B

What is the nature of the scientific attitude, the attitude of the man or woman who studies and applies physics, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, medicine or any other science?

We all know that science plays an important role in our societies. However, many people believe that our progress depends on two different aspects of science. The first aspect i s the application of the machines, products and systems of knowledge that scientists and technologists develop. The second is the application of the special methods of thought and action that scientists use in their work.

What are these special methods of thinking and acting? First of all, it seems that a successful scientist is curious - he wants to find out how and why the universe works. He usually pays attention to problems which he notices have no satisfying explanation, and looks for relationships even if the data available seem to be unconnected. Moreover, he thinks he can improve the existing conditions and enjoys trying to solve the problems which this involves.

He is a good observer, accurate, patient and objective and uses the facts he observes to the fullest. For example, trained observers obtain a very large amount of information about a star mainly from the accurate analysis of the simple lines that appear in a spectrum(光谱).

He does not accept statements which are not based on the most complete evidence available. He rejects authority as the only basis for truth. Scientists always check statements and make experiments carefully and objectively.

Furthermore, he does not readily accept his own idea, since he knows that man is the least reliable of scientific instruments and that a number of factors tend to disturb objective investigation.

Lastly, he is full of imagination since he often has to look for relationships in data which are not only complex but also frequently incomplete. Furthermore, he needs imagination if he wants to guess how processes work and how events take place.

These seem to be some of the ways in which a successful scientist or technolo gist thinks and acts.

66. Many people believe that science helps society to progress through_________

A. knowledge only. B. more than one aspect.

C. technology only. D. the use of machines.

67. Which of the following statements about a curious scientist is TRUE?

A. He doesn’t find confidence and pleasure in work.

B. He is interested in problems that are explained.

C. He makes efforts to investigate potential connections.

D. He looks for new ways of acting.

68. According to the passage, a successful scientist would NOT_______________.

A. easily believe in unchecked statements.

B. easily criticize others' research work.

C. always use his imagination in work.

D. always use evidence from observation.

69. Which word can be used to describe the data that a good scientist uses?

A. complete

B. objective

C. complicated

D. accurate

C

The new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nation’s largest cities, can ever graduate. The studies clearly show that the dropout rate isn’t dropping. And, in particular, the dropout rate isn’t dropping for poor and minority students.

Amazingly, though so many regret the rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plans--or any plans--to teach students motivation(动机). Most schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessary. Schools expect youth and children to act as though schooling is important, but they never teach them to believe that.

Years ago, families ensured that the children recognized the value of schooling. But in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not important. Since many families are not motivating their children to be interested students, youth professionals, like teachers may need to provide this training. Otherwise, it is likely the dropout rate will continue not to drop, but only worsen.

Here are some strategies to convince even the most apathetic (无动于衷的) students that they must stay in school.

Ask students if they will ever need to work: The world has changed. 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and it required no education. Today, factories are increasingly automated. Most computer-related jobs require education and at least a high school diploma.

Ask students which century they will be prepared for: In 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic servant—education not needed. Now, the most common jobs are office and sales staff—education and diploma usually needed. An amazing 6 out of 10 people today work in a store or office.

Ask students to devise a way that the employee could be replaced. For example, the coming trend in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurant. A prototype is apparently already being tested. The students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requirements may be ripe for automation.

70. What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph1?

A. Few students can afford to go to school in large cities.

B. A large number of the 9th graders can graduate now.

C. There are still quite a few 9th graders leaving school early.

D. Most schools in large cities have fewer and fewer students.

71. Without the help of youth professionals,_____.

A. more and more families will gradually recognize the value of school.

B. it is likely that the dropout rate in schools won’t continue to drop.

C. some parents will be more convinced of their children’s future.

D. the schools will make proper plans to solve the problems with dropout.

72. The author takes factory work for example mainly to ______.

A. tell us that many jobs requires certain education in the past

B. show that there are more factory work and employment in modern society

C. show that employment in the computer field grows at a high rate

D. emphasize that modern jobs require education and schools are necessary

73. It can be inferred that______.

A. both schools and families should answer for the high dropout rate

B. many new jobs don’t need children’s high school diploma

C. working in a store doesn’t require a high school diploma

D. most schools are ready to help students recognize the importance of study

74. If students play the “Replace Me” game, the result would be “______”.

A. They will know that they can ‘always’ do without a diploma

B. More of them will drop out early to go to work

C. They will discover that lack of education is a disadvantage in choosing jobs

D. They will become better at using computers to hunt for a job

D

When I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns(草坪), and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or struck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month--- or not at all.

Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money apart, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when he’d see me from a distance. I figured him for a thin retirement check, maybe a work-relayed injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Sure, I kept track of the total, but I didn’t worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and the little that Mr. Ballou’s property comprised didn’t take long to trim (修剪).

