.quietly   D.hurriedly

46.A.passed  B.chatted   C.rushed   D.waited

47.A.in trouble  B.on guard   C.in charge   D.on business

48.A.in   B.to    C.for    D.under

49.A.how   B.where   C.what    D.whether

50.A.voice      B.arm    C.head    D.hand

51.A.finally  B.somehow   C.first    D.instead

52.A.respect  B.love    C.concern   D.support

53.A.receive  B.visit    C.recognize   D.meet

54.A.practice  B.effect       C.account   D.operation

55.A.urgent  B.kind    C.legal    D.firm

第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

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Steve knew he’d been adopted as a baby, and when he turned 18, in 2003, he decided he’d try to track down his birth mother. The agency from which he’d been adopted gave him his mother’s name: Tallady. But online searches didn’t turn up any results about it, and Steve had to let it go.

In 2007, though, he searched for the name again online. This time, the search results included a home address near the Lowe’s store where Steve, then 22, worked as a deliveryman. When he mentioned the coincidence to his boss, his boss said, “You mean Tallady, who works here?

Steve and Tallady, a cashier, had said hello to each other a few times at the store, but they’d never really talked. He hadn’t even known her name. Steve thought there was no possible way she was his mother though they shared the same name. For a few months, Steve avoided Tallady. “I wasn’t sure how to approach her,” he told a local reporter. Finally, the agency volunteered to arrange their reunion(团聚).

When Tallady realized that the nice guy she’d been waving at was his son, she sobbed. She’d always hoped to meet her birth son one day. Later that day, mother and son talked for almost three hours at a nearby bar. She’d given him up for adoption in 1985, when she was 23. “I wasn’t ready to be a mother,” she told him. Married with two other children, Tallady says, “I have a complete family now.”

56. Steve gave up the on-line search for his birth mother in 2003 because _____.

A. the agency didn’t give him any help

B. there was no information about his mother

C. his mother didn’t turn up online

D. he missed the information about his mother

57. Why Steve avoided Tallady for months?

A. Because she didn’t want to talk to him.

B. Because he wasn’t fully prepared for the reunion.

C. Because she was very difficult to approach.

D. Because he didn’t think she was his birth mother.

58. The best title for the text is _____.

A. The Love of Mother                   B. An Unexpected Meeting

C. The Power of the Internet               D. An Unusual Reunion

B

Have you ever gone to work to find that one of your coworkers is coughing and sneezing all day long? You do your best to keep a safe distance and wonder: Why did he or she come to work when they were ill? The reality for many Americans is that they do not have enough paid sick time each year to afford them the luxury of staying home because they don’t feel well.

This problem doesn’t just affect the working employees who are sick, though. In an article by James Warren for Bloomberg Business Week, a second-grade school teacher, Stilli Klikizos shares about the sick children that must stay in school all day long because their parents can’t get off work to come and get them. In the past school year, she had several children who were unable to be picked up at school who were later diagnosed with H1N1.

There is a movement called the Healthy Families Act in Congress that would change this situation for many Americans. The Healthy Family Act would require employers with 15 or more employees to provide 7 paid sick days a year for their workers. These days could be used not only for days when the worker is sick, but the time can also be used when caring for others, or going to routine doctor’s appointments.

Those who are against the Act argue that many businesses are struggling to make ends meet owing to recession (经济衰退), and point out that this is the wrong time to force employers to add an additional expense.

Those who support the Healthy Families Act say that our nation can’t afford to not take these measures. When an individual goes to work sick, they are possibly infecting their coworkers, clients and customers.

According to a report by Katie Couric on the CBS evening news, three fourths of low wage earners get docked when they are sick. Those individuals include daycare workers and restaurant workers, whose health can affect the health of many.

