1、about a year later, the king was hunting in an area where he should have known not to hunt. cannibals(食人者) _7 him and took him to their village. they tied his hands, set up a wooden post and 8 him to it. as they came close to set fire to burn the king, they 9 that the king was missing a thumb. being

2、 superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. so 10 the king, they sent him on his way.as he returned home, he was 11 of the event that had taken his thumb and felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. he went immediately to the 12 to speak with his friend. “you were right,” he sa

3、id, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” then he 13 to tell the friend all that had just happened.“i feel 14 for sending you to jail for so long. it was bad for me to do this.”“no,” his friend replied, “this is good!”“what do you mean? how could it be good that i sent my friend to jail for a y

4、ear?”“if i had not been in jail, i would have been with you, and i would have been _15 !”1. a. joking b. remarking c. announcing d. whispering2. a. expectation b. experience c. expedition d. experiment3. a. prepare b. arrange c. carry d. hold4. a. deliberately b. apparently c. naturally d. specially

5、5. a. thumb b. king c. gun d. situation6. a. angrily b. calmly c. regretfully d. joyfully7. a. caught b. warned c. robbed d. hunted8. a. connected b. related c. wrapped d. fastened9. a. observed b. understood c. noticed d. complained10. a. untying b. forgiving c. overlooking d. beating11. a. recalle

6、d b. accused c. informed d. reminded12. a. house b. jail c. village d. kingdom13. a. stopped b. hesitated c. continued d. refused14. a. fortunate b. foolish c. guilty d. painful15. a. burnt b. cooked c. fired d. eaten第二節(jié): 語法填空（共10小題； 每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面短文， 在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空,并將答案填寫在答題卷標號為16-

7、25的相應(yīng)位置上。my wonderful aunt helen louise recently passed away very unexpectedly. i have been trying to stay positive during this time. today was an especially emotional day, 16 i decided to try and keep myself busy by doing a little “treasure hunting” at my local goodwill store. while i was browsing,

8、 i saw a young girl trying to ride a bicycle. her grandmother was very _17 (encourage) and it made me smile to see the determination on the little girls face. i browsed through the shelves but didnt find anything 18 i wanted to buy. i was on the point of leaving 19 i noticed the bicycle 20 (park) at

9、 the checkout counter. an idea occurred 21 me and i asked the clerk if the bicycle 22 (pay) for. she told me that the little girls grandparents were going to buy 23 after they were done looking around. i quickly searched my purse for a smile card. i told the clerk i wanted to buy the bicycle for the

10、 girl. i paid, got the receipt and handed it, along with the smile card, to the girls grandmother. i told her about the bicycle. 24 looks on that familys faces were priceless and i could feel my aunt helens 25 (approve) shining upon me. i miss my aunt helen every day, but i will continue to honor he

11、r legacy of generosity by doing some acts of kindness.ii閱讀（共兩節(jié)，25題，滿分50分）第一節(jié): 閱讀理解 （共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a、b、c和d項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卷上將該題涂黑。auntil a few months ago, he was a butler(管家) in one of the more expensive residential buildings in manhattan. but now, nepal-born indra tamang is the owner

12、of two multi-million dollar apartments in the same building. the former owner - his former employer, ruth ford - died last year and left the apartments to mr tamang in her will. mr tamang is happy but quickly points out that his good fortune did not come easily. "i am happy and have been touche

13、d by the generosity of the ford family," he says. "i never expected that i will be given the ownership of these apartments. but i have been working for the family for the last 36 years, devotedly, with honesty and dedication(奉獻). so my hard work has been rewarded." mr tamang was 21 wh

14、en he was brought from nepal by charles ford, a writer and a photographer. mr ford died in 2002; his sister, actress ruth ford, then took charge and told mr tamang that he was like a brother to her after charles's death. mrs ford died aged 98. during the last five years of her life, she lost her

15、 eyesight and also developed speech problems. mr tamang looked after her most of the time and took care of her medicines and food. he also worked with charles ford on various photography projects, which he now wants to keep as the photographer's legacy(遺產(chǎn)). he hopes to organize exhibitions of mr

16、 ford's photographs and edit a book of his works.mr tamang plans to sell the bigger, three-bedroom apartment to pay the taxes he owes to the government on his legacy. he says: "the rules of the building might be a problem, as they require a minimum monthly income to qualify to live as owner

17、 of apartments. i have my small house here but i am happy with it," mr tamang has learnt his lesson from the life of his employers and plans to use his money with great caution. "i think one should save money for old age. that's when you need it the most to get care," he says. 26.

