C

Terrible disasters in the last 50 or 100 years have become increasingly common. Over the last 30 years, the number of weather-related disasters has increased quickly, and the disasters have also affected more people and caused more economic loss. However, much of this could be avoided through disaster risk reduction(DRR降低灾难风险).

A meeting, held in Sendai, Japan last month, opened one day after Cyclone Pam(飓风Pam)hit Vanuatu, which struck the islands with winds of up to 340km/h and destroyed the island nation. The speech by the President of Vanuatu was given shortly after that. He begged the international community for support and stronger commitment (承诺)to helping them manage climate and disaster risks. In the face of  disasters, it is always the developing countries that suffer most. Damage in these countries is often worse and unluckily, there is limited money and technique to prevent these disasters.

In fact, we have seen Asian countries-especially those that have suffered a lot in disasters can’t pay the price. Great loss Asia has suffered comes to a total of almost $ 53 billon yearly over the past 20 years.

At the same time, studies have shown once again that proper prevention saves lives and damage. With this in mind, people at the Sendai meeting were able to come up with new agreements that effective ways of disaster risk reduction will be carried out in the coming years for those who easily get damaged in disasters.

28.According to the first paragraph, disasters ________.

A. can all be prevented           B. have become more frequent

C. are all weather-related ones     D. affect fewer people than before

29. We can know from the passage that_______.

A. The Sendai meeting was held one day after a cyclone hit Vanuatu

B. Vanuatu was terribly destroyed by an earthquake

C. The president of Vanuatu begged his country to prevent the disaster

D. Vanuatu is a small island in Japan

30. Which of the following can be the title of this news report?

A. Proper ways that save lives and damage have come up.

B. The Sendai meeting has made new commitments.

C. Natural disasters have become more common.

D. Some natural disasters can be reduced and avoided.

第二节  根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，.选项中有两项为多余选项。 注意：此题答案写在第二卷上

Everyone can’t live without money. ____31___ However, money cannot buy everything. You can’t buy the following things only relying on money you have.

Time

Money is a tool for trade. We spend most of our time on this earth getting, spending, worrying and fantasying about money. __32__ Instead, money takes away your time that could have been spent playing with your children or having a long walk with your friends. When the sun sets, a day goes away from our life forever. No money has power to bring that back to life.

Self-respect

There are a lot of examples to prove that no money can buy self-respect. __33__ If you are your worst enemy, gods of money can’t save you from the self-destruction you add to yourself.

Health

As I write this, I found out that one of my best friends has brain cancer, and it is in the last period. __34__ But no money can buy insurance for his life. We buy insurance for just about everything including our life but money can never bring life back.

Happiness

This is controversial(有争议的). Money can buy happiness if it is spent bringing greater financial safety for the family. __35__  Going after money every day can never find its destination with frequent eagerness to get more .

A. Show your respect for others.

B. Self-respect is got from within.

C. Money can buy a lot of things.

D. You can’t buy the time or save it in your storeroom.

E. Of course money can get him the best health care possible.

F. So you should not try your best to earn money without caring about your health.

G. But money can’t buy happiness if the purpose is to make money to make other people happy.

三、完型填空(每小题1.5分，共计30分)

What do you think of that? One man donated(捐赠) his stem cells (干细胞)to a(n) __36__ living on the other side of the world.

A man working as a taxi driver in Shanghai __37__ an activity about stem cell donation. Shortly after, he received the __38__ that his stem cells had been matched to a boy in England. The receiver is just seven years old. The driver, Jiang Yongfeng, __39__to donate his stem cells at once. “ I did not expect it to happen so __40__. I was so excited to get a match so soon.” He says. “ __41__ I learned the boy was only born in 2008, I was silent. And I __42__ I made the right decision. I must help him.”

Some p eople __43__ stem cell transplants to treat cancer. They must __44__ a donor with nearly the same genes(基因). It means the matched __45__ must have the very similar gene. The possibility of the long-distance match between Jiang Yongfeng and  the little boy is __46__. It sounds like a __47__ miracle(奇迹). “ The little boy receiving Jiang’s donation is very __48__, ” doctors said.

Some donors were __49__ to donate stem cells in out-dated ways because of poor health care systems years ago. It was a(n) __50__ experience that many people couldn’t stand. __51__, Mr. Jiang was able to use a simpler and safer method.

