第1 部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)（第1-15 題，每題1 分，共15 分）
下面每個(gè)句子中均有1 個(gè)詞或短語(yǔ)劃有底橫線，請(qǐng)為每處劃線部分確定1 個(gè)意義最為接近的選項(xiàng)。
1. The high-speed trains can have a major impact on our lives.
A. effort B. problem
C. influence D.concern
2. She always finds fault with everything,
A criticizes B simplifies
C evaluates D examines
3.We need to extract the relevant financial data.
A store B save
C review D obtain
4.We have to act within the existing legal framework.
A limit B system
C procedure D status
5.They converted the spare bedroom into an office.
A reduced B turned
C moved D reformed
6. Anderson left the table，remarking that he had some work to do .
A doubting B thinking
C saying D knowing
7. Mr.Henley has accelerated his sale of shares over the past year.
A.held B.expect
C offered. D increased
8.His shoes were shined to perfection.
A .cleared B polished
C washed D mended
9. We explored the possibility of expansion at the conference.
A.offered B included
C accepted D investigated
10.At that time, we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened.
A give B understand
C attach D lose
11.The view from my bedroom window was absolutely spectacular.
A general B traditional
Cmagnificent Dstrong
12.Marsha confessed that she knew nothing of computer.
A reported B admitted
C hoped Danswered
13.The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
A relative B general
C continuous D sharp
14. Jane said that she couldn’t tolerate the long hours.
A spend B take
C last D stand
15.The police believe the motive for the murder was money. （紅色部分單詞待定，不影響答案）
A reason Bchoice
C idea D decision
第2 部分：閱讀判斷 （第16-22 題，每題1 分，共7 分）
下面的短文后列出了7 個(gè)句子，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對(duì)每個(gè)句子做出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確信息，請(qǐng)選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，請(qǐng)選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒 有提及，請(qǐng)選擇C。
Lakes, Too, Feel Global Warming
There’s no doubt: In the last few decades, the average temperature on Earth has been higher than it’s been in hundreds of years. Around the world, people are starting to measure the effects of global warming — and trying to figure out what to do about it.
Scientists recently used satellites to study the temperatures of lakes around the world, and they found that lakes are heating up.Between 1985 and 2009,satellites recordedthe nighttime temperatures of the surfaces of 167 lakes. During those 24 years, the lakes got warmer — by an average of about 0.045 degree Celsius per year.
In some places, lakes have been warming by as much as 0.10 degree Celsius per year. At that rate, a lake may warm by a full degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, in just 10 years. That difference may seem small — you might not even notice it in your bathtub. But in a lake, slightly warmer temperatures could mean more algae, and algae can make the lake poisonous to fish.
The scientists who did the study work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of TechnologyinPasadena.Theyreportthatlakesseem to bewarming faster in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. In the United States, lakes in the southwestern part of the country warmed faster than did the Great Lakes in the north.
The study shows that in some regions, lakes are warming faster than the air around them. This is important because scientists often use measurements of air temperature to study how the Earth is warming. By using lake temperatures as well, scientists can get a better picture of global warming.
The scientists say data on lakes give scientists a new way to measure the impact of climate change around the world.
That’s going to be useful, since no country is too big or too small to ignore climate change.
Scientists aren’t the only ones concerned. Everyone who lives on Earth is going to be affected by therapidwarming of the planet.Many world leaders believe we might be able to do something about it, especially by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases we put into the air.
That’s why the United Nations started the Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. Every year the convention meets, and representatives from countries around the world gather to talk about climate change and discuss global solutions to the challenges of a warming world.
16.Scientist have been keeping records of lake temperatures for over 30 years.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
17.The temperatures of lakes around the world have increased greatly between 1985 and 2009.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
18.Lakes seem to be warming faster in Asia.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
19. A slight temperature increase in a lake could be harmful to fish.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
20. Scientists generally focus on air temperatures when studying global warming.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
21. Globle warming is less threatening to small countries.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
22. UNFCCC’s annual meeting will be held in Mexico this year.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
第3 部分：概括大意與完成句子 （第23-30 題，每題1 分，共8 分）
下面的短文后有2 項(xiàng)測(cè)試任務(wù)：（1）第23-26 題要求從所給的6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第1~4 段每段選擇1 個(gè)標(biāo)題；（2）第27~30 題要求從所給的6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為每個(gè)句子確定1 個(gè)選項(xiàng)。
The ipad
1.The iPad is a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple primarily as a platform foraudio-visual media including books,periodicals,movies,music,games,and web content. At about 1.5 pounds (680 grams), its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. Apple released the iPad in April 2010, and sold 3 million of the devices in 80 days.
