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SECTION B(10分)
Directions: Read the following passage.Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit.Write your answers on your answer sheet.
In a time of low academic achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者)listed "to give children a good start academically" as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for success full careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and math emetics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The vast majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.
  In the recent comparison of Japanese and American preschool education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. Sixty-two percent of the more individually oriented (强调个性发展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An emphasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.
  Like in America, there is diversity in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.
81.What’s the main reason for many American parents sending their children to preschools in Japan? (no more than 11 words)
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82.Who teach the Japanese preschool children to read mostly? (no more than 2 words)
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83.List three qualities that Japanese preschools encourage in their kids. (no more than 13 words)
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84.According to the last paragraph, what problem do some Japanese kindergartens have? (no more than 3 words)
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答案

81. They expect their children to make high academic achievement. / They want their children to have a good academically. / They want to give their children a good start academically. / Japan is a country of high academic achievement.
82. Their parents.
83. Persistence, concentration, the ability to function as a member of a group / group experience.
84. Heavy intellectualizing.
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试题【SECTION B(10分)Directions: Read the following passage.Answer the questions accord】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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第二节:完形填(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Backpacking through Africa, I always carried some food with me  21   I couldn’t find something to eat.
I was  22   through a local market one day when I  23  upon a jar of   24  jam.I could find tins of apple and strawberry in every corner store but this was the first time I had seen peach.I took it.
For the next few weeks, when I was feeling the need for a little  25  , I would carefully  26   the lid and spoon a bit on to a biscuit.Mum, delicious.I didn’t   27  it with anybody.It sat safely in my  28  , taken out on only special  29 .
One cold and cloudy afternoon, while I was waiting for a local bus, it started to rain.Everybody scattered for  30  and so did I.But I was already wet through so I quickly searched through my pack for some   31   clothes.
In my hurry to  32  further discomfort, I forgot that the jar of jam was  33  in my clothing.One forceful yank(猛拉)and my  34   jar of jam crashed to the concrete ground, smashing into pieces.
I was so sad that I almost cried.And then, in the corner of my eye, I noticed an old woman in rags  35 .Without hesitating, she bent down and picked up the half of the jar that still looked   36 .
Still  37  , she stuck two fingers into the jar, scooped out the  38  jam and placed it into her toothless mouth.Carefully, like fish bones, she  39  the pieces of glass.She studied the broken container  40  she was certain that there was nothing left.Then she left.
My bus arrived shortly after and, as we drove off, I wondered if the jam would taste the same to me.
21.A.in order that    B.if            C.just in case      D.unless
22.A.looking       B.buying        C.getting        D.running
23.A.depended     B.chanced       C.discovered          D.got
24.A.apple          B.strawberry       C.orange        D.peach
25.A.meal           B.treat           C.rest          D.drink
26.A.remove       B.move          C.discover      D.uncover
27.A.divide         B.eat           C.share          D.enjoy
28.A.pocket        B.pack           C.corner         D.store
29.A.situations        B.conditions       C.atmosphere      D.occasions
30.A.protection       B.shelter        C.cover          D.warmth
31.A.beautiful    B.rain        C.warm          D.dry
32.A.avoid          B.get into       C.defeat         D.overcome
33.A.lying          B.buried         C.covered       D.locked
34.A.expensive        B.valuable      C.precious      D.priceless
35.A.reached       B.appearing        C.running       D.approaching
36.A.all right      B.nice            C.broken        D.fresh
37.A.standing up     B.looked down upon
C.bent over               D.watching out
38.A.delicious    B.remaining       C.extra           D.spare
39.A.swallowed       B.took out      C.ate up         D.spit out
40.A.until           B.unless         C.after               D.before
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Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun, wind and water.But it also leads to a fossil fuel.Natural gas is considered the cleanest of the fossil fuels, the fuel created by plant and animal remains over millions of years.Burning it releases fewer pollutants than oil or coal.The gas is mainly methane (甲烷).It produces half the carbon dioxide of other fossil fuels.So it may help cut the production of carbon gases linked to climate change.
