E

When I first went to Russia, every aspect of how the Russians did things was foreign to me. I did not do anything correctly, and my wife, a Russian, scolded me continuously because I usually embarrassed her very much. It was a wonderful learning experience, but it was trying at the same time and I was only there for a week. Later I moved to Russia to live with her in this radically(完全地)different culture. Each day contained moments of stress, depression, excitement, and wonder. It was like living on an emotional roller coaster(过山车), but I survived it and matured into a more stable and confident person because of it.

After a year, I came back to the States to prepare for her coming to America. It was very stressful re-adjusting to the fast pace of life in America, and I had another difficult time with that, but finally I got back into the rhythm of life here again. Then she came, and my rhythm was once again interrupted. The roles were reversed this time and I was the one having to coach her about how to live in America, and the roller coaster began again. I must admit that I had learned to enjoy the ride.

It is difficult enough for two individuals here in the States to combine their lives and learn to live together. Just try and imagine how much more is involved in combining two lives and combining the vast cultural differences that exist between America and Russia. The marriage would be really difficult to be survived when it comes to cross-cultural relationships because there are many, many problems that come into the relationship due to cultural differences.

I am extremely happy with my wife though, and she seems to be happy with me. We both try very hard at times to understand our differences and overcome them, but then there are times when we are just two people in love and building a family together, and we enjoy these very much. I would do this relationship again in a heartbeat, but I would sincerely like to point out the fact that a cross-cultural relationship brings more issues to the table than a like-nationality relationship would have.

67. What does the author mainly tell us in this text?

A. Some of his experiences in Russia.

B. His experiences with his wife in the United States.

C. His cross-cultural marriage with his wife.

D. The difficult situations with his wife.

68. From this text we can see that　　　.

A. the author likes to play roller coaster in Russia

B. the author doesn’t think well of his wife from another culture

C. life in Russia is more peaceful and quieter than in the United States

D. the author enjoys the lifestyle in the United States more than that in Russia

69. When back in America, the author has to　　　.

A. make his wife like American culture

B. show his wife how to live in the country

C. follow his wife in many situations

D. embarrass his wife

70. The author thinks it difficult for people from different countries to live together because　　　.

A. they have different opinions on culture

B. they can’t see their differences

C. they don’t want to obey each other

D. there exists vast cultural differences

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第四部分　书面表达(共两节, 满分50分)

第一节　完成句子(共10小题; 每小题2分, 满分20分)

阅读下列各小题, 根据汉语提示, 用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71. She couldn’t speak the language, _________________. (nor)

她不会说这种语言, 也不会写这种语言。

72. Life _________________ not only sunshine but also hard times. (consist)

生活包含的不仅仅是阳光, 还有艰苦岁月。

73. Women were first allowed _________________ the Olympic shooting in 1968. (compete)

1968年妇女第一次被允许参加奥运射击比赛。

74. Most people don’t like _________________ in their own minds, which should draw your attention. (admit)

许多人不愿意在内心承认错误, 这点应该引起你的重视。

75. There are five rings in the Olympic flag ______________________ on the earth. (stand)

奥运旗帜上有五个环, 代表地球上的五大洲。

76. They offer help for the Olympic Games, for example, _________________the accommodation of the athletes. (charge)

他们为奥运会提供服务, 比如, 负责运动员的住宿问题。

77. Because of _______________________ that in his working place, he has gradually corrected his attitude to life. (replace)

因为工作生活取代了学校生活, 他才逐渐地改变了生活态度。

78. The more he studied the book, ______________________________. (interested)

他越研究这本书, 越是对它感兴趣。

79. _________________ the activity, he flew to America. (part)

参加完这项活动后, 他飞往美国。

8 0. Before the race really started, the cyclist Armstrong, as well as his teammates, _____________ at the starting line. (wait)

在比赛真正开始之前, 自行车手阿姆斯特朗和他的队友一起正等在起始线上。

第二节　短文写作(共1题; 满分30分)

请根据以下提示, 结合你学习或生活中的一个事例, 就“无私生活”这一话题, 用英语写一篇短文。

We have unselfish mothers who have brought us up,  unselfish teachers teaching us, and unselfish friends who are always ready to help us. We should also learn to be unselfish.

注意: ①无须写标题, 不得照抄英语提示语;

②除诗歌外, 文体不限;

③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

④词数为120个左右。

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答案解析

21.【解析】选B。根据题意“在核电站的工作危险”可知应使用replace sb. with . . . , 表示“用……替换/取代某人”。represent“代表”; exchange“交换”; reduce“减少”。

22.【解析】选B。考查名词词义。句意: 我只花了10美元就买了一条裙子。真划算。exchange“互换”; bargain“便宜货, 廉价货”; trade“贸易”; business“生意”。本题前面给出的信息“只花了10美元”, 说明花钱不多, 故选B项。

23.【解析】选B。考查形容词词义辨析。句意: 我们等着杰瑞, 因为他是每个暑假都来我们这儿的常客。familiar熟悉的; regular有规律的, 正常的; similar相似的; popular流行的。结合句意选B。