18、 mr tamang treated the legacy as _. a. a reward b. a punishment c. business d. a gift27. what didnt mr tamang do in the ford family? a. show mr ford's works in the exhibition. b. look after ruth ford when she was ill. c. work on kinds of photography projects d. experience deaths of charles ford

19、and ruth ford28. mr tamang wants to sell one apartment to _. a. buy the small house b. pay the government the tax of the apartments c. edit a book of charles ford's photographs d. move into the expensive apartments as soon as possible29. what lesson does mr tamang learn from the ford family? a.

20、to find a good butler. b. to spend money thoughtfully. c. to save money for children. d. to get good care when people get old. 30. what can we know from the passage? a. charles ford gave the apartments to mr tamang. b. charles ford couldn't see or speak before his death. c. mr tamang treated rut

21、h ford much better than her brother. d. mr tamang will still live in his small house in the near future. b you may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. but lee gray, phd, of the university of north ca

22、rolina, us, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. he is known as the “elevator guy”. “the lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (禮儀) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” gray told the bbc. “they elevators are socially very interesting but often very awk

23、ward places.” we walk in and usually turn around to face the door. if someone else comes in, we may have to move. and here, according to gray, liftusers unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. he told the bbc what he had observed. he explained that when you are the only one inside a lift

24、, you can do whatever you want its your own little box. if there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (對角線地) across from each other to create distance. when a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. and when there is a fourth person it becomes a squ

25、are, with someone in every corner. a fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle. new entrants to the lift will need to size up the situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. once in, for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone. why are we

26、so awkward in lifts? “you dont have enough space,” professor babette renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the free university of berlin, told the bbc. “usually when we meet other people we have about an arms length of distance between us. and thats not possible in most elevators.” in such a small,

27、enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “the easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.31. the main purpose of the article is to _. a. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevator b. tell us some unwritten rules of

28、 elevator etiquette c. share an interesting but awkward elevator ride d. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator32. according to gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _. a. turn around and greet one another b. look around or examine their phone c. make eye contact with thos

29、e in the elevator d. try to keep a distance from other people33. which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator?34. the underlined phrase “size up” in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _. a. judge b. ignore c. put up with d. make the be

30、st of35. according to the article, people feel awkward in lifts because of _. a. someones odd behaviors b. the lack of space c. their unfamiliarity with one another d. their eye contact with one another cby the year 2050 it is estimated that the world's population will reach nine billion. an int

31、eresting question：what happens when people in poorer countries manage to raise their living standard and demand more meat in their diet？imagine trying to feed nine billion people with enough meat. in short, it's simply impossible.australian journalist and science writer, julian cribb, explains t

32、he challenges the world faces in feeding nine billion people by the year 2050.cribb says there is a major problem in the current food system in the developed world, at least. as more and more people move towards city centers, the less and less they know about where their food comes from. most think

33、food simply grows on supermarket shelves, and they don't consider the environmental effects of food production.food has many hidden costs：huge volumes of water, energy use and land degradation(退化)consumers add their own costs by simply throwing away a lot of food. the figures for food waste in t

34、he west are staggering.to solve this problem of public ignorance about food, cribb suggests that food should be taught as a subject at primary school. this would help to create a future generation that could better deal with the world's coming food challenges. this powerful measure can help to r

35、aise a generation of educated consumers, more productive farmers, and so on.cribb offers other solutions and suggestions as well. one is to increase the funding for agricultural science, which has been falling by the wayside in recent years. he suggests organic farming should be understood on a scie

36、ntific basis, changing people's thinking to one of a new form of “environmental agriculture” to get the very best out of organic farming systems. he says we should stop wasting food and learn how to grow food more cheaply. we should use less water, as water is one of the main inputs into food pr

37、oduction. cribb also suggests eating more fruit and vegetables.36in the second paragraph, one problem of the food system in developed countries is _.aincreasing ignorance about the means of food productionban increasing number of people moving to city centerscfood production doing harm to the enviro

38、nmentdthe cost of food production is increasing37what is the meaning of the underlined word in the fourth paragraph?aconfusing. bastonishing. cpuzzling. dpleasing.38according to julian cribb, what is the aim of making food a subject at school?ato strengthen public awareness of food.bto help students

39、 understand how to grow food.cto develop agricultural science.dto cultivate more productive farmers.39which of the following may the writer disagree with?athe public should save food and save water.borganic agriculture costs a lot in terms of resources.cmore money should be used for agricultural sci