2.The iPad runs the same operating system as the iPod Touch and iPhone─and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. Without modification, and with the exception of web applications, it will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via its online store.
3 .Like iPhone and iPod Touch,the iPad is controlled by a multitouch display─a departure from most previous tablet computers, which used a pressure-triggered stylus─as well as a virtual onscreen keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard. The iPad uses a Wi-Fi data connection to browse the Internet, load and stream media, and install software. Some models also have a 3G wireless data connection which can connect to HSPA data networks. The device is managed and synced by iTunes on a personal computer via USB cable.
4.An ipad has different features and applications one can use to execute different and interesting things. There anr lots of ipad applications that the owner can use to enhance the way they communicate.Some of these are how to use social networking sites and other online options.One of the most common uses is for e-mail services.ipad applications lide Markdown Mail allow the adoption of specifie and particular options.They enable the owner to personalize their email accounts.
5.While the ipad is mostly used by consumers it also has been taken up by business users.Some companies are adopting ipads in their business offices by distributing or making available ipads to employees.Examples of uses in the workplace include lawyers responding to clients,medical professionals accessing health records during patient exams,and managers approving employee reauests.Asurvey by Frost & Sullivan shows that ipad usage in workplaces is linked to the goals of increased employee productivity, reduced paperwork, and increased revenue.
23. paragraph 2
24. paragraph 3
25. paragraph 4
26. paragraph 5
A. Difference from iPhone.
B. Operating System.
C. Online Stores.
D. Feature and Application.
E. Business Usage.
F. Display and Data Connection.
27．In April 2010 the ipad developed by Apple was
28．The ipad will only run programs approved by Apple if not
29．Ipad applications enable the owner’s email accounts to be
30．Ipad usage in office enables employee productivity to be
A. increased
B. released
C. modified
D. distributed
E. browsed
F.personalized
Longer Lives for Wild Elephants(B級(jí))
Most people think of zoos as safe places for animals, where straggles such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don't exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age1.
But that may not be true for2 the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health. They develop diseases. joint problems and behavior changes. Sometimes, they even become infertile, or unable to have babies.
To learn more about how captivity affects elephants, a team of international scientists compared the life spans of female elephants born in zoos with female elephants living outdoors in their native lands. Zoos keep detailed records of all the animals in their care, documenting factors such as birth dates, illnesses, weight and death. These records made it possible for the researchers to analyze 40 years of data on 800 African and Asian elephants in zoos across Europe. The scientists compared the life spans of the zoo-born elephants with the life spans of thousands of female wild elephants in Africa and Asian elephants that work in logging camps3, over approximately the same time period.
The team found that female African elephants born in zoos lived an average of 16.9 years. Their wild counterparts who died of natural causes lived an average of 56 years — more than three times as long. Female Asian elephants followed a similar pattern. In zoos, they lived 18.9 years, while those in the logging camps lived 41.7 years.
Scientists don't yet know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts. Georgia Mason, a biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who led the study, thinks stress and obesity may be to blame4. Zoo elephants don't get the same kind of exercise they would in the wild, and most are very fat. Elephant social lives are also much different in zoos than in the wild. where they live in large herds and family groups.
Another finding from the study showed that Asian elephants born in zoos were more likely to die early than Asian elephants captured in the wild and brought to zoos. Mason suggests stress in the mothers in zoos might cause them to have babies that are less likely to survive.
The study raises some questions about acquiring more elephants to keep in zoos. While some threatened and endangered species living in zoos reproduce successfully and maintain healthy populations, that doesn't appear to be the case with elephants. "Currently, zoos are net consumers of elephants ,not net producers." Mason says.
