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一、单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. In 2010s， XiJinping was made chairman of China.
A. the； theB. the； a
C. /； theD. the； /
2. Its Toms own fault if he feels at the party—he never tries to be friendly to people.
A. cut outB. left out
C. made outD. stood out
3. —How did you keep in touch with the agent， Mary？
—I surfed the Internet and called whose telephone number is provided.
A. oneB. those
C. the oneD. that
4. in the queue for two hours， the girl suddenly realized she had left her card in the car.
A. WaitingB. To wait
C. Having waitedD. To have waited
5. So difficult it to make such great progress without the help of his desk mate that he was close to giving up.
A. he have feltB. have he felt
C. he did feelD. did he feel
6. Since I decided to take my English teachers advice， I have reading aloud in the morning every day.
A. catered toB. taken to
C. applied toD. submitted to
7. We should definitely start exercising and avoid illnesses it is too late.
A. whenB. before
C. untilD. after
8. Who is it up decide when we will go abroad for further study？
A. to toB. to for
C. for toD. to in
9. In my opinion， life in the twentyfirst century is much easier than .
A. that used to beB. it is used to
C. it was used toD. it used to be
10. There are a lot of ways to your messages when you are putting together an ad campaign.
A. get acrossB. get away
C. get backD. get through
11. What surprises us greatly is that he spares no effort the new product in order to get soon.
A. to promote； promoted
B. promoting； promoted
C. promoting； promoting
D. to promote； promoting
12. —What made him so worried？
— the new campus life there.
A. His son not used to
B. His son not using to
C. His son not being used to
D. His son being not used to
13. What a terrible experience！ You cant imagine the hard time we had camping last Sunday.
A. goneB. to go
C. goingD. to going
14. — for the people fond of fashion， the magazine enjoyed great success.
—Yes. can compare with it so far.
A. Designing； NothingB. Designed； Nothing
C. Designed； NoneD. Designing； Nothing
15. It doesnt make any what we call generosity； its still makes him a good friend. A. sense； thatB. difference； that
C. difference； whatD. sense； what
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Today I did something that said more about me than it did about my computer. I could not get a page 16 after many tries， so I hit the computer 17. It didnt help， of course， but the act was something 18 a long time ago， when all you had to do to get something to work again was given it a good hit.
Consider our familys old television. Every so often the pictures would 19. There was thin knob on the back of the TV and we could use the knob to 20 the images. If that didnt work， we could do what my father always did—hit the top of the TV with the 21 of his hand. More often than not， it did the 22. Beyond televisions， a lot of machines like radios and washers required “23 love”. And more often than not a good hit was all they needed to restart their 24.
However， I finally called our technician and 25 my computers problem. He laughed on the phone， “Did you try 26 the device？” “No，” I responded， “but I gave it a hit.” He laughed more loudly， “Not a good thing to do.”
Of course he was right. But today we completely 27 people who know things we dont. And I have serious 28 whether they want to share their technical knowledge， as happened when I reported my computers problem to another technician. The response I got from him sounded something like 29. How I miss the days when there was 30 a good hit couldnt 31 right.
Later this day， I was coming out of a local store when I saw a man at a 32 how to start his car. I offered to help but nothing worked. Then I remembered the old trick. “Do you have a hammer？” I asked. Finding out the starter， I gave it a good 33 and the engine 34 to life.
I accepted the drivers thankfulness. And I was also grateful because there are still devices that 35 the help of a firm hand.
16. A. loadingB. load
C. loadedD. have loaded
17. A. loudly B. proudly
C. carefullyD. impatiently
18. A. dating fromB. arising from
C. coming fromD. learning from
19. A. shakeB. flow
C. pauseD. fade
20. A. clearB. stead
C. cleanD. function
21. A. hitB. help
C. actD. flat
22. A. work B. help
C. trickD. magic
23. A. trueB. rough
C. freeD. human
24. A. modelsB. knobs
C. functionsD. measures
25. A. reportedB. said
C. toldD. called
26. A. hittingB. rebooting C. shakingD. slapping
27. A. rely onB. take on
C. insist onD. spy on
28. A. questionsB. thoughts
C. problemsD. doubts
29. A. MathsB. English
C. GreekD. Physics
30. A. everythingB. nothing
C. anythingD. something
31. A. leaveB. make
C. letD. put
32. A. messB. loss
C. timeD. glance
33. A. hammerB. hit
C. hugD. act
34. A. agreedB. applied
C. turnedD. came
35. A. needB. thank
C. appreciate D. perform
三、阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
A
Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment. Years of studying interviewing has made it clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking good is no guarantee of doing the job well， however. Uglies or those who are aesthetically challenged， lose heart.
To get a more objective view， many companies are also using psychological tests to hire both for relatively routine job and for positions at senior levels of management. It is impossible to say how many employers use tests， but estimates of test sales in the U.K. for 2001 were over one million.
