Section B(18 marks)

Directions： For each blank in the following passage there are 4 words or phrases marked A， B， C and D. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.

20 June 2013

Ankara， Turkey： I come from Moldova and I am now working as a UN Volunteer with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Turkey. I have been living in Turkey for a few years and have had the  　31　  to observe the approach of the Turkish people towards  　32　. In Turkey people help each other with their hearts and from their hearts on a continuous basis.

Young people are the main driving engine behind the ever-growing volunteer force in Turkey. For Turkish  　33　  people it is common to be part of some kind of organization or student club on a volunteer basis， doing various activities such as exchanges， environmental action， charity work and peer education.

This trend(倾向) grew  　34　  in the late 1990s， despite the fact that civil society organizations have sometimes been viewed with disbelief by some state authorities.

This has  　35　  in the last decade， and many young people now choose to get involved and use their spare time to develop their skills， while also showing their civic participation by 　36　  to a cause.

Perhaps this is the reason why the core of the UNV community at UNHCR Turkey is  　37　 young people. Being a UN Volunteer with UNCHR allows us to gain the skills needed to realize our social and human development potential， but also to dedicate our time， energy and ideas to contribute to the  　38　  of UNHCR’s global strategic aims.

Being a UN Volunteer with UNHCR is an opportunity to make other people’s lives better. Working on refugee status determination has been an interesting and  　39　  learning experience. Part of the task involves carrying out extensive research on the situation and the condition of the countries the refugees(难民) come from.

Especially according to recent events in neighboring countries， and given the arrival of refugees and the increased time necessary to process the  　40　  number of applications for shelter， the contribution of UN Volunteers to UNHCR seems necessary and the impact invaluable.

I also believe that I have brought cultural diversity(多元性) to an already diverse 　41　 ， where true professionals and young graduates from different nations work hard side by side to  　42　 refugees and find durable solutions for them.

31. A. ability  B. opportunity  C. description  D. permission

32. A. volunteerism  B. charity  C. poverty  D. colleague

33. A. starving  B. primitive  C. young  D. crowded

34. A. particularly  B. remotely  C. politically  D. mysteriously

35. A. expanded  B. added  C. prohibited  D. changed

36. A. congratulating  B. contributing  C. retelling  D. accustoming

37. A. reminded of  B. thought back to  C. heading for  D. made up of

38. A. permission  B. achievement     C. celebration     D. reception

39. A. worthwhile     B. additional     C. alternative     D. vacant

40. A. falling        B. decreasing     C. heating     D. rising

41. A. tribe        B. office          C. staff      D. government

42. A. protect          B. drive      C. obtain      D. contain

Section C (12 marks)

Directions： Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

My grandfather is a seventy-year-old man， and he has always been happy. Several years ago he came to live with us and 43. now he has got accustomed to the life in the city. 44.他喜欢旅行并且去过中国很多地方。 Last month， he went to Beijing and visited the Forbidden City where the emperors once lived. 45. 他甚至梦想某一天到国外去旅游。 He says it is important to try to understand as much as possible and travel helps you do that. 46. In his youth， however， he never left his home town， let alone travelled to another country 47. 因为他得工作养活家人. He often says he would have travelled a lot if he had been rich. He wanted to study medicine， but he never got into a university. 48. He hopes I can go to a good university and get a good job in the future.

Do you think my grandpa would have been as happy as he is now if he had had more education when he was growing up?

Part Ⅲ　Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions： Read the following three passages. Each passages is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked with A， B， C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

As we all know， the Dragon Boat Festival is our country’s traditional festival， but do you know there is also a Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea， which also falls on May 5 of the lunar calendar(阴历)? It has been reported that South Korea will apply to United Nations Educational， Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO 联合国教科文组织) to make the celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival its own intangible cultural heritage (非物质的文化遗产). If successful， people from other countries may see the Dragon Festival as a Korean creation.