1. According to the first two paragraphs, unlike other zoo animals, zoo elephants根據(jù)前面2段，和其它動(dòng)物不同， 動(dòng)物園的大象_____________
A. have difficulty eating food.吃東西有困難。
B. live to a ripe old age.能過(guò)活到高齡。
C. are not afraid of predators.不害怕食肉捕食者。
D. develop health problems. 面臨一些健康問題。(正確答案)
2. Which of the following about the international scientists' research on the life spans of elephants is NOT true? (See paragraph 3)? 國(guó)際科學(xué)家對(duì)于大象的生命周期的研究，______________是不對(duì)的?
A. They compared zoo elephants with wild elephants.他們把動(dòng)物園的大象和野生大象作比較。
B. They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care. 他們保留了飼養(yǎng)大象的詳細(xì)記錄。(正確答案)
C. They analyzed the records of the elephants kept in zoos.他們分析動(dòng)物園里的大象的生活記錄。
D. The zoo-born elephants they studied are kept in European zoos.他們研究的動(dòng)物園出生的大象在歐洲動(dòng)物園飼養(yǎng)。
3. What do the scientist find in their research? 科學(xué)家們?cè)谒麄兊难芯恐邪l(fā)現(xiàn)了______________。
A. Female elephants live longer than male elephants.雌象比雄象活得更長(zhǎng)。
B. Female zoo elephants live longer than their wild counterparts.動(dòng)物園雌象比野生的活得更長(zhǎng)。
C. Female zoo elephants die much earlier than their wild counterparts. 動(dòng)物園雌象比起它們的野生的同伴來(lái)說(shuō)要死得早。(正確答案)
D. Elephants in zoos and those in the wild enjoy the same long life spans.動(dòng)物園大象和野生大象有一樣的壽命。
4. What are the possible causes of stress and obesity Zoo-raised elephants generally suffer from? 動(dòng)物園中飼養(yǎng)的大象遭受壓力和肥胖的可能的原因是______________。
A. They do not like living in herds.它們不喜歡在畜群中生活。
B. They do not get enough exercise.它們沒有得到充分的鍛煉。
C. They do not live with their families.它們沒有和它們的家人一起生活。
D. Both B and C. B 和C都對(duì)。(正確答案)
5. Which of the following does the author suggest in the last paragraph? 在最后一段，作者暗示了______________。
A. It may not be a wise policy to keep elephants in the zoo. 把動(dòng)物養(yǎng)在動(dòng)物園里是不明智的做法。(正確答案)
B. Elephants are no longer an endangered species.大象不再是瀕臨滅絕的物種。
C. Zoo-born elephants should be looked after more carefully.照顧動(dòng)物園里出生的大象應(yīng)該更仔細(xì)。
D. Zoos should keep more animals except elephants.除了大象，動(dòng)物園里應(yīng)該飼養(yǎng)其他更多的動(dòng)物。
6. Do scientists know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts.? 科學(xué)家是否清楚野生大象比動(dòng)物園大象更好的原因?
A.uncertain不確定(正確答案)
B.positive 明確的、肯定的
C.clear清楚的
D.biased片面的
第5 部分：補(bǔ)全短文（第46-50 題，每題2 分，共10 分）
下面的短文有5 處空白，短文后有6 個(gè)句子，其中5 個(gè)取自短文，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容將其分別放回原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。
Flying into History
Whenyou turn on the television or read a magazine, celebrites （名人）are everywhere. Although fame and the media play such major roles in our lives today, it has not always been that way. _______(46) Manyhistorians agree that Charles Lindberghwas one of the first major celebrities, or superstars.
Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, in1902, but he grew up in Little Falls, Minnescta. As a child, he was very interested in how things worked, so when he reached college, he pursued a of flying captured Lindbergh’s degree in engineering. At the age of 20, however, the allure（誘惑） imagination. _______(47) Soon after, Lindbergh bought his own plane and traveled across the nation performing aerial stunts（空中特技）.
In 1924, Lindbergh became more serious about flying. He joined the United States military and graduated first in his pilot class. _______(48) During the same time, a wealthy hotel owner named Raymond Orteig was offering a generous award to the first pilot who could fly nonstop from New York City to Paris, France. The Orteig Prize was worth $25,000—a large amount even by today’s standards.