Russia is first in what are called "proved reserves" of natural gas.The United States is sixth.Over the years, big oil and gas companies recovered much of the easily reached supplies of gas in America.They drilled straight down into formations where gas collects.As these supplies were used up, big drillers looked for similar formations in other countries.
But now the industry is taking a new look.Companies are developing gas supplies trapped in shale (页岩) rock two to three thousand meters underground.They drill down to the shale, then go sideways and inject high-pressure water, sand or other material into the rock.This causes the rock to fracture, releasing the gas.Huge fields of gas shale are believed to lie under the Appalachian Mountains, Michigan and the south-central states.Gas shale exploration is being done mainly by small to medium sized companies.Eric Potter, a program director, says more than half the gas in the United States is now coming from these new reserves.
But hydraulic (液压的) fracturing can also produce debate and anger over the risk of groundwater pollution.This method of drilling is not federally supervised under the Safe Drinking Water Act.Some in Congress want to end that exemption (豁免) from the law.
Natural gas provides Americans with about one fourth of their energy.And, unlike oil, most of it is produced in America.Gas producers invested heavily in reaching new supplies when prices were high.But prices are down sharply now because the depression cut demand for energy.So energy expert Eric Potter says it is too early to know how the changing market prices will affect the market for gas shale exploration.
45.We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.
A.natural gas releases methane and carbon dioxide
B.natural gas is considered as the cleanest energy
C.natural gas is more environmentally friendly than other fossil fuels
D.natural gas is a renewable source of energy
46.The word “fracture” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.
A.create         B.break          C.change         D.decrease
47.Gas shale exploration may cause disagreement because ______.
A.it may cause water pollution      B.it brings too high profits
C.it breaks the law                D.it is out of states’ control
48.According to Eric Potter, the new gas shale exploration ______.
A.will provide America with about one fourth of their energy
B.will increase demand for energy
C.will make gas producers invest a big sum of money
D.may be influenced by the changing market prices
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第二节:根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并将答案写在本题下面的横线上。选项中有两项多余选项。(共5小题,每小2分,满分10分)
(M="Mike  " B=Ben)
M: Hi, Ben. My dad and I are going boating tomorrow.
B: Wow! That’s cool!
M: What’s your plan for the long weekend?
B: I’ll watch late night shows on TV and get up as late as I like.
M:          61         
B: Maybe not. But these are the two most enjoyable things I can think of.
M:          62        
B: What do we need hobbies for? We don’t even have enough time for schoolwork.
M:          63         But hobbies can help you to relax.
B:          64        
M: Well, take baseball for instance. You simply must get schoolwork out of your head while standing in the outfield.
B: Otherwise I’ll either get hit or lose a catch.
M:               65      
B: Exhausted, but satisfied.
M: You feel that you have finished a job.
B: You bet!
M: There! See what I mean?
A.How are you today?
B.That isn’t much of a plan, is it?
C.You may have a point there.
D.And how do you feel after each game?
E. Are hobbies that great?
F. Oh? Tell me how it works.
G. Don’t you have a hobby?
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第三部分阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Marco Polo was born in Venice in 1254.He was the most famous Westerner to visit Asia during the Middle Ages.He wrote a book about his travels.In his book he wrote about all the things he saw and heard.Many people read the book, but few believed what Marco Polo said.He spoke of strange people and places that nobody knew about at that time.But, he even said, “What I have written down is only half of what I have seen.”
As a young man, Marco Polo decided to travel together with his father.It took them more than three years to travel to China.He became the Chinese emperor’s (皇帝)friend.He learned the Chinese language when he traveled around and talked to many people.Before he reached the age of 30 he was made a Chinese official.After nearly 17 years in the east, Marco and his father prepared to return home.When they finally arrived in Venice, their family and friends were surprised to see them again.They had been away for almost 25 years and everybody thought that they must have died a long time ago.
56、What did Marco Polo write about in his book?