24.【解析】选B。考查动词短语辨析。句意: 布朗夫人总是告诉她的孩子们要做好孩子, 警告他们要远离麻烦。keep out of“避免, 不卷入”符合题意。live up to“不辜负”; put up with“容忍”; take part in“参加”, 均不符合题意。

25.【解析】选D。考查形容词词义辨析。句意: 生活在一个高度竞争的社会里, 你必须用尽可能多的知识来武装自己。competitive意为“竞争的, 比赛的”, 符合句意。tolerant“容忍的”; permanent“持久的”; favorable“赞许的, 有利的”。

26.【解析】选D。考查动词(短语)辨析。句意: 她将于十一月份结婚, 届时很多名人将出席她的结婚仪式。take part in“参加(某项活动)”; join“参加(组织)”; take place of代替; attend“出席(会议/婚礼等)”。

27.【解析】选A。考查动词短语。句意: ——下周我要参加工作面试。你能给我点建议吗? ——微笑是让你脱颖而出的最好的方法。stand out“脱颖而出, 突出”与句意相符。turn out结果, 证明; work out解决; pick out挑选出。

28.【解析】选C。考查形容词词义辨析。句意: 她的健康主要得益于她适当的饮食和有规律的锻炼。normal正常的; usual通常的; regular定期的, 有规律的; common普通的。

29.【解析】选C。考查动词辨析。句意: ——你最好每天早晨通过锻炼来减肥。——我认为你的建议值得一试。drive开车, 驱使; hold抓住, 举行; deserve值得; show显示。

30.【解析】选C。句中admitted为admit的过去分词形式, 表示动作已经完成, 在句中作定语。be admitted into“被录用; 被许可进入”。

作者的丈夫去世后, 儿子的学业表现令她痛心。作者千方百计挽救, 最终只是徒劳。一次恶作剧使作者的儿子深刻感受到了作者内心的痛苦, 从此以后他开始转变自己, 成为了作者的骄傲。

31.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据上文的“After his father died”可知作者成了“单身”母亲。

32.【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。作者越努力与他交谈, 他越“离开”。此处pull away表示“离开; 逃脱”。A项表示“拿走”; B项表示“拿走; 除去”; D项表示“渐弱; 消失”, 都不符合语境。

33.【解析】选D。逻辑推理题。当作者收到儿子第三学年的成绩单时, 上面说他已经逃课95次了。absent表示“缺席的”。此外, 第三段第三句中的“. . . about Karl’s absences. ”也有提示。

34.【解析】选A。语境推理题。他不但多次逃课, 而且今年有六次成绩没有及格。用fail表示“不及格”。

35.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。他多次逃课, 而且考试成绩多次不及格, 照这样下去, 他将无法“毕业”。

36.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。作者带儿子去见学校顾问, “甚至”乞求他, 但是都没有效果。此处even用于加强语气。

37.【解析】选C。习语搭配题。一天晚上, 作者感觉如此无能为力以至于她跪下双膝, 恳求上帝的帮助。get down on one’s knees表示“双膝跪下”。

38.【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。作者对儿子无计可施, 把所有的希望都寄托在了上帝身上, 这是作者直接对上帝的言语, 因此用第二人称。

39.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。根据第三段的“on the other end of the line”可知作者在工作时接到了一个“电话”。另外, 第四段的“that call from . . . ”也有提示。

40.【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。他还“没有来得及”说另外一句话, 作者就非常苦恼, 把埋在心里的有关儿子的感受一股脑地倾诉给了这位陌生人。before“在……之前”。

41.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。上文提到作者的儿子在学校的表现非常糟糕, 作者千方百计地挽救, 却没有任何效果, 后来甚至跪下来恳求上帝, 由此可推测作者对儿子感到非常“失望”。C项与本句中的sadness意思重复, 所以不选。

42.【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。作者把长期以来对儿子的失望和伤心“倾诉”给了电话另一端的陌生人。pour out表示“毫无保留地表达感情(或思想等)”。后三项分别表示“涌上心头”“把……排挤在外”“榨出; 挤出”, 都不符合语境。

43.【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。作者所做的一切都是出于对儿子的“爱”, 只是不知道该做什么。

44.【解析】选C。词义辨析题。上一句中提到作者用尽一切办法想让儿子去上学, 可是都是徒劳, 所以作者难以“控制”, 无能为力。

45.【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。下一段中提到其实是作者的儿子想与作者开玩笑, 就以校长的名义给妈妈打电话, 想不到妈妈如此疼爱自己而且心中无比痛苦, 内心别有一番感受, 所以他“沉默”了一段时间。

46.【解析】选A。逻辑推理题。Karl下一次的成绩单表明他的成绩有了明显的“提高”。progress是不可数名词, 故可排除。

47.【解析】选C。逻辑推理题。结合第一段中的“When his report card arrived during his third year . . . ”和第四段开头部分的“Karl’s next report card . . . ”可知作者是在儿子第“四”学年的时候参加了家长教师会。