Lindbergh knew he had the skills to complete the flight, but not just any plane was capable of flying that far for that long. _______(49) On may 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York City and arrived the next day at an airstrip（簡(jiǎn)易機(jī)場(chǎng)）outside Paris. Named in honor of the sponsor. The Spirit of St. Louis carried Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean and into the record books. He became a national hero and a huge celebrity. When he returned to the United States, Lindbergh rode in a ticker-tape（熱烈的）parade held to celebrate his accomplishment. _______(50) A very popular dance was even named for Charles Lindbergh—the Lindy Hop.Today, The Spirit of St.Louis is pt at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
A.He has received a Medal of M, the f United States military decoration.
B.Eighty years ago, radio and movies were just beginning to have that kind of effect on A
C.Working with an aviation company from San Diego, and with financial help from the city of
St.Louis, Lindbergh get a customized （定制的）airplane that could make the journey.
D.Lindbergh used this additional training to get a job as an airmail pilot,flying out of St. Louis, Missouri.
E. He quit school and moved to Nebraska where he learned to be a pilot.
F. His childhood was not full of fond memories.
Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in teens(B級(jí))
While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to “self-medicate” against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually __1_ depressive symptoms in some teens.
“This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived _2__ benefits of smoking among teens,” says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto. “_3__ cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating effects or to _4___ mood, in the long term we found that teens who started to smoke reported higher depressive symptoms.”
As part of the study, some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use of cigarettes to _5___ mood. Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools _6__ in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighborhoods.
Participants were _7___ three groups: never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self-medicate, improve mood or physical _8__; smokers who used cigarettes to self-medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how often participants felt too tired to do things; had _9__ going to sleep or staying asleep; felt unhappy, sad, or depressed; felt _10___ about the future; felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much about things.
“Smokers who _11___ cigarettes as mood improvers had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms than teens who had never smoked,” says co-researcher Jennifer O’Loughlin, a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. “Our study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are at higher risk of _12__ depressive symptoms.”
The _13__ between depression and smoking exits principally among teens that use cigarettes to _14___. “It’s _15__ to emphasize that depressive symptom scores were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke,” says Dr. Chaiton.
1. A examine B increase C decrease D diagnose
2. A social B financial C emotional D political
3. A Whatever B Although C Whenever D S\What
4. A improve B increase C decrease D help
5. A affecting B cause C effect D affect
6. A exposed B expanded C located D detected
7. A divided into B dividing into C divided D divided to
8. A world B activity C state D beauty
9. A time B courage C energy D trouble
10. A hopeless B hope C hopeful D hopes
11. A use B used C took D take
12. A changing B identifying C developing D overcoming
13. A difference B association C cooperation D agreement
14. A feel stronger B feel healthier C feel well D feel better
15. A illogical B unscientific C meaningless D important
第1部分：詞匯選擇（第1-15題，每題1分，共15分）
1. 答案：C. influence ---impact
2. 答案：A .criticizes--- finds fault with
3. 答案：D. obtain-- extract
4. 答案：B .system--- framework
5. 答案：B .turned--- converted
6. 答案：C. saying--- remarking
7. 答案：D. increased--- accelerated
8. 答案：B .polished ---- shined
9. 答案：D .investigated----- explored
10. 答案：B. understand--- grasp
11. 答案：C.magnificent ---- spectacular.
12. 答案：B. admitted-- confessed
13. 答案：C. continuous – steady
14. 答案：D. stand--- tolerate
15. 答案：A. reason --- motive
第2部分閱讀判斷 Lakes, Too, Feel Global Warming
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. C
第3部分概括大意完成句子 The ipad
23. paragraph 2 B.Operating System.
24. paragraph 3 F.Display and Data Connection.
25. paragraph 4 D.Feature and Application
26. paragraph 5 E.Business Usage
27． In April 2010 the ipad developed by Apple was B. released
28．The ipad will only run programs approved by Apple if not C.modified
29．Ipad applications enable the owner’s email accounts to be F. personalized
30．Ipad usage in office enables employee productivity to be A. increased
第4部分 閱讀理解
第一篇 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants（B級(jí)新增文章）
31. develop poor health.
32. They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care.
下面每個(gè)句子中均有1 個(gè)詞或短語(yǔ)劃有底橫線，請(qǐng)為每處劃線部分確定1 個(gè)意義最為接近的選項(xiàng)。
1. The high-speed trains can have a major impact on our lives.
A. effort B. problem
C. influence D.concern
2. She always finds fault with everything,
A criticizes B simplifies
C evaluates D examines
3.We need to extract the relevant financial data.