59. Why do many Americans still come to work when they are sick?

A. They often ignore the illness if not serious.

B. They work in high spirits.

C. The cost of staying home is great.

D. The cost of medical treatment is high.

60. In the article mentioned in this passage, James Warren intends to say ______.

A. children need more thoughtful and considerate care

B. adults’ not having enough paid sick time may be bad for children

C. parents shouldn’t leave the sick children at school

D. teachers are responsible for taking good care of children at school

61. According to the Healthy Families Act, ______.

A. all the employers are required to provide 7 paid sick days a year for their workers

B. the employees can use the paid sick days to take a trip so as to relax themselves

C. the employees could demand their companies pay for their medical bills

D.the employees can use the paid sick days to take care of their sick children

62. The term "get docked" (Para 6) probably means"______ ".

A. lose part of wages  B. lose their health   C. get paid D. get fired

C

Dogs can tell how other dogs are feeling from the way their tails(尾巴) are wagging(摇摆), according to researchers who monitored the animals' heart rate as they watched canine(犬科动物的)movies. The Italian team found that dogs had higher heart rates and became more anxious when they saw others wag their tails more to the left, but not when they wagged more to the right, or failed to wag at all.

The curious form of communication is probably not intentional, or consciously understood, but is instead an automatic behavior that arises from the structure of the brain, said Giorgio. “It's not something they clearly and exactly understand,” Giorgio told the Guardian. “It's just something that happens to them.”

Giorgio traces the effect back to the way the two halves of the brain process different experiences. In a previous study, his team showed that when a dog had a positive experience, such as seeing its owner, activity rose in the left side of the brain, bringing about more tail wagging to the right. Or else more tail wagging to the left. The effect is barely visible to the human eye because dogs tend to wag their tails too fast, but it can be seen with slow motion video, or in some larger types.

In the latest study, the researchers wanted to find out whether the direction of tail wagging had any effect on other dogs. To get an answer, they fitted dogs with vests that recorded their heart rates, and played them movies of other dogs wagging their tails one way and then the other. To ensure the dogs reacted only to tail wagging, and not appearance, they repeated the experiment with dogs that appeared only as shadows.

“When dogs saw other dogs wagging their tails to the right, there was quite a relaxed reaction and no evidence of an increased heart rate. But when the wagging was to the left we saw an increase in heart rate and a series of behaviors typically associated with stress, anxiety and being more watchful,” Giorgio said. The anxious animals held their ears up, breathed, and kept their eyes wide open. The study appears in the latest issue of Current Biology.

Giorgio said the effect was comparable to the apparent human preference for wider pupils(瞳孔). In one 1975 study, women were described in more appealing terms when their pupils were larger. Another study, from 2007, found that women's pupils got bigger when they looked at pictures of potential partners. In neither case were people aware that pupil size was sending out a signal, said Giorgio. He said tendencies in tail wagging were hard to spot with the eye, but the finding might still help to improve animal welfare.

This paper is extremely interesting from a dog owner's perspective(视角). If a dog wags their tail to the left upon reunion with their owner, this may be a cause of serious concern, as it suggests that the right half is activated(活动起来), which controls for negative emotional responses, including fear and withdrawal.

63. It is _______ that lead to dogs wagging tail to the left or right.

A. their unaware behavior     B. the emotional response

C. their increasing heart rate    D. watching canine movies

64. From the passage we can learn that_______.

A. Giorgio didn’t understand the curious form of dogs’ communication

B. the pupil size will determine the appeal and welfare of a woman

C. a dog’s right brain become active when it is nervous and breathless

D. No one knows how our pupil sends out a signal to his potential partners

65. According to the passage, the study is related to_______.

A. animal protection       B. animal psychology

C. animal welfare       D. animal testing

66. The passage is mainly about_______.

A. how wagging dogs communicate emotional responses with their owners

B. why wagging dogs feel seriously anxious and stressed or particularly relaxed

C. Dogs’ communicating different feelings with rightward or leftward tail wagging

D. A good knowledge of dogs’ wagging tail can make us feel more comfortable