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1、Part IIII Readi ng Comprehe nsion (40minu tes)Section A Directions: In this secti on, there is a passage with ten bla nks、 You are required to select oneword for each bla nk from a list of choices give n in a word bank followi ng the passage 、 Read the passage through carefully before making your ch

2、oices 、 Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter、 Please mark the corresp onding letter for each item on An swer Sheet 2 with a si ngle line through the centre、 You may not use any of the words in the bank more tha n once、Questio ns 36 to 45 are based on the follow ing passage 、Education ma

3、kes our lives richer、It 36 us with opportunities、 So the amount that girlswere allowed to 37 in education is an important part of American history 、 Women 'participation as teachers is an important part of history too、In Colonial times, school wa38 for boy; it was usually taught by a young man ,

4、since pare nts felt that boys n eedec39 leadershipIn the19th cen turymore wome n becameschool teachers These teacherswere ofte n very young women,even40、 Usually they taught for only a few years By about the 1840s, teaching had become a women' profession Now people wan ted a teacher who woul(41

5、and support their childre n ,n ot a strict school master They felt that women were mo42 to the job By the 1850s nearly all teachers were women, especially in the eleme ntary schoolStill ,not all girls43 school, and schools still focused mainly on educat ing boys This bega n to cha nge by the end of

6、the 19th cen tury whe n our country decided that all childre n should have free44 education、 However, it did not happen right away; at first, schools still focused on the boys as they had in the pastDuring the 20th century：he majority of children,bothboys and girls attendedschool regularly. The teac

7、h ing45 continued to be made up mostly of wome nSince the 1930s, about70% of the teachi ng force has bee n womenA) attendedB) completelyC) mai nlyD) mildE)nu rtureF) offersG) participateH) privateI) professi onJ) providesK) publicL) scoldM) strictN) suitedO) tee nagersSection BDirections: In this se

8、ct ion, you are going to read a passage with ten stateme nts attached to it 、 Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs 、Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived、 You may choose a paragraph more than once、 Each paragraph is marked with a letter 、 Answer t

9、he question by marking the corresponding letter on An swer Sheet 2、Six Secrets of High-E nergy PeopleA) There's an energy crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with fossil、fueMillions of us get up each morning already weary over the day holds" I just can ' t get sPeope sayBut it &

10、#39; s not physical energy that most of us lack Sure, we could all use extra sleep and a better、ieBut in truth, people are healthier today than at any time in history I can almost guarantee that if you long for more enjetlgy problem is not with your body、What you ' re seeking is not physical ene

11、rgy' s emotional energy, sad to say life sometimes seems designed to exhaust our suppIWe work too hard We have family obligations We encoun ter emerge ncies and pers onal crises won der so many of us suffer from emotio nal fatigue, a kind of utter exhaustion of the spiritB) And yet we all know p

12、eople who are filled with joydespite the un pleasa nt circumsta nces of their fvesEven as a child I observedpeople who were poor or disabledor ill, but who non ethelessaced life withoptimism and vigor Consider Laura Hillenbrand, who despite an extremely weak body wrote the best-sellerSea biscuit Hil

13、le nbrand barely had eno ugh physical en ergy to drag herself out of be to wBtet she was fueled by hav ing a story she wan ted to share It was emotio nal en ergy that helped her succeedU nlike physical en ergywhich is fin ite and dimini shes with age, emoti on al en ergy is un limited and has nothin

14、g to do with genes or upbringing So how do you get it?ou can ' t simply tell yourself to be pesYoe must take actiorr Here are six practical strategies that work's new occursThejumpacs of this sameness on our emotionalC) Do somethi ng n ewVery little that energy is gradual, but huge: It's

15、 like a tire with a slow leYtou don't it at first, but eventually you'll get a flatsmall but n evertheless life alteri ng changdShe joined a gym in the n ext townShe cha nged her look withIt's up to you to plug the leak-even though there are always a dozen reasons to stay stuck in your d