A store B save
C review D obtain
4.We have to act within the existing legal framework.
A limit B system
C procedure D status
5.They converted the spare bedroom into an office.
A reduced B turned
C moved D reformed
6. Anderson left the table，remarking that he had some work to do .
A doubting B thinking
C saying D knowing
7. Mr.Henley has accelerated his sale of shares over the past year.
A.held B.expect
C offered. D increased
8.His shoes were shined to perfection.
A .cleared B polished
C washed D mended
9. We explored the possibility of expansion at the conference.
A.offered B included
C accepted D investigated
10.At that time, we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened.
A give B understand
C attach D lose
11.The view from my bedroom window was absolutely spectacular.
A general B traditional
Cmagnificent Dstrong
12.Marsha confessed that she knew nothing of computer.
A reported B admitted
C hoped Danswered
13.The study also notes a steady decline in the number of college students taking science courses.
A relative B general
C continuous D sharp
14. Jane said that she couldn’t tolerate the long hours.
A spend B take
C last D stand
15.The police believe the motive for the murder was money. （紅色部分單詞待定，不影響答案）
A reason Bchoice
C idea D decision
第2 部分：閱讀判斷 （第16-22 題，每題1 分，共7 分）
下面的短文后列出了7 個(gè)句子，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對(duì)每個(gè)句子做出判斷：如果該句提供的是正確信息，請(qǐng)選擇A；如果該句提供的是錯(cuò)誤信息，請(qǐng)選擇B；如果該句的信息文中沒 有提及，請(qǐng)選擇C。
Lakes, Too, Feel Global Warming
There’s no doubt: In the last few decades, the average temperature on Earth has been higher than it’s been in hundreds of years. Around the world, people are starting to measure the effects of global warming — and trying to figure out what to do about it.
Scientists recently used satellites to study the temperatures of lakes around the world, and they found that lakes are heating up.Between 1985 and 2009,satellites recordedthe nighttime temperatures of the surfaces of 167 lakes. During those 24 years, the lakes got warmer — by an average of about 0.045 degree Celsius per year.
In some places, lakes have been warming by as much as 0.10 degree Celsius per year. At that rate, a lake may warm by a full degree Celsius, or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit, in just 10 years. That difference may seem small — you might not even notice it in your bathtub. But in a lake, slightly warmer temperatures could mean more algae, and algae can make the lake poisonous to fish.
The scientists who did the study work for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of TechnologyinPasadena.Theyreportthatlakesseem to bewarming faster in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. In the United States, lakes in the southwestern part of the country warmed faster than did the Great Lakes in the north.
The study shows that in some regions, lakes are warming faster than the air around them. This is important because scientists often use measurements of air temperature to study how the Earth is warming. By using lake temperatures as well, scientists can get a better picture of global warming.
The scientists say data on lakes give scientists a new way to measure the impact of climate change around the world.
That’s going to be useful, since no country is too big or too small to ignore climate change.
Scientists aren’t the only ones concerned. Everyone who lives on Earth is going to be affected by therapidwarming of the planet.Many world leaders believe we might be able to do something about it, especially by reducing the amount of greenhouse gases we put into the air.
That’s why the United Nations started the Framework Convention on Climate Change, or UNFCCC. Every year the convention meets, and representatives from countries around the world gather to talk about climate change and discuss global solutions to the challenges of a warming world.
16.Scientist have been keeping records of lake temperatures for over 30 years.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
17.The temperatures of lakes around the world have increased greatly between 1985 and 2009.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
18.Lakes seem to be warming faster in Asia.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
19. A slight temperature increase in a lake could be harmful to fish.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
20. Scientists generally focus on air temperatures when studying global warming.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
21. Globle warming is less threatening to small countries.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
22. UNFCCC’s annual meeting will be held in Mexico this year.
A) Right
B) Wrong
C) Not mentioned
第3 部分：概括大意與完成句子 （第23-30 題，每題1 分，共8 分）
下面的短文后有2 項(xiàng)測(cè)試任務(wù)：（1）第23-26 題要求從所給的6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為第1~4 段每段選擇1 個(gè)標(biāo)題；（2）第27~30 題要求從所給的6 個(gè)選項(xiàng)中為每個(gè)句子確定1 個(gè)選項(xiàng)。
The ipad
1.The iPad is a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple primarily as a platform foraudio-visual media including books,periodicals,movies,music,games,and web content. At about 1.5 pounds (680 grams), its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. Apple released the iPad in April 2010, and sold 3 million of the devices in 80 days.