Usually donors and receivers do not meet, nor do they know each other’s __52__. Does Jiang Yongfeng mind that he doesn’t even know the little boy’s name? “ No,” he shakes  his __53__. “ I just want the operation to be done as soon as possible so that they can send my __54__ to the UK and help the little kid __55__ as soon as possible. I hope he can be brave and strong and that he can live a good life.

36.A. baby       B. friend           C. stranger    D. animal

37.A. took part in     B. came up with   C. caught up with  D. gave in to

38.A.invitation   B. survey        C. donation   D. news

39.A. remembered  B. agreed        C. needed    D. afford

40. A. nervously  B. patiently    C. secretly         D. quickly

41. A. When       B. Before           C. Though       D. Because

42. A. accepted  B. realized     C. remembered   D. forgot

43. A. need        B. sell            C. change      D. provide

44. A. help      B. treat         C. find       D. visit

45. A. team        B. group        C. pair       D. family

46. A. big      B. high         C. clear       D. small

47. A. medical      B. chemical    C. special       D. natural

48. A. brave       B. lucky        C. healthy    D. shy

49. A. offered      B. forced              C. required         D. planned

50. A. painful   B. easy      C. practical    D. expensive

51. A. Firstly   B. Sadly           C. Quickly      D. Luckily

52. A. name         B. address    C. hospital       D. number

53. A. body      B. hands        C. head    D. eyes

54. A. information    B. cells      C. money    D. letter

55. A. smile       B. understand    C. learn       D. recover

第II卷 (共60分)

姓名______________  班级______________  学号_________

★  阅读第二节答案：31._______ 32.__________ 33._________ 34._________ 35.__________

四、短文填空(10个空，每小题1.5 分，共计15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

At the end of the 16th century, English was only spoken by people from England. They were native speakers. 56 __________ largest number of people speaking English may be in China at present. A lot of Chinese people speak English 57__________ their foreign language and some can even speak English 58____________ (fluent). The English language 59___________ (change) quite a lot over time. Old English 60___________ (speak) at that time sounded like German because it 61___________ (base) on German, but modern English sounds more like French 62___________ German because England was once ruled by the French. Two people had great effects on English. One was Shakespeare, the person 63___________ enriched the English vocabulary; the 64___________ was Noah Webster. He wrote a dictionary and finally gave American English 65___________ own identity.

五、单词拼写,根据要求完成单词或短语,注意运用正确形式(每小题1分，共计10分)

★ 66-70：按照下列句子含义在划线空格上写出所缺单词的正确形式

66.After the terrible earthquake, the whole village was damaged e______________.

67. We should drink more b______________ water to keep us from cold.

68.I said hello to her this morning, but she ____________(忽略)me completely and walked on.

69. Nowadays, many tall buildings have e_____________ for people to go up and down.

70.A big fire broke out last night. Luckily, the people in the burning house were_____________ (营救)by the firemen.

★ 71-75：按照下列句子含义在划线空格上写出正确、合适的短语

71. The money she spends on clothes a month ____________________(总计为)1,000 yuan

72. Every coin should_____________________(利用)to help those in need.

73. He has fewer friends because he has never ___________________(在乎)others’ feelings .

74.After ______________________ (毕业)college, we got the chance to take a bike trip.

75.The government took ____ __________________ _(一系列) steps to improve people’s living standard。

六、单句改错(每小题1分，共计10分)

认真阅读下列句子，每句话有一处错，错误涉及句中单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(^)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的内容。

76. It was in the square where the activity of charity sales (义卖)was held last month.

77. It was a great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer..

78. The girl said that she will arrive in two days’ time.

79. He insisted that the boy was sent to the hospital at once.

80. It was the first time in a year and a half that I saw the night face to face.

81. Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything, like your deepest feelings and thoughts?.

82. He got the piano as a birthday present ten years ago and he had played it ever since.

83. It was him who persuaded me out of computer games.

84. They were about to leave that some guests came to pay a visit.

85. Workers built shelters for survivors who homes had been destroyed.

七、书面表达 (25分)

假如你叫李华，你的好朋友张敏来信说每次遇到重要的考试，她都会出现一些焦虑的症状，想让你给她提出一些建议并说明建议的理由。请你用英语给她写一封回信，信的内容包括以下要点：

1.考前制定好复习计划;2.考试期间正常休息;3.介绍有助于睡眠的两种方法;

4.希望对方考试顺利。

注意：1.不要逐字翻译，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

2.字数：100左 右。信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇 anxiety n. 焦虑

Dear ZhangMin,

I’m sorry to know that you are always anxious before important exams .

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Yours,

Li Hua