Then, one late afternoon in mid-July, the hottest time of the year, I was walking by his house and he opened the door, mentioned me to come inside. The hall was cool, shaded, and it took my eyes a minute to adjust to the dim light.

“I owe you,” Mr. Ballou, “but…”

I thought I’d save him the trouble of thinking of a new excuse. “No problem. Don’t worry about it.”

“The bank made a mistake in my account,” he continued, ignoring my words. “It will be cleared up in a day or two. But in the meantime I thought perhaps you could choose one or two volumes for a down payment.

He gestured toward the walls and I saw that books were stacked (堆放) everywhere. It was like a library, except with no order to the arrangement.

“Take your time,” Mr. Ballou encouraged. “Read, borrow, keep. Find something you like. What do you read?”

“I don’t know.” And I didn’t. I generally read what was in front of me, what I could get from the paperback stack at the drugstore, what I found at the library, magazines, the back of cereal boxes, comics. The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me, but, I realized, not without appeal-- so I started to look through the piles of books.

“You actually read all of these?”

“This isn’t much,” Mr. Ballou said. “This is nothing, just what I’ve kept, the ones worth looking at a s econd time.”

“Pick for me, then.”

He raised his eyebrows, cocked his head, and regarded me as though measuring me for a suit. After a moment, he nodded, searched through a stack, and handed me a dark red hardbound book, fairly thick.

“The Last of the Just,” I read. “ By Andre Schwarz-Bart. What’s it about?”

“You tell me,” he said. “Next week.”

I started after supper, sitting outdoors on an uncomfortable kitchen chair. Within a few pages, the yard, the summer, disappeared, and I was plunged into the aching tragedy of the Holocaust, the extraordinary clash of good, represented by one decent man, and evil. Translated from French, the language was elegant, simple, impossible to resist. When the evening light finally failed I moved inside, read all th rough the night.

To this day, thirty years later, I vividly remember the experience. It was my first volunt ary encounter(接触、遇到)with world literature, and I was stunned (震惊) by the concentrated power a novel could contain. I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words. So the next week when Mr. Ballou asked, “Well?” I only replied, “It was good?”

“Keep it, then,” he said. “Shall I suggest another?”

I nodded, and was presented with the paperback edition of Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa ( a very important book on the study of the social and cultural development of peoples--- anthropology (人类学) ).

To make two long stories short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for cutting his grass that year or the next, but for fifteen years I taught anthropology at Dartmouth College. Summer reading was not the innocent entertainment I had assumed it to be, not a light-hearted, instantly forgettable escape in a hammock (吊床) ( though I have since enjoyed many of those, too). A book, if it arrives before you at the right moment, in the proper season, at an internal in the daily business of things, will change the course of all that follows.

75.The author thought that Mr. Ballou was ______________.

A. rich but mean B. poor but polite

C. honest but forgettable D. strong but lazy

76. Before his encounter with Mr. Ballou, the author used to re ad _____________.

A. anything and everything B. only what was given to him

C. only serious novels D. nothing in the summer

77. The author found the first book Mr. Ballou gave him _____________.

A. light-hearted and enjoyable B. dull but well written

C. impossible to put down D. difficult to understand

78. From what he said to the author, we can gather that Mr. Ballou _______________.

A. read all books twice B. did not do much reading

C. read more books than he kept D. preferred to read hardbound books'

79. The following year the author _______________.

A. started studying anthropology at college

B. continued to cut Mr. Ballou’s lawn

C. spent most of his time lazing away in a hammock

D. had forgotten what he had read the summer before

80. The author’s main point is that _____________.

A. summer jobs are really good for young people

B. you should insist on being paid before you do a job

C. a good book can change the direction of your life

D. a book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

第二节:阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项(A、B、C 、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

81. _______

European television had the idea of taking ordinary people and turning them into “stars” by putting them in unusual situations. “Big Brother” (created in Holland) was one of the first. A group of people were locked in a small house with cameras running 24 hours a day. It was called a “watch and dial” show because viewers vote by telephone to decide who should leave or stay.

82. _____

“Big Brother” was probably the first of the new reality shows, but such a programme has developed. Many have found appeal by having a theme to them, but most are based on the principle of “survival of the fittest” by eliminating participants as the series progresses. So we have the dating shows where winners either pair off or stay true to their partners outside the TV studio. Then there are those that test people’s abilities for specific jobs like running a kitchen, becoming an interior designer or a top model.

83. _____

Critics say these programmes are basically bad television, but people watch them. So why are there so many of them? For the viewer it’s an opportunity to “people watch”. It’s natural to like watching other people. They’re interesting. We can imagine what we would do in that situation. We get to know the characters and see them grow and develop week after week. And of course, television is the perfect place to watch people. Like the theatre or cinema we can look at other people and they can’t look back. But with television, we can watch in the privacy of our own homes. We watch, but we don’t have to admit it to anyone.