The basic reason employers use tests is clear： tests claim to be scientific and objective. A large body of research has shown that interviews by themselves are not very reliable as a method of selection. Peoples judgments are often very subjective： whether they like the look of someone counts for more than almost anything else. But reliable and valid tests can offer rapid and more objective information about would be employees. If a candidate talks well in an interview but his test results suggest that he is a careless person who cannot concentrate， and employer is likely to think twice about hiring him.
Taking a serious test for a job is rather different from taking a game like test. You can spend just a little time answering questions of that kind of test， and you can deny the answers and say they are not accurate. But you can not go to a serious test without enough preparation since you can not afford to be denied and eliminated again and again.
36. In the past， who would be sure to be employed after an interview？
A. The person who was physically attractive.
B. The person who was well educated.
C. The person who had great abilities. D. The person who was appreciated by the personnel officers.
37. The underlined part in the first paragraph refers to those who are .
A. thought to be goodlooking
B. most likely to do the job well
C. not attractive for their appearances
D. given the job of interviewing the candidate
38. From the last paragraph， we can conclude that while taking a serious test for a job， .
A. you can deny the answers
B. you can not treat it as a game
C. you neednt make much preparation
D. you can say the answers are not accurate
B
Most children， Asher Svidensky says， are a little intimidated by golden eagles. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 13， when the eagles sit heavily on their undeveloped arms. Svidensky， a photographer and travel writer， shot five boys learning the skill as well as the girl， AsholPan. “To see her with the eagle was amazing，” he recalls. “She was a lot more comfortable with it， a lot more powerful with it and a lot more at ease with it.”
The Kazakhs of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia are the only people that hunt with golden eagles， and today there are around 400 practising falconers. AsholPan， the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter， may well be the countrys only apprentice huntress.
They hunt in winter， when the temperatures can drop to -40C （-40F）. A hunt begins with days of trekking on horseback through snow to a mountain or ridge giving an excellent view of prey for miles around. Hunters generally work in teams. After a fox is spotted， riders charge towards it to flush it into the open， and an eagle is released. If the eagle fails to make a kill， another is released.
The skill of hunting with eagles， Svidensky says， lies in harnessing an unpredictable force of nature. “You dont really control the eagle. You can try and make her hunt an animal and then its a matter of nature. What will the eagle do？ Will she make it？ How will you get her back afterwards？”
The eagles are not bred in captivity， but taken from nests at a young age. Female eagles are chosen since they grow to a larger size—a large adult might be as heavy as seven kilos， with a wingspan of over 230cm. After years of service， on a spring morning， a hunter releases his mature eagle a final time， leaving a butchered sheep on the mountain as a farewell present. “Thats how the Kazakh eagle hunters make sure that the eagles go back to nature and have their own strong newborns， for the sake of future generations，” Svidensky says. Svidensky describes AsholPan as a smiling， sweet and shy girl. His photographs of her engaging in what has been a male activity for around 2，000 years say something about Mongolia in the 21st Century.
“The generation that will decide what will happen with every tradition that Mongolia contains is this generation，” says Svidensky， who showed AsholPans family the photographs on his laptop. “Everything there is going to change and is going to be redefined and the possibilities are amazing.”
39. What makes Asher Svidensky surprised？
A. The colourful and powerful eagles.
B. The special way of hunting by the Kazakhs.
C. The young age of Kazakh eagle hunters.
D. The wonderful performance of AsholPan.
40. What does the underlined word “prey” in the third paragraph mean？
A. The scenery to be enjoyed.
B. The creature to be caught.
C. The opinion to be argued.
D. The future to be expected.
41. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph？
A. Man can control nature.
B. All efforts will pay off one day.
C. Making use of existing resources is important.
D. Never think about controlling others.
42. Which could be the best title for the passage？
A. A photographer and travel writers travelling experience.
B. A 13yearold eagle huntress in Mongolia.
C. The true life of the eagle hunters in Mongolia.
D. The future of the traditional way of eagle hunting.
C
I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming. After my dads service in World War II， he was called again to fight during the Korean War， and when he returned home， he couldnt drink enough to numb his terrible memories. He struggled to provide for his growing family.
Until I learned to read， I didnt realize that all children did not live as I did. On our occasional trips to town， I would borrow some books from the library. When I opened a book， I could enter an unknown place—where children werent hungry and were in need of little. I often dreamed that I lived in a quaint cottage with a white picket fence and that my life mirrored my favorite characters， the Bobbsey Twins or Nancy Drew.
When I wasnt daydreaming， my reality was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters. At night I hid under the covers attempting to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home. My classmates asked why we didnt have electricity or a telephone. I suppose my explanations were nothing more than lies， but the stories I told improved with every book I read. Starting at a very young age， my siblings and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—sometimes so we could wear new， rather than handmedown clothes， but more often to put more food on the family table. While other children were busy with dance and piano lessons， we were busy with doing housework for our neighbors.