48.【解析】选B。逻辑推理题。作者注意到儿子的老师们对他学习进步的“方式”感到非常吃惊。

49.【解析】选D。动词词义辨析。在回家的路上, 作者的儿子问作者还“记得”去年校长打的那个电话吗。

50.【解析】选D。考查名词性从句。作者的儿子听完作者在电话中的倾诉后, 才突然意识到自己把妈妈伤得有多深, 也就是从“那时”起, 他知道自己必须让妈妈为自己感到自豪。

文章讲述人们受名人影响的原因。

51.【解析】选A。主旨大意 题。文章的第一段提出一种现象, 接下来从不同角度分析了产生这种现象的原因, 故文章主要讲述人们受名人影响的原因。

52.【解析】选D。推理判断题。通读第二段内容可知A、B、C三项的说法都不对, 从第二段的最后一句可推知D项正确。

53.【解析】选D。细节理解题。第三段第一句是该段的主题句, 接下来作者举了Jenny的例子就是为了证明该论点, 即模仿名人是由于缺乏自信, 故D项正确。

54.【解析】选B。细节理解题。第四段的第一句是该段的主题句, Arianna的例子就是为了证明该论点, 即一些模仿者旨在让同龄人接受自己。另外从该段的最后一句也可知答案为B。

本文介绍了英国的几处野营地的信息。

55.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Low Wray, Cumbria中的信息可知, 这个野营地坐落于湖泊岸边, 特别适合喜欢水上运动的人, 因此答案为A。

56.【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据Houghton Mill, Cambridgeshire中的信息可知, 这个野营地适合步行者、骑马者和骑车者。

57.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据Wasdale Head, Cambria中的最后一句可知, “Canoeing is possible”游客可以在这个野营地划独木舟。

58.【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据Highertown Farm, Cornwall中的Bookings may be necessary at peak time. , 再结合题干中的during official holiday可知, 如果游客打算在高峰时期到此度假, 最好提前预订。X Kb 1.Co m

本文主要讨论了伦敦奥运会对伦敦社区的投入、就业、旅游和环境带来的影响。

59. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段的最后一句的I regret very much that . . . support the 2012 Olympics construction. . . 可推断, 大部分的彩票基金要拨给奥运项目, 因而要减少对社区设施的投入。故答案为C。

60.【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据第三段The Olympic Delivery Authority has promised 11, 000 new jobs. . . 即许诺11 000个新的工作岗位可知, 本段主要讨论了奥运会对就业的影响, 故答案为D。

61.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据句中. . . and officials have been advertising 2012 as the greenest Olympics yet可推断, pillar意为“核心; 基础”, 故答案为A。

62.【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据全文的叙述及第一段中“Yet is that the truth? ”和下文展开的讨论可推断, 答案为B。

随着科技的发展, 我们的住宅又要上一个新台阶, 我们可以下班时就将家里的一些电器通过手机进行远程遥控。读罢本文, 我们会对这种智能化住宅有一个大致的了解。

63.【解析】选A。词义猜测题。联系后句里的log on可知是需要密码才能登录。

64. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。从第五段Steve可以在网上登录老板的家可以推知老板很信任他。

65.【解析】选D。细节理解题。手机、相机和电脑是智能住宅的配套装置, 它们起着遥控和监控的作用。文中没提到车辆有什么作用。

66.【解析】选B。细节理解题。由文章最后一段说智能化住宅做不到的是为你提供快餐可知答案为B。

本文主要讲述了作者的跨国婚姻。

67.【解析】选C。主旨大意题。通读全文, 我们可以看出, 本文所谈论的一个话题就是作者的跨国婚姻。据此, 我们可以确定本题的答案。

68.【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据第二段第二句It was very stressful re-adjusting to the fast pace of life in America可以推测, 美国的生活节奏比俄罗斯快多了。

69.【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第二段第四句中的I was the one having to coach her about how to live in America可以推测本题的答案应为B。

70 .【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段Just try and imagine how much more is involved in combining two lives . . . exist between America and Russia. 可知, 跨国婚姻难以持续的主要原因是双方的文化差异。

71. nor could she write it

72. consists of

73. to compete in

74. to admit mistakes

75. standing for the five continents

76. taking charge of

77. replacing his school life with

78. the more interested he became in it

79. Having taken part in

80. was waiting

短文写作

【参考范文】

The world is filled with unselfish people, because of whom our world has become a lovely and beautiful place to stay.

When I grow up, I have met countless people who are always unselfish to me. In the middle of last term, just as I was busy with my lessons, I suddenly fell ill and had to stay away from school for a couple of weeks. Seeing this, our monitor, together with some other classmates, offered to help me with my lessons. It was with their unselfish help that I managed to catch up on my lessons. Looking back on those days, I’m impressed by their help and feel gratitude. They have taught me the importance of being unselfish and offering help to those in need.

As the saying goes, no one is an island. Only when we show concern to others and offer help to people can we unite together and make a difference.

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