第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult, employers who can  36   biases (偏见) from the process will surely gain a big advantage  37  his opponents.

As a manager, Miss Tiffany is  38  for interviewing applicants for some of the  39  with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the  40  never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and a little  41  because she liked the person on the whole.

He had a perfect resume and gave good  42  to her questions,  43  the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy”. Several days later, she decided to offer the job to her  44  choice. “It wasn’t until I  45  a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany says. What she hadn’t known at that time was that that person behaved  46  was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American  47  in a household where  48   for those in authority was shown by averting (避开) your eyes.

“Attending the diversity workshop helped me  49  how much I could learn by simply asking questions and  50  dialogues with employees,  51  making assumptions and trying to be a know-it-all,” Miss Tiffany admits. “The biggest thing I  52  from the workshop is learning how to be more ‘inclusive(包容的)’ to  53 .”

“I was just thrown off by the lack of eye contact; not realizing it was cultural,” Tiffany says. “I