Mom grew vegetables， raised chickens， and baked bread， so we seldom went hungry， even when supper was only a pot of beans. But my real hunger wasnt for food—it was a hunger for a better life. It was a hunger for knowledge about the world beyond our simple existence. It was a hunger to prove Dad wrong when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us. We devoured the offerings of the public schools because we realized that education would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now Im proud of the accomplishments of my siblings： an art professor； a wellknown veterinarian；， plus business owners， all with artistic talents. And me， Im the keeper of a restaurant and the boss of a company.
Ill never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known hunger as children， or whether we would be blessed with so much artistic talent if our lives had been busy with afterschool lessons and storebought toys.
43. When the author was a child， .
A. she often suffered hunger
B. she couldnt go to school because of poverty
C. she did nothing but daydream about a better life
D. she lived a poor but meaningful life
44. Which of the following is not the motivation for the author to achieve success？
A. Her classmates laughing at her.
B. Her fathers low expectation.
C. Her favorite characters in the books.
D. Her hard life in reality.
45. When asked why there was no electricity or telephone at her home， the author .
A. gave an honest reply
B. made up stories
C. cries sadly
D. ignored the question
46. From the last paragraph， we can know that the author thinks .
A. she should have lived a better life in her childhood
B. she had to have extra lessons after school
C. the life and hunger of her childhood made her successful
D. the life of her childhood made her learn a lot more than other children
D
The Spring Festival holiday last month offered many people working in big cities the rare chance to go back to their countryside hometowns and have a look at the withering villages. Several doctorate candidates have noted the sense of loss they got from their visits to their dilapidated hometowns， which have been hollowed out by the process of Chinas urbanization.
Young people leave for cities， leaving behind the elderly and the kids. Old houses and communities are deserted， or demolished. The people feel lonely in big cities， where they get education and good jobs， because of ruthless competition and a culture different from their hometown. The hometown seems like a place they will never return to， because their education has made them contrarian outsiders there. The villages and small towns are also riddled with nepotism and cronyism， and they cannot integrate into the local life. Their returnhome commentaries have circulated rapidly on social media and sparked wide debate on the pluses and minuses of the countrys fast growth.
Many people do not agree with the postgrads points of view， criticizing their feelings as onesided and too subjective， and alleging that these are “growing pains of a nation，” and welleducated people should have a “positive” attitude toward the countrys development. The popularity of the postgrads posts is testament to the fact that nostalgic sentimentalism is common in a fastchanging society.
About 100，000 villages have disappeared in Chinas urbanization during the past 10 years. Nearly half of the population work and live far from their hometown. Critics should focus on the problems rather than their emotions.
Villages and small towns are de facto left behind in Chinas development. The farmers average personal income is only about one third of their urban counterparts， not to mention the gap in social services between villages and cities.
Feasts， mahjong and redenvelopes containing cash in some betteroff villages and small towns are in sharp contrast to the dilapidation in backward rural areas.
The disappointment of the people longing to bring back the “good old days” at home is understandable. They were born in the 1970s and 1980s when the countryside of China was not yet opened to the free market. The impact of the “cultural revolution” （1966～1976） on the countryside was limited. But the market reform later rippling through shattered some entrenched values that nourished their growth.
The simple values originating from traditional agricultural society—such as the reverence for nature and ancestors， community spirit， and filial piety—are dying and being replaced by commodity fetishism. The government called for a revival of family virtue and Confucianism last year. But the governmentfunded Confucianism classes even failed in Qufu， Confucius hometown in Shandong province. When the farmers quit praying for good weather， harvest and the Natures protection， it is increasingly popular for their urban counterparts to kowtow to various statues in temples for money and luck. The government needs to increase its input to improve farmers livelihood and public services， especially education， medical care and pensions.
Previously， almost each village had its own primary school， which may have had only one teacher sponsored by the villagers themselves. The teachers and the village gentry， made up of welloff farmers， village heads， family clan heads and landowners， play indispensable roles in a village. They are role models and form the grassroots governance body.
But after the land reform of the 1950s and education reform since the late 1990s， the two classes have basically disappeared. The villages become only partially affiliated with township governments. Its viability as a cultural unit gradually withers.
To some extent， the problem of Chinese villages is that when the old values fade away， no systems that can effectively bind the people and community appear to fill the vacuum.
47. Which part is the passage most probably from a newspaper？
A. Business.B. Education.
C. Travel.D. Culture.
48. According to the passage， which of the following is right？
A. Many people criticize the postgrads feelings as onesided and too objective.
B. Welleducated people should not have a “negative” attitude toward the countrys development.
C. Most people feel lonely in big cities， where they get education and good jobs， because of ruthless competition and a culture different from their hometown.
D. Previously， every village had its own primary school， which may have had only one teacher sponsored by the villagers themselves.