16、ull routines of lifer That's where Maura, 36, a waitress, found herself a yeaF ougonately Maura had a lifeline-a group of wome n friends who meet regularly to discuss their livesTheir lively discussi ons spurred Maura to make a short haircut and new blackshirts Even tually Maura gathered the cou

17、rage to quit her job and start her own bus in ess Here's a challe nge: If it's someth ing you would n't ordin arily do, dTry a dish you've n ever eate n Listen to music you'd ordinarily tune outYou'll discover these small things add to your emotional energyD) Reclaim life'

18、;s meaning So many of my patients tell me that their lives used to have meaning, but that somewhere along the line things went statee first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and the n do someth ing aboS it A case in point is Ivy, 57, a pion eer in in

19、vestme nt banking "I mistakenly believed that all the money I made would mean somethshe says "But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old wondering what to do with her f Ivy's solution? She started a program that shows W Streeters how to don ate time and money to poor children the process, Ivy

20、 filled her life with meani ngE) Put yourself in the fun zoneMost of us grow n-ups are seriously fun-deprivedHigh-e nergy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they man age to find someth ing enjoyable in every situati on real estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the jo

21、b by men tally redecorat ing the houses she shows to clients "I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like withy a little tender loving care," she says"It's a challenge-and the least desirable properties are usually the moWtuill define fun differe ntly of cou

22、rse, but I can guara ntee this: If you put just a bit of it into your doy en ergy will in crease quickly、F) Bid farewell to guilt and regret Every on e's past is filled with regrets that still cause paiBut from an emoti onal en ergy point of vievfchey are dead weights that keep us from us from m

23、ov ing forwWdiile they can't merely be willed away do recomme nd you remind yourself that whatever happe ned is in the past, and nothing can change that Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the presentG) Make up your mind Say youve been thinking about cutting your hai

24、r shoW/ill it look stylish -or toextreme?Yu endlessly think it over Having the decision hanging over your head is a huge energy drain theEvery time you can ' t decide, you burden yourself with >altQnatthinking that you have to make 't look backright decisi on; in stead, make a choice and

25、donH) Give to get Emotio nal en ergy has a ki nd of magical quality; the more you give, the more you get back e toThis is the differenee between emotional and physical eneWyh the latter You have to get it to be abl give it、 With the former, however, you get it by givingStart by ask ing every one you

26、 meet,“ How are you? ” as if you really want to knowthen listen to the reply Be the one who hears Most of us also need to smile're su'd do if's true that what goes around comes around, whymore often If you don ' t smile at the person you love first thing in the morning, you your rela

27、ti on ship Fin ally, help ano ther persa nd make the help real, con cretGive a massage按 摩) to some one you love, or cook her dinner, Then, expa nd the circle to wotrty ask ing yourself what you your goal were to be helpful rather than efficienfter all, if itnot make sure that whats circulat ing arog

28、oOdyotuliSthe46、High-e nergy people usually find themselves some fun and in crease their en ergy quickly47、Even small cha nges people make in their lives can help in crease their emoti onal en ergy48、People holding on to sad memories of the past will find it difficult to move forward49、 People no wa

29、days are look ing for emoti onal en ergy50、When it comes to decisi on makings ne should make a quick choice without look ing back51、The energy crisis in America discussed here doesn' stilrfefelsto a shortage of fos52、Emoti onal en ergy is in a way differe nt from physical en ergy in that the mor

30、e you give, the more you get back53、 The author believes emoti onal en ergy is not in herited or gen etically determi ned54、Ivy filled her life with meaning by launching a program to help poor childre n55、Laura Hille nbrand is an example cited to show how emoti onal en ergy can con tribute to on e&#

31、39;s success in life、Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this sect ion、 Each passage is followed by some questi ons or unfinished statements、 For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) 、 You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer S