A. About Venice.                                    B. About the Chinese emperor.
C. About what he saw and heard in Asia.   D. About how he returned home.
57、What did Marco Polo learn Chinese for?
A.To become a Chinese official.       
B.To become the Chinese emperor’s friend.
C.To become a translator for his father.
D. To travel around conveniently in China.
58、Which is NOT true according to the text?
A. Marco Polo and his father had been in China for 17 years.
B. Marco Polo and his father spent nearly 5 years returning home.
C. Marco Polo’s father died on the way home.
D. Marco Polo spent more than three years traveling from Venice to China.
59、By saying “What I have written down is only half of what I have seen…”,  Marco Polo meant that_________.
A.he only saw half of the country during his stay in China        
B.there were still a lot more he couldn’t write down
C. half of the people went to China during that time
D. he wanted to write down the other half of what he saw in China
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Schools have banned cupcakes, issued fatness report cards and cleared space in cafeterias for salad bars. Just last month, Michelle Obama’s campaign to end childhood fatness promised to get young people moving more and restore school lunch, and drink makers said they had cut the number of liquid calories shipped to schools by almost 90 percent in the past five years.
But new research suggests that interventions(干预) aimed at school-aged children may be, if not too little, too late.
More and more evidence points to essential events very early in life — during the child years, babyhood and even before birth, in the womb(胎) — that can set young children on a fatness path that is hard to change by the time they’re in kindergarten. The evidence is not ironclad, but it suggests that prevention efforts should start very early.
Among the findings are these:
The fat angel-like baby who is growing so nicely may be growing too much for his or her own good, research suggests.
Babies whose mothers smoked during pregnancy are at risk of becoming fat, even though the babies are usually small at birth.
Babies who sleep less than 12 hours are at increased risk for fatness later. If they don’t sleep enough and also watch two hours or more of TV a day, they are at even greater risk.
Some early interventions are already widely practiced. Doctors recommend that overweight women lose weight before pregnancy rather than after, to cut the risk of fatness and diabetes in their children; breast-feeding is also recommended to lower the obesity risk.
Like children and teenagers, babies and toddlers have been getting fatter. One in 10 children under age 2 is overweight. The percentage of children ages 2 to 5 who are fat increased to 12.4 percent in 2006 from 5 percent in 1980. But most prevention programs have avioded intervening at very young ages, partly because the school system offers an efficient way to reach large numbers of children, and partly because the rate of fat teenagers is even higher than that of younger children — 18 percent.
Scientists like Dr. Birch worry about what are called epigenetic changes. The genes taken over from mother and father may be turned on and off and the strength of their effects changed by environmental conditions in early development. Many doctors are concerned about women being fat and unhealthy before pregnancy because the womb is the baby’s first environment.
Experts say change may require abandoning some treasured cultural attitudes. “The idea that a big baby is a healthy baby, and a crying baby is probably a hungry baby who should be fed, are things we really need to rethink,” Dr. Birch said.
61. What is NOT included in Michelle Obama’s campaign?
A. To restore school lunch.
B. To get young people moving more.
C. To issue fatness report cards.
D. To end childhood fatness.
62. Why should fatness prevention efforts start very early?
A. Because children now are growing too much for their own good.
B. Because there is too much liquid calories in drinks for children.
C. Because experiences even when in the womb can affect a child.
D. Because fat children cannot be healthy ones when they grow up.
63. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “ironclad” in paragraph three?
A. right       B. protective       C. objective      D. positive
64. Which of the following is NOT right?
A. 18% of the younger children are fatter than fat teenagers.
B. 10 % of the children under age 2 gain too much weight.
C. 12.4% of the children ages 2-5 were overweight in 2006.
D. In 1980, only 5% of the children ages 2-5 were too fat.
65. What does Dr. Birch’s statement mean in the last paragraph?
A. Feeding the baby when it is crying is not right.
B. Fat babies may not be so healthy as people think.
C. Parents should take responsibility for fat babies.
D. Lovely babies shouldn’t be so fat as people think.
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