49. What makes the teachers and the village gentry have basically disappeared？
A. The government.
B. The land reform and education reform.
C. Chinas development.
D. Traditional agricultural society.
50. What is the authors attitude towards the problem of Chinese villages？
A. Subjective.B. Objective.
C. Concerned.D. Indifferent.
四、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 A speech is a wonderful opportunity to inform， persuade or entertain. The best speeches often take on a combination of all three of these components. However， before you can go about the writing of a great speech， it is important to set goals. Goals keep you， your speech and your audience focused.
In the context of a speech， a goal is the purpose of the speech， and what it hopes to accomplish. For example， the goal of a eulogy might be to celebrate the life of a loved one. The goal of a speech at a political gathering would be to inform the crowd about the political position of a candidate and persuade them to vote and campaign for the candidate in question.
Without a goal， a speech is without direction. The goal informs the structure and content of the speech. For example， if a speechs goal is to convince people that smoking is bad for them， the speech will be structured with persuasive arguments to back up the goal. A speech with a goal of informing the audience will keep the information fair and factual.
A goal is incredibly important to the speechs ability to connect with an audience. If the speaker is unaware of the goal of the speech， the audience will likely be unaware as well. This severely reduces the effectiveness of the message.
Aside from informing the audience of the content and structure， a speechs goal drives the speaker to greater heights. If a speaker is asked to speak on a specific subject， but never establishes the goal， they wont know where to start in the research， organizing and writing of the speech.
If you have been charged with delivering a speech， establishing a goal can seem difficult at first. There are several things to take into consideration. First， think about who you will be speaking to. The demographic of your audience will likely determine whether you will be able to persuade them， or whether they will be able to sit through. Second， think about the topic itself. If the topic is something controversial， it may worth your while to consider an informative approach to present both sides of the issue. Finally， consider your resources. A speech with an informative or persuasive goal usually requires a great deal of research， and sometimes takes more time to write.
The Importance of （51） Speech Goals
What a goal is？A goal is the purpose of the speech， and what it hopes to accomplish.
The goal of a speech at a political gathering would be to keep the crowd （52） of the political position of a candidate and （53） them to vote and campaign for the candidate in question. Goals （54） the audience to focus on the speech.
Why a goal is important？Goal is the （55）， which informs the structure and content of the speech.
To （56） people of the bad effects of smoking， the speaker needs to list persuasive arguments to （57） up for what he said.
（58）informing the audience of the content and structure， a speechs goal drives the speaker to greater heights.
What to （59）
to establish
a goal？If you are to deliver a speech， it can seem difficult to establish a goal at first.
First， think about your （60）.
Second， think about the topic itself.
Finally， consider your resources.
五、书面表达（满分25分）
现如今，有些专家称应取消高中英语中的听力测试，对此我们班举行了一次激烈的讨论。请根据下列表格用英语写一篇字数150左右的短文。开头已给出。
70%的学生反对30%的学生同意
1.听力不好就听不懂英文广播的新闻，看不懂英语电影，也很难和外国人交流。
2.听力是学好英语的四大技能之一。
3.四六级及出国考试都含英语听力。1.日常生活中接触英文的机会很少。
2.听力占据很多时间，可用这些时间学好其他学科。
3.绝大多数人没有机会出国深造。
你的观点：（至少两条）
参考词汇：四六级考试CET 4 and CET 6
Nowadays some experts suggest that listening not be included in high school examinations. This has caused a heated discussion among us students.
参考答案
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二、16—20 CDAAB21—25 DCBCA
26—30 BADCB31—35 DBBDC
三、36—40 DCBDB41—45 CBDAB
46—50 CDBBC
四、51. Setting52. informed53. persuade
54. enable55. direction56. convince
57. stand58. Besides59. consider
60. audience
五、One possible version：
Nowadays some experts suggest that listening not be included in high school examinations. This has caused a heated discussion among us students.
70% of the students in my class dont agree with these experts for the following reasons. Firstly， listening is as important as speaking， reading and writing， which are the basic skills in learning English. Furthermore， those students who are poor at listening will have difficulty in communicating with English speakers. In addition， they are not able to understand the English news broadcast and English movies. Whats more， they are more likely to fail CET4 or CET6， which includes listening when they are at college.
However， less than one third of us think it unnecessary to test listening in exams. They hold the opinion that common people do not have access to too much English listening and only a minority of us will have the chance to go abroad for further study. They also think that training listening takes up too much time， which can be made good use of to improve other subjects.
As far as I am concerned， listening is very important and should be included in exams. We should spend as much time as possible practicing listening. Only in this way can we learn English well and put it into practice in our daily life.
（作者：康娟利，江苏省如皋中学）
1. In 2010s， XiJinping was made chairman of China.
A. the； theB. the； a
C. /； theD. the； /
2. Its Toms own fault if he feels at the party—he never tries to be friendly to people.
A. cut outB. left out
C. made outD. stood out
3. —How did you keep in touch with the agent， Mary？
—I surfed the Internet and called whose telephone number is provided.