84. _____

The TV companies like reality shows because they are cheap to produce and attract younger viewers, which advertisers like. The last “Big Brother” in Britain attracted enormous advertising revenue (收入). They aren’t dependent on “star” actors with enormous salaries. And your actors won’t go on strike. And why do people participate in them? Well, for fame and money of course. In the past, appearing on television wasn’t for ordinary people. You had to be good at something, like sport, or reading the news, or acting. But not any more.

85. _____

It seems that most shows do well at the beginning but then the viewing figures begin to fall. And it varies from country to country too. For example, one show had an adopted child try to guess the identity of her real father, and another had a family arguing over an inheritance (遗产). Both were cancelled after one episode. Perhaps the novelty has worn off. Certainly, reality TV seems to appeal much more to the younger audience. And now there are so many shows around even the young have become more critical. Reality shows will probably survive—it’s just no longer so easy to make a successful one.

非选择题部分(共40分)

第三部分：写作(共两节，满分40分)

第一节：短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分)

下面短文中有10处语言错误，请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(﹨)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

The first time I decide to leave home was when I was upon graduation in high school. I was having trouble get along with my parents. I had about fifty dollar in my pockets, and I thought about leaving home. It took me only two weeks away from home while I started to feel homesick. Living on my own is a total different experience for three main reasons: being more responsible, more decisive and more creative. Because of I’m on my own, I get to deal with my duties without being told. I have to be more careful because my parents are not here to give me their advices. In the other hand, I can make my own future plan. I have made rules for me to follo

第二节：书面表达(满分30分)

请你根据下面这幅漫画用英语写一篇短文。短文内容应该包括以下三个方面：

1. 描述这幅漫画的内容。

2. 陈述你对他们的做法的观点和理由。

3. 提出建议。

注意：1. 词数120左右。 2. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。

As can be seen in the cartoon,

2012学年第一学期十校联合体高三期中联考-

英 语 答 案

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So far as I am concerned, it is better to use appropriate methods based on children’s individual personalities. Since praise and criticism both play vital roles in children’s education, it is essential that parents should try to maintain the balance between love and strictness. Only in this way can children achieve all-round development.

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Text 1

Text 3

W: What do you think I should cook today?

M: How about we go out to eat?

W: But we went out to eat last night and the night before. I’m beginning to think that you don’t like my cooking.

M: No offense, but if you opened a restaurant, it would probably get closed down by the health department.

Text 6

W: Waiter!

M: Yes. What can I do for you, madam?

W: I didn’t order this.

M: I’m sorry. I made a mistake. This is Table 9’s order. I’m very sorry.

W: That’s okay. It’s pretty busy right now.

M: Thanks for your understanding.

W: What about my order?

M: I’ll check on your order right now. It should be ready any minute.

M: When will he be back?

W: He should be back any moment.

M: I wonder if you could give him a message for me.

W: Yes, certainly. Just a minute. I’ll get a pen… Okay, I’m ready.

M: There will be a very urgent meeting at three o’clock, and I would like Mr. King to attend it.

W: OK. May I ask what it’s regarding?

M: Yes. It’s regarding the foreign exchange market and our sales strategy this year.

W: Should I tell Mr. King to prepare anything?

M: Yes. Please tell him to bring the financial reports from the last three quarters.

W: I’ll let him know.

M: Thank you very much.

Text 9

M: Hi, Nancy! What are you doing here at the grocery store?

W: Oh, hey, Landon. I am getting ready for my grandmother’s eightieth birthday party tonight. Since we are going out for dinner, I am going to make her cake in advance, and I needed a few things.

M: Wow, eighty years old. Your grandmother sure is something! What type of cake are you making?

W: Since my grandmother’s favorite kind of cake is chocolate, I am making a chocolate cake with sliced strawberries on top; that’s her favorite fruit.

M: That sounds delicious! Have you baked a cake before?

W: Well, sort of. I have followed directions on those cake mixes. This time, I am making it all by hand. It’s a bit of a challenge, and I guess I’m a little nervous.

Feeling stressed lately? Has your doctor said he cannot find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he told you to go to a hospital, but all the fancy equipment there still showed that there was nothing wrong with you. Then consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health. Sub-health, also called the third state or the grey state, is defined as a borderline state between health and disease. According to an investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions, as well as students around exam time, due to their heightened exposure to stress.

The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good habits, alternate work with rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open-air activities. As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. They should eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, and fish because they are rich in nutritional elements — vitamins and trace elements(微量元素) — that are important to the body.

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