40、ence.dpeople should eat less meat but more fruit and vegetables.40the text is mainly about _.athe effects of agriculture on the environmentbthe effect of the world's population on agriculturecfood problems in the future and some solutionsdthe development of agriculture in the futuredmy fathers r

41、eaction to the bank building at 43rd street and fifth avenue in new york city was immediate and definite: “you wont catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “not in that glass box!” of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of mode

42、rn architecture is upsetting, but i am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money. in his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (實物) that could be carried, or stolen.consequently, to attract the custo

43、m of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. if a buildings design made it appear impenetrable (難以滲透的), the institution (公共機構(gòu)) was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as

44、 an architecture symbol reflected peoples prevailing attitude toward money.but the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. a deficit(赤字) economy, accompanied by huge

45、 expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. the banker no longer offers us a safe: he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. it is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that

46、 we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. from this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion(人們的說法) begins.41. the main idea of this pass

47、age is that_ .amoney is not as valuable as it was in the pastbchanges have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of bankscthe architectural style of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bankdprejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable42. how

48、 do the older generation and the younger one think about money respectively?athe former thinks more of money than the latter.bthe younger generation values money more than the older generation.cboth generations rely on the imaginative power of bankers to make money.dto the former money is a real com

49、modity but to the latter be a means to produce more money.43. the words “tangible commodity” (line 2, para. 4) refer to something _. a. that can be replaceable b. that is usable c. that can be touched d. that can be reproduced44. according to this passage, a modern banker should be _.aambitious and

50、friendly breliable and powerfulcsensible and impenetrable dimaginative and creative45. it can be inferred from the passage that the author's attitude towards the new trend in banking is _.acautious bregretful cpositive dhostile第二節(jié) 信息匹配（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）閱讀下列應(yīng)用文及相關(guān)信息，并按照要求匹配信息。請在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項字母涂黑

51、。 首先請閱讀下列警方通報查找人員的信息：以下是相關(guān)事件及人物的描述，請把描述與相關(guān)插圖及提示性文字匹配起來。46. a valuable dog was taken while being walked by its owner in city park yesterday afternoon. police wish to talk to a man seen nearby at the time, described by witnesses as short and fat with short light hair and clear glasses.47. yesterday mo

52、rning at 9.30a.m. a man armed with a gun entered the national bank and demanded money from the staff, before fleeing when confronted by bank security staff. security cameras show the man as being short and thin with shoulder length blonde hair.48. a tall, strong built man with blonde hair, a thick b

53、lack moustache and wearing dark glasses knocked a woman to the ground and stole her purse on main street last saturday afternoon. if you see this man, do not approach as he is considered extremely dangerous.49. at the football match between manchester united and liverpool, several people had their w

54、allets stolen while waiting in line to buy food. the victims did not see or notice the thief but bystanders describe him as very tall and thin, clean shaven with short light hair.50. a car was stolen from the supermarket car park (j*-1f*)on friday, june 23 this year by a man described as very young,

55、 1.7 meters tall with thin dark hair and carrying a blue backpack. a reward of $500 is offered for the car's recovery.iii 寫作(共兩節(jié),滿分40分)第一節(jié) 基礎(chǔ)寫作(共1小題，滿分15分)你接受了一項寫作任務(wù)，要為英語校報寫一篇人物介紹。寫作內(nèi)容請根據(jù)以下信息，介紹一位傳奇人物。姓名: allan stewart國籍：澳大利亞出生日期：1915年3月7日世界紀錄：2006年獲碩士學(xué)位時年齡最大學(xué)習(xí)態(tài)度：挑戰(zhàn)自我，永遠為時不晚。第一個學(xué)位：1936年獲得第二個學(xué)位：醫(yī)

56、學(xué)博士第三個學(xué)位：80多歲時決定學(xué)習(xí)法律，2006年獲得碩士學(xué)位。第四個學(xué)位：2012年通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)學(xué)習(xí)獲得，善于合理安排學(xué)習(xí)時間，受到老師表揚。【寫作要求】1. 只能用五個句子進行表達。 2. 句子結(jié)構(gòu)準確，信息內(nèi)容完整，篇章結(jié)構(gòu)連貫。第二節(jié)讀寫任務(wù)(共1小題，滿分25分)閱讀下面微博上的短文，然后按要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。hi, everyone. this is jane. i have a problem and dont know what to do. so i need your help!this morning i was ready to review my lessons with my computer in my dormitory, and then mary, my roommate and best friend, came back w