A. oneB. those
C. the oneD. that
4. in the queue for two hours， the girl suddenly realized she had left her card in the car.
A. WaitingB. To wait
C. Having waitedD. To have waited
5. So difficult it to make such great progress without the help of his desk mate that he was close to giving up.
A. he have feltB. have he felt
C. he did feelD. did he feel
6. Since I decided to take my English teachers advice， I have reading aloud in the morning every day.
A. catered toB. taken to
C. applied toD. submitted to
7. We should definitely start exercising and avoid illnesses it is too late.
A. whenB. before
C. untilD. after
8. Who is it up decide when we will go abroad for further study？
A. to toB. to for
C. for toD. to in
9. In my opinion， life in the twentyfirst century is much easier than .
A. that used to beB. it is used to
C. it was used toD. it used to be
10. There are a lot of ways to your messages when you are putting together an ad campaign.
A. get acrossB. get away
C. get backD. get through
11. What surprises us greatly is that he spares no effort the new product in order to get soon.
A. to promote； promoted
B. promoting； promoted
C. promoting； promoting
D. to promote； promoting
12. —What made him so worried？
— the new campus life there.
A. His son not used to
B. His son not using to
C. His son not being used to
D. His son being not used to
13. What a terrible experience！ You cant imagine the hard time we had camping last Sunday.
A. goneB. to go
C. goingD. to going
14. — for the people fond of fashion， the magazine enjoyed great success.
—Yes. can compare with it so far.
A. Designing； NothingB. Designed； Nothing
C. Designed； NoneD. Designing； Nothing
15. It doesnt make any what we call generosity； its still makes him a good friend. A. sense； thatB. difference； that
C. difference； whatD. sense； what
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
Today I did something that said more about me than it did about my computer. I could not get a page 16 after many tries， so I hit the computer 17. It didnt help， of course， but the act was something 18 a long time ago， when all you had to do to get something to work again was given it a good hit.
Consider our familys old television. Every so often the pictures would 19. There was thin knob on the back of the TV and we could use the knob to 20 the images. If that didnt work， we could do what my father always did—hit the top of the TV with the 21 of his hand. More often than not， it did the 22. Beyond televisions， a lot of machines like radios and washers required “23 love”. And more often than not a good hit was all they needed to restart their 24.
However， I finally called our technician and 25 my computers problem. He laughed on the phone， “Did you try 26 the device？” “No，” I responded， “but I gave it a hit.” He laughed more loudly， “Not a good thing to do.”
Of course he was right. But today we completely 27 people who know things we dont. And I have serious 28 whether they want to share their technical knowledge， as happened when I reported my computers problem to another technician. The response I got from him sounded something like 29. How I miss the days when there was 30 a good hit couldnt 31 right.
Later this day， I was coming out of a local store when I saw a man at a 32 how to start his car. I offered to help but nothing worked. Then I remembered the old trick. “Do you have a hammer？” I asked. Finding out the starter， I gave it a good 33 and the engine 34 to life.
I accepted the drivers thankfulness. And I was also grateful because there are still devices that 35 the help of a firm hand.
16. A. loadingB. load
C. loadedD. have loaded
17. A. loudly B. proudly
C. carefullyD. impatiently
18. A. dating fromB. arising from
C. coming fromD. learning from
19. A. shakeB. flow
C. pauseD. fade
20. A. clearB. stead
C. cleanD. function
21. A. hitB. help
C. actD. flat
22. A. work B. help
C. trickD. magic
23. A. trueB. rough
C. freeD. human
24. A. modelsB. knobs
C. functionsD. measures
25. A. reportedB. said
C. toldD. called
26. A. hittingB. rebooting C. shakingD. slapping
27. A. rely onB. take on
C. insist onD. spy on
28. A. questionsB. thoughts
C. problemsD. doubts
29. A. MathsB. English
C. GreekD. Physics
30. A. everythingB. nothing
C. anythingD. something
31. A. leaveB. make
C. letD. put
32. A. messB. loss
C. timeD. glance
33. A. hammerB. hit
C. hugD. act
34. A. agreedB. applied
C. turnedD. came
35. A. needB. thank
C. appreciate D. perform
三、阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
A
Nowadays more and more foreign enterprises and companies are no longer relying on interviews for recruitment. Years of studying interviewing has made it clear that it is not a very objective process. Personnel officers often hire the person they like best or even the one they think most physically attractive. Looking good is no guarantee of doing the job well， however. Uglies or those who are aesthetically challenged， lose heart.
To get a more objective view， many companies are also using psychological tests to hire both for relatively routine job and for positions at senior levels of management. It is impossible to say how many employers use tests， but estimates of test sales in the U.K. for 2001 were over one million.