2.The iPad runs the same operating system as the iPod Touch and iPhone─and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. Without modification, and with the exception of web applications, it will only run programs approved by Apple and distributed via its online store.
3 .Like iPhone and iPod Touch,the iPad is controlled by a multitouch display─a departure from most previous tablet computers, which used a pressure-triggered stylus─as well as a virtual onscreen keyboard in lieu of a physical keyboard. The iPad uses a Wi-Fi data connection to browse the Internet, load and stream media, and install software. Some models also have a 3G wireless data connection which can connect to HSPA data networks. The device is managed and synced by iTunes on a personal computer via USB cable.
4.An ipad has different features and applications one can use to execute different and interesting things. There anr lots of ipad applications that the owner can use to enhance the way they communicate.Some of these are how to use social networking sites and other online options.One of the most common uses is for e-mail services.ipad applications lide Markdown Mail allow the adoption of specifie and particular options.They enable the owner to personalize their email accounts.
5.While the ipad is mostly used by consumers it also has been taken up by business users.Some companies are adopting ipads in their business offices by distributing or making available ipads to employees.Examples of uses in the workplace include lawyers responding to clients,medical professionals accessing health records during patient exams,and managers approving employee reauests.Asurvey by Frost & Sullivan shows that ipad usage in workplaces is linked to the goals of increased employee productivity, reduced paperwork, and increased revenue.
23. paragraph 2
24. paragraph 3
25. paragraph 4
26. paragraph 5
A. Difference from iPhone.
B. Operating System.
C. Online Stores.
D. Feature and Application.
E. Business Usage.
F. Display and Data Connection.
27．In April 2010 the ipad developed by Apple was
28．The ipad will only run programs approved by Apple if not
29．Ipad applications enable the owner’s email accounts to be
30．Ipad usage in office enables employee productivity to be
A. increased
B. released
C. modified
D. distributed
E. browsed
F.personalized
Longer Lives for Wild Elephants(B級(jí))
Most people think of zoos as safe places for animals, where straggles such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don't exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age1.
But that may not be true for2 the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health. They develop diseases. joint problems and behavior changes. Sometimes, they even become infertile, or unable to have babies.
To learn more about how captivity affects elephants, a team of international scientists compared the life spans of female elephants born in zoos with female elephants living outdoors in their native lands. Zoos keep detailed records of all the animals in their care, documenting factors such as birth dates, illnesses, weight and death. These records made it possible for the researchers to analyze 40 years of data on 800 African and Asian elephants in zoos across Europe. The scientists compared the life spans of the zoo-born elephants with the life spans of thousands of female wild elephants in Africa and Asian elephants that work in logging camps3, over approximately the same time period.
The team found that female African elephants born in zoos lived an average of 16.9 years. Their wild counterparts who died of natural causes lived an average of 56 years — more than three times as long. Female Asian elephants followed a similar pattern. In zoos, they lived 18.9 years, while those in the logging camps lived 41.7 years.
Scientists don't yet know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts. Georgia Mason, a biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who led the study, thinks stress and obesity may be to blame4. Zoo elephants don't get the same kind of exercise they would in the wild, and most are very fat. Elephant social lives are also much different in zoos than in the wild. where they live in large herds and family groups.
Another finding from the study showed that Asian elephants born in zoos were more likely to die early than Asian elephants captured in the wild and brought to zoos. Mason suggests stress in the mothers in zoos might cause them to have babies that are less likely to survive.
The study raises some questions about acquiring more elephants to keep in zoos. While some threatened and endangered species living in zoos reproduce successfully and maintain healthy populations, that doesn't appear to be the case with elephants. "Currently, zoos are net consumers of elephants ,not net producers." Mason says.