32、heet 2 with a single line through the centre、Questio ns 56 to 60 are based on the follow ing passage 、Passage OneNowadays, Internet shopp ing is beco ming in creas in gly popular and many more high street stores and supermarkets are now offering this facility You can shop for just anything from the

33、comfort of your own home, and all you need to do is to sit in your armchair and order things directly on the InternetShopp ing on the Internet offers convenienceand time-savi ng ben efits to shoppers,as compared to traditionalstore front店面)shopping People can shop for a variety of products on the In

34、ternet, ranging from physical products,such as books, CDs, clothes and food, to in formati on products, such as on-I ine n ews or magazine stories If it is too inconvenient for you to go out for shopping on your own, or if lack of time makes it difficult for you to shop at physical locations such as

35、 stores and shopping malls, you can choose to do shopp ing on the In ternet The Internet operates 24 hours a, daye n days a week, and shoppers can expect to find and purchase goods on the Internet any time, un like traditi onal storefr onts which have fixed open ing hours No wonder that some researc

36、hfindings indicate that consumersview the Internet as an “instrumentof convenience、Despite the adva ntage of Internet shopp ing, there are also disadva ntages of Internet shoipp ingpin disadva ntage on Internet shopp ing is that you cannot actually see the products you are buying or check their qual

37、ity、Sometimes the computer image of the products can hardly compare with those that can be touched for quality and put on for comfort Furthermore Internet shopp ing cannot provide the social in teracti on and the sense of com munity Many people will find it completely un pleasa nt because they may m

38、iss the opport unity to talk to friends Some people are worried about pay ing for goods using credit cards, so Internet compa nies are now finding ways to make on li ne payme nt safeAs a new type of shopp ing, Internet shopp ing is bound to become more and more popular in the future Moreover, if the

39、 problem of the security of payment can be overcome, there will be more people willing to try on li ne shopp ing56、What is the most importa nt adva ntage of Internet shopp ing?A) The reas on able priceB) The quality of the goodsC) The convenience it brings to youD) The speed at which the goods are d

40、elivered to you57、The phrase "physical products (Line 3, Para 2) means、A) anything you can useB) things useful for health careC) things conn ected with studyD) things you can see or feel58、On-I ine n ews and magaz ines stories areA) not yet available on the InternetB) everywhere on the Internet

41、 and free to downloadC) information products available on the InternetD) the most popular products on the Internet59、We can lear n from the third paragraph that 、A) a delivery charge added to the shopp ing bill discourages people from shopp ing on li neB) on li ne payme nt is so safe that people can

42、 do shopp ing on the Internet securelyC) people who enjoy the social experience will not choose online shoppingD) the quality of the goods is not always exactly what you expect60、What can you infer from the last paragraph?A) Sometimes people worry about the money they pay onli neB) Shopp ing on the

43、Internet is a relatively new shopp ing modeC) Shopp ing is made easier by Internet shopp ingD) People n eed to get used to computer systems for a secure way of shopp ingQuestio ns 61 to 65 are based on the follow ing passage 、Passage woOnce it was possible to defi ne male and female roles easily by

44、the divisio n ofllAtoDworked outsidethe home and earned the in come to support their families, while wome n cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles But by the middl

45、e of this centujrynen ' s and women ' s roles were becoming less firmly fixedIn the 1950s, econo mic and social success was the goal of the typical AmeriBan in the 1960s a new force developed called the coun terculture The people in volved in this moveme nt did not value the middle-class Ame

46、rican goals The counterculture presented men and women with new role choiTalsing more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their、wivesact, some young men and women moved to commun(社区得)homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally b

47、y both sexes In additi on, many America ns did not value the traditi onal male role of soldier Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in VietnamIn terms of nu mbers, the coun terculture was not a very large group of peoBui its in flue nce spread tomany parts of American

48、 society Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patter ns In dustrial workers and bus in ess executives alike cut dow n on“ overtime ” work so thaMost of them Stl took traditional women' s jobs as public school teaching, nursing,、ndBsecretarial worksome wome n bega n to en ter tradit