The basic reason employers use tests is clear： tests claim to be scientific and objective. A large body of research has shown that interviews by themselves are not very reliable as a method of selection. Peoples judgments are often very subjective： whether they like the look of someone counts for more than almost anything else. But reliable and valid tests can offer rapid and more objective information about would be employees. If a candidate talks well in an interview but his test results suggest that he is a careless person who cannot concentrate， and employer is likely to think twice about hiring him.
Taking a serious test for a job is rather different from taking a game like test. You can spend just a little time answering questions of that kind of test， and you can deny the answers and say they are not accurate. But you can not go to a serious test without enough preparation since you can not afford to be denied and eliminated again and again.
36. In the past， who would be sure to be employed after an interview？
A. The person who was physically attractive.
B. The person who was well educated.
C. The person who had great abilities. D. The person who was appreciated by the personnel officers.
37. The underlined part in the first paragraph refers to those who are .
A. thought to be goodlooking
B. most likely to do the job well
C. not attractive for their appearances
D. given the job of interviewing the candidate
38. From the last paragraph， we can conclude that while taking a serious test for a job， .
A. you can deny the answers
B. you can not treat it as a game
C. you neednt make much preparation
D. you can say the answers are not accurate
B
Most children， Asher Svidensky says， are a little intimidated by golden eagles. Kazakh boys in western Mongolia start learning how to use the huge birds to hunt for foxes and hares at the age of 13， when the eagles sit heavily on their undeveloped arms. Svidensky， a photographer and travel writer， shot five boys learning the skill as well as the girl， AsholPan. “To see her with the eagle was amazing，” he recalls. “She was a lot more comfortable with it， a lot more powerful with it and a lot more at ease with it.”
The Kazakhs of the Altai mountain range in western Mongolia are the only people that hunt with golden eagles， and today there are around 400 practising falconers. AsholPan， the daughter of a particularly celebrated hunter， may well be the countrys only apprentice huntress.
They hunt in winter， when the temperatures can drop to -40C （-40F）. A hunt begins with days of trekking on horseback through snow to a mountain or ridge giving an excellent view of prey for miles around. Hunters generally work in teams. After a fox is spotted， riders charge towards it to flush it into the open， and an eagle is released. If the eagle fails to make a kill， another is released.
The skill of hunting with eagles， Svidensky says， lies in harnessing an unpredictable force of nature. “You dont really control the eagle. You can try and make her hunt an animal and then its a matter of nature. What will the eagle do？ Will she make it？ How will you get her back afterwards？”
The eagles are not bred in captivity， but taken from nests at a young age. Female eagles are chosen since they grow to a larger size—a large adult might be as heavy as seven kilos， with a wingspan of over 230cm. After years of service， on a spring morning， a hunter releases his mature eagle a final time， leaving a butchered sheep on the mountain as a farewell present. “Thats how the Kazakh eagle hunters make sure that the eagles go back to nature and have their own strong newborns， for the sake of future generations，” Svidensky says. Svidensky describes AsholPan as a smiling， sweet and shy girl. His photographs of her engaging in what has been a male activity for around 2，000 years say something about Mongolia in the 21st Century.
“The generation that will decide what will happen with every tradition that Mongolia contains is this generation，” says Svidensky， who showed AsholPans family the photographs on his laptop. “Everything there is going to change and is going to be redefined and the possibilities are amazing.”
39. What makes Asher Svidensky surprised？
A. The colourful and powerful eagles.
B. The special way of hunting by the Kazakhs.
C. The young age of Kazakh eagle hunters.
D. The wonderful performance of AsholPan.
40. What does the underlined word “prey” in the third paragraph mean？
A. The scenery to be enjoyed.
B. The creature to be caught.
C. The opinion to be argued.
D. The future to be expected.
41. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph？
A. Man can control nature.
B. All efforts will pay off one day.
C. Making use of existing resources is important.
D. Never think about controlling others.
42. Which could be the best title for the passage？
A. A photographer and travel writers travelling experience.
B. A 13yearold eagle huntress in Mongolia.
C. The true life of the eagle hunters in Mongolia.
D. The future of the traditional way of eagle hunting.
C
I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming. After my dads service in World War II， he was called again to fight during the Korean War， and when he returned home， he couldnt drink enough to numb his terrible memories. He struggled to provide for his growing family.
Until I learned to read， I didnt realize that all children did not live as I did. On our occasional trips to town， I would borrow some books from the library. When I opened a book， I could enter an unknown place—where children werent hungry and were in need of little. I often dreamed that I lived in a quaint cottage with a white picket fence and that my life mirrored my favorite characters， the Bobbsey Twins or Nancy Drew.
When I wasnt daydreaming， my reality was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters. At night I hid under the covers attempting to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home. My classmates asked why we didnt have electricity or a telephone. I suppose my explanations were nothing more than lies， but the stories I told improved with every book I read. Starting at a very young age， my siblings and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—sometimes so we could wear new， rather than handmedown clothes， but more often to put more food on the family table. While other children were busy with dance and piano lessons， we were busy with doing housework for our neighbors.
Mom grew vegetables， raised chickens， and baked bread， so we seldom went hungry， even when supper was only a pot of beans. But my real hunger wasnt for food—it was a hunger for a better life. It was a hunger for knowledge about the world beyond our simple existence. It was a hunger to prove Dad wrong when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us. We devoured the offerings of the public schools because we realized that education would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now Im proud of the accomplishments of my siblings： an art professor； a wellknown veterinarian；， plus business owners， all with artistic talents. And me， Im the keeper of a restaurant and the boss of a company.
Ill never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known hunger as children， or whether we would be blessed with so much artistic talent if our lives had been busy with afterschool lessons and storebought toys.
43. When the author was a child， .
A. she often suffered hunger
B. she couldnt go to school because of poverty
C. she did nothing but daydream about a better life
D. she lived a poor but meaningful life
44. Which of the following is not the motivation for the author to achieve success？
A. Her classmates laughing at her.
B. Her fathers low expectation.
C. Her favorite characters in the books.
D. Her hard life in reality.
45. When asked why there was no electricity or telephone at her home， the author .
A. gave an honest reply
B. made up stories
C. cries sadly
D. ignored the question
46. From the last paragraph， we can know that the author thinks .
A. she should have lived a better life in her childhood
B. she had to have extra lessons after school
C. the life and hunger of her childhood made her successful
D. the life of her childhood made her learn a lot more than other children
D
The Spring Festival holiday last month offered many people working in big cities the rare chance to go back to their countryside hometowns and have a look at the withering villages. Several doctorate candidates have noted the sense of loss they got from their visits to their dilapidated hometowns， which have been hollowed out by the process of Chinas urbanization.
Young people leave for cities， leaving behind the elderly and the kids. Old houses and communities are deserted， or demolished. The people feel lonely in big cities， where they get education and good jobs， because of ruthless competition and a culture different from their hometown. The hometown seems like a place they will never return to， because their education has made them contrarian outsiders there. The villages and small towns are also riddled with nepotism and cronyism， and they cannot integrate into the local life. Their returnhome commentaries have circulated rapidly on social media and sparked wide debate on the pluses and minuses of the countrys fast growth.
Many people do not agree with the postgrads points of view， criticizing their feelings as onesided and too subjective， and alleging that these are “growing pains of a nation，” and welleducated people should have a “positive” attitude toward the countrys development. The popularity of the postgrads posts is testament to the fact that nostalgic sentimentalism is common in a fastchanging society.
About 100，000 villages have disappeared in Chinas urbanization during the past 10 years. Nearly half of the population work and live far from their hometown. Critics should focus on the problems rather than their emotions.
Villages and small towns are de facto left behind in Chinas development. The farmers average personal income is only about one third of their urban counterparts， not to mention the gap in social services between villages and cities.
Feasts， mahjong and redenvelopes containing cash in some betteroff villages and small towns are in sharp contrast to the dilapidation in backward rural areas.
The disappointment of the people longing to bring back the “good old days” at home is understandable. They were born in the 1970s and 1980s when the countryside of China was not yet opened to the free market. The impact of the “cultural revolution” （1966～1976） on the countryside was limited. But the market reform later rippling through shattered some entrenched values that nourished their growth.
The simple values originating from traditional agricultural society—such as the reverence for nature and ancestors， community spirit， and filial piety—are dying and being replaced by commodity fetishism. The government called for a revival of family virtue and Confucianism last year. But the governmentfunded Confucianism classes even failed in Qufu， Confucius hometown in Shandong province. When the farmers quit praying for good weather， harvest and the Natures protection， it is increasingly popular for their urban counterparts to kowtow to various statues in temples for money and luck. The government needs to increase its input to improve farmers livelihood and public services， especially education， medical care and pensions.
Previously， almost each village had its own primary school， which may have had only one teacher sponsored by the villagers themselves. The teachers and the village gentry， made up of welloff farmers， village heads， family clan heads and landowners， play indispensable roles in a village. They are role models and form the grassroots governance body.
But after the land reform of the 1950s and education reform since the late 1990s， the two classes have basically disappeared. The villages become only partially affiliated with township governments. Its viability as a cultural unit gradually withers.
To some extent， the problem of Chinese villages is that when the old values fade away， no systems that can effectively bind the people and community appear to fill the vacuum.
47. Which part is the passage most probably from a newspaper？
A. Business.B. Education.
C. Travel.D. Culture.
48. According to the passage， which of the following is right？
A. Many people criticize the postgrads feelings as onesided and too objective.
B. Welleducated people should not have a “negative” attitude toward the countrys development.
C. Most people feel lonely in big cities， where they get education and good jobs， because of ruthless competition and a culture different from their hometown.