1. According to the first two paragraphs, unlike other zoo animals, zoo elephants根據(jù)前面2段，和其它動(dòng)物不同， 動(dòng)物園的大象_____________
A. have difficulty eating food.吃東西有困難。
B. live to a ripe old age.能過(guò)活到高齡。
C. are not afraid of predators.不害怕食肉捕食者。
D. develop health problems. 面臨一些健康問題。(正確答案)
2. Which of the following about the international scientists' research on the life spans of elephants is NOT true? (See paragraph 3)? 國(guó)際科學(xué)家對(duì)于大象的生命周期的研究，______________是不對(duì)的?
A. They compared zoo elephants with wild elephants.他們把動(dòng)物園的大象和野生大象作比較。
B. They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care. 他們保留了飼養(yǎng)大象的詳細(xì)記錄。(正確答案)
C. They analyzed the records of the elephants kept in zoos.他們分析動(dòng)物園里的大象的生活記錄。
D. The zoo-born elephants they studied are kept in European zoos.他們研究的動(dòng)物園出生的大象在歐洲動(dòng)物園飼養(yǎng)。
3. What do the scientist find in their research? 科學(xué)家們?cè)谒麄兊难芯恐邪l(fā)現(xiàn)了______________。
A. Female elephants live longer than male elephants.雌象比雄象活得更長(zhǎng)。
B. Female zoo elephants live longer than their wild counterparts.動(dòng)物園雌象比野生的活得更長(zhǎng)。
C. Female zoo elephants die much earlier than their wild counterparts. 動(dòng)物園雌象比起它們的野生的同伴來(lái)說(shuō)要死得早。(正確答案)
D. Elephants in zoos and those in the wild enjoy the same long life spans.動(dòng)物園大象和野生大象有一樣的壽命。
4. What are the possible causes of stress and obesity Zoo-raised elephants generally suffer from? 動(dòng)物園中飼養(yǎng)的大象遭受壓力和肥胖的可能的原因是______________。
A. They do not like living in herds.它們不喜歡在畜群中生活。
B. They do not get enough exercise.它們沒有得到充分的鍛煉。
C. They do not live with their families.它們沒有和它們的家人一起生活。
D. Both B and C. B 和C都對(duì)。(正確答案)
5. Which of the following does the author suggest in the last paragraph? 在最后一段，作者暗示了______________。
A. It may not be a wise policy to keep elephants in the zoo. 把動(dòng)物養(yǎng)在動(dòng)物園里是不明智的做法。(正確答案)
B. Elephants are no longer an endangered species.大象不再是瀕臨滅絕的物種。
C. Zoo-born elephants should be looked after more carefully.照顧動(dòng)物園里出生的大象應(yīng)該更仔細(xì)。
D. Zoos should keep more animals except elephants.除了大象，動(dòng)物園里應(yīng)該飼養(yǎng)其他更多的動(dòng)物。
6. Do scientists know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts.? 科學(xué)家是否清楚野生大象比動(dòng)物園大象更好的原因?
A.uncertain不確定(正確答案)
B.positive 明確的、肯定的
C.clear清楚的
D.biased片面的
第5 部分：補(bǔ)全短文（第46-50 題，每題2 分，共10 分）
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Flying into History
Whenyou turn on the television or read a magazine, celebrites （名人）are everywhere. Although fame and the media play such major roles in our lives today, it has not always been that way. _______(46) Manyhistorians agree that Charles Lindberghwas one of the first major celebrities, or superstars.
Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, in1902, but he grew up in Little Falls, Minnescta. As a child, he was very interested in how things worked, so when he reached college, he pursued a of flying captured Lindbergh’s degree in engineering. At the age of 20, however, the allure（誘惑） imagination. _______(47) Soon after, Lindbergh bought his own plane and traveled across the nation performing aerial stunts（空中特技）.
In 1924, Lindbergh became more serious about flying. He joined the United States military and graduated first in his pilot class. _______(48) During the same time, a wealthy hotel owner named Raymond Orteig was offering a generous award to the first pilot who could fly nonstop from New York City to Paris, France. The Orteig Prize was worth $25,000—a large amount even by today’s standards.