As the birthplace of the yearly event more than 2,000 years ago， China is not happy with the situation. “It would be a shame if another country successfully made a traditional Chinese festival part of its own cultural heritage ahead of China，” said Zhou Heping， deputy(副) culture minister. The Chinese Ministry of Culture is even thinking of making its own application(申请) to UNESCO， covering all traditional Chinese festivals， including the Dragon Boat event. It is thought that the festival is held in memory of the great poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC)， who lived in the State of Chu during the Warring States Period. Qu was known to be a patriot (爱国者) and admired by ordinary people.

He is said to have jumped into Miluo River， because he had lost hope in his country’s future. When people heard about Qu’s death， they sailed up and down the river searching for his body. They also beat the drums to frighten away the fish and threw Zongzi into the water to stop the fish touching Qu. Dragon boat racing is said to come from this search for the poet’s body.

Over the years， the Dragon Boat Festival has spread throughout the world. In Japan and Vietnam， as well as South Korea， the festival has mixed with and become part of the local culture.

49. The Dragon Boat Festival 　　　　.

A. is also kept by South Korea     B. comes from South Korea

C. was created by South Korea  D. is South Korea’s cultural heritage

50. What is the reaction(反应) of the Chinese Ministry of Culture to South Korea’s planning to make the Dragon Boat Festival its own cultural heritage?

A. Fighting against South Korea.

B. Telling South Korea it’s not right to do so.

C. Considering to do the similar thing.

D. Asking South Korea not to do so.

51. What is the purpose of holding the Dragon Boat Festival?

A. In memory of Qu Yuan.

B. In memory of all the patriots of China.

C. To frighten away the fish.

D. In honor of QuYuan’s birthday.

52. After Qu Yuan’s death， Zongzi was thrown into the water to 　　　　.

A. feed him               B. protect his body from going bad

C. prevent the fish biting his body  D. attract his soul

53. Now， the Dragon Boat Festival has become 　　　　 activity.

A. a nationwide    B. a worldwide    C. an Asian    D. a foreign

B

Tim Berners-Lee is the man who wrote the software program that led to the foundation of the World Wide Web. Britain played an important part in developing the first generation of computers. The parents of Tim Berners-Lee both worked on one of the earliest commercial (商业的) computers and talked about their work at home. As a child he would build models of computers from packing material. After graduating from Oxford University he went on to the real thing. In the 1980s， scientists were already communicating using a primitive version of e-mail. While working at a laboratory in Switzerland， Tim Berners-Lee wrote a program， which let him store these messages. This gave him another idea： write a program that will let academics(学术界人士) from across the world share information on a single place. In 1990 he wrote the HTTP and HTML programs which form the basis of the World Wide Web.

The next year his programs were placed on to the Internet. Everyone was welcome to use them and improve them if they could. Programmers used this codes(密码) to work with different operating systems. New things like web browsers(浏览器) and search engines were developed. Between 1991 and 1994 the number of web pages rose from 10 to 100,000.

In 1994 Tim Berners-Lee formed the newly formed World Wide Web consortium(协会)， or W3C. More than 200 leading companies and laboratories are represented by W3C. Together they make sure that everyone can share equally on the web. “The Web can help people to understand the way that others live and love. It helps us understand the humanity of people.” he says.

54. From the passage， we can infer that Tim Berners-Lee is 　　　　.

A. British  B. American          C. Swiss            D. French

55. Scientists began to communicate using e-mail 　　　　.

A. in 1980           B. after the 1980s

C. before 1990     D. in the 1960s

56. Tim Berners-Lee decided to write a program that would let academics from across the world share information on a single place when 　　　　.

A. he was a child                        B. he studied in Oxford University

C. he formed W3C                       D. he worked at a lab in Switzerland

57. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The number of web pages rose rapidly in the 1990s.

B. Tim’s programs were placed on to the Internet in 1990.

C. The World Wide Web will have an effect on the social development.5ykj.com

D. Tim Berners-Lee made a great contribution to the computer science.

58. The passage is mainly about 　　　　.

A. when the Internet came into being      B. who Tim Berners-Lee is

C. why computers develop so rapidly        D. how the World Wide Web started