D. Previously， every village had its own primary school， which may have had only one teacher sponsored by the villagers themselves.
49. What makes the teachers and the village gentry have basically disappeared？
A. The government.
B. The land reform and education reform.
C. Chinas development.
D. Traditional agricultural society.
50. What is the authors attitude towards the problem of Chinese villages？
A. Subjective.B. Objective.
C. Concerned.D. Indifferent.
四、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 A speech is a wonderful opportunity to inform， persuade or entertain. The best speeches often take on a combination of all three of these components. However， before you can go about the writing of a great speech， it is important to set goals. Goals keep you， your speech and your audience focused.
In the context of a speech， a goal is the purpose of the speech， and what it hopes to accomplish. For example， the goal of a eulogy might be to celebrate the life of a loved one. The goal of a speech at a political gathering would be to inform the crowd about the political position of a candidate and persuade them to vote and campaign for the candidate in question.
Without a goal， a speech is without direction. The goal informs the structure and content of the speech. For example， if a speechs goal is to convince people that smoking is bad for them， the speech will be structured with persuasive arguments to back up the goal. A speech with a goal of informing the audience will keep the information fair and factual.
A goal is incredibly important to the speechs ability to connect with an audience. If the speaker is unaware of the goal of the speech， the audience will likely be unaware as well. This severely reduces the effectiveness of the message.
Aside from informing the audience of the content and structure， a speechs goal drives the speaker to greater heights. If a speaker is asked to speak on a specific subject， but never establishes the goal， they wont know where to start in the research， organizing and writing of the speech.
If you have been charged with delivering a speech， establishing a goal can seem difficult at first. There are several things to take into consideration. First， think about who you will be speaking to. The demographic of your audience will likely determine whether you will be able to persuade them， or whether they will be able to sit through. Second， think about the topic itself. If the topic is something controversial， it may worth your while to consider an informative approach to present both sides of the issue. Finally， consider your resources. A speech with an informative or persuasive goal usually requires a great deal of research， and sometimes takes more time to write.
The Importance of （51） Speech Goals
What a goal is？A goal is the purpose of the speech， and what it hopes to accomplish.
The goal of a speech at a political gathering would be to keep the crowd （52） of the political position of a candidate and （53） them to vote and campaign for the candidate in question. Goals （54） the audience to focus on the speech.
Why a goal is important？Goal is the （55）， which informs the structure and content of the speech.
To （56） people of the bad effects of smoking， the speaker needs to list persuasive arguments to （57） up for what he said.
（58）informing the audience of the content and structure， a speechs goal drives the speaker to greater heights.
What to （59）
to establish
a goal？If you are to deliver a speech， it can seem difficult to establish a goal at first.
First， think about your （60）.
Second， think about the topic itself.
Finally， consider your resources.
五、书面表达（满分25分）
现如今，有些专家称应取消高中英语中的听力测试，对此我们班举行了一次激烈的讨论。请根据下列表格用英语写一篇字数150左右的短文。开头已给出。
70%的学生反对30%的学生同意
1.听力不好就听不懂英文广播的新闻，看不懂英语电影，也很难和外国人交流。
2.听力是学好英语的四大技能之一。
3.四六级及出国考试都含英语听力。1.日常生活中接触英文的机会很少。
2.听力占据很多时间，可用这些时间学好其他学科。
3.绝大多数人没有机会出国深造。
你的观点：（至少两条）
参考词汇：四六级考试CET 4 and CET 6
Nowadays some experts suggest that listening not be included in high school examinations. This has caused a heated discussion among us students.
参考答案
一、1—5 DBACD6—10 BBADA11—15 ACCCC
二、16—20 CDAAB21—25 DCBCA
26—30 BADCB31—35 DBBDC
三、36—40 DCBDB41—45 CBDAB
46—50 CDBBC
四、51. Setting52. informed53. persuade
54. enable55. direction56. convince
57. stand58. Besides59. consider
60. audience
五、One possible version：
Nowadays some experts suggest that listening not be included in high school examinations. This has caused a heated discussion among us students.
70% of the students in my class dont agree with these experts for the following reasons. Firstly， listening is as important as speaking， reading and writing， which are the basic skills in learning English. Furthermore， those students who are poor at listening will have difficulty in communicating with English speakers. In addition， they are not able to understand the English news broadcast and English movies. Whats more， they are more likely to fail CET4 or CET6， which includes listening when they are at college.
However， less than one third of us think it unnecessary to test listening in exams. They hold the opinion that common people do not have access to too much English listening and only a minority of us will have the chance to go abroad for further study. They also think that training listening takes up too much time， which can be made good use of to improve other subjects.
As far as I am concerned， listening is very important and should be included in exams. We should spend as much time as possible practicing listening. Only in this way can we learn English well and put it into practice in our daily life.
（作者：康娟利，江苏省如皋中学）