Lindbergh knew he had the skills to complete the flight, but not just any plane was capable of flying that far for that long. _______(49) On may 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York City and arrived the next day at an airstrip（簡(jiǎn)易機(jī)場(chǎng)）outside Paris. Named in honor of the sponsor. The Spirit of St. Louis carried Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean and into the record books. He became a national hero and a huge celebrity. When he returned to the United States, Lindbergh rode in a ticker-tape（熱烈的）parade held to celebrate his accomplishment. _______(50) A very popular dance was even named for Charles Lindbergh—the Lindy Hop.Today, The Spirit of St.Louis is pt at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
A.He has received a Medal of M, the f United States military decoration.
B.Eighty years ago, radio and movies were just beginning to have that kind of effect on A
C.Working with an aviation company from San Diego, and with financial help from the city of
St.Louis, Lindbergh get a customized （定制的）airplane that could make the journey.
D.Lindbergh used this additional training to get a job as an airmail pilot,flying out of St. Louis, Missouri.
E. He quit school and moved to Nebraska where he learned to be a pilot.
F. His childhood was not full of fond memories.
Smoking Can Increase Depressive Symptoms in teens(B級(jí))
While some teenagers may puff on cigarettes to “self-medicate” against the blues, scientists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually __1_ depressive symptoms in some teens.
“This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived _2__ benefits of smoking among teens,” says lead researcher Michael Chaiton, a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit of the University of Toronto. “_3__ cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating effects or to _4___ mood, in the long term we found that teens who started to smoke reported higher depressive symptoms.”
As part of the study, some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use of cigarettes to _5___ mood. Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and English participants, urban and rural schools, and schools _6__ in high, moderate and low socioeconomic neighborhoods.
Participants were _7___ three groups: never smokers; smokers who did not use cigarettes to self-medicate, improve mood or physical _8__; smokers who used cigarettes to self-medicate. Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how often participants felt too tired to do things; had _9__ going to sleep or staying asleep; felt unhappy, sad, or depressed; felt _10___ about the future; felt vexed, antsy or tense; and worried too much about things.
“Smokers who _11___ cigarettes as mood improvers had higher risks of elevated depressive symptoms than teens who had never smoked,” says co-researcher Jennifer O’Loughlin, a professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine. “Our study found that teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are at higher risk of _12__ depressive symptoms.”
The _13__ between depression and smoking exits principally among teens that use cigarettes to _14___. “It’s _15__ to emphasize that depressive symptom scores were higher among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke,” says Dr. Chaiton.
1. A examine B increase C decrease D diagnose
2. A social B financial C emotional D political
3. A Whatever B Although C Whenever D S\What
4. A improve B increase C decrease D help
5. A affecting B cause C effect D affect
6. A exposed B expanded C located D detected
7. A divided into B dividing into C divided D divided to
8. A world B activity C state D beauty
9. A time B courage C energy D trouble
10. A hopeless B hope C hopeful D hopes
11. A use B used C took D take
12. A changing B identifying C developing D overcoming
13. A difference B association C cooperation D agreement
14. A feel stronger B feel healthier C feel well D feel better
15. A illogical B unscientific C meaningless D important
第1部分：詞匯選擇（第1-15題，每題1分，共15分）
1. 答案：C. influence ---impact
2. 答案：A .criticizes--- finds fault with
3. 答案：D. obtain-- extract
4. 答案：B .system--- framework
5. 答案：B .turned--- converted
6. 答案：C. saying--- remarking
7. 答案：D. increased--- accelerated
8. 答案：B .polished ---- shined
9. 答案：D .investigated----- explored
10. 答案：B. understand--- grasp
11. 答案：C.magnificent ---- spectacular.
12. 答案：B. admitted-- confessed
13. 答案：C. continuous – steady
14. 答案：D. stand--- tolerate
15. 答案：A. reason --- motive
第2部分閱讀判斷 Lakes, Too, Feel Global Warming
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. C
第3部分概括大意完成句子 The ipad
23. paragraph 2 B.Operating System.
24. paragraph 3 F.Display and Data Connection.
25. paragraph 4 D.Feature and Application
26. paragraph 5 E.Business Usage
27． In April 2010 the ipad developed by Apple was B. released
28．The ipad will only run programs approved by Apple if not C.modified
29．Ipad applications enable the owner’s email accounts to be F. personalized
30．Ipad usage in office enables employee productivity to be A. increased
第4部分 閱讀理解
第一篇 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants（B級(jí)新增文章）
31. develop poor health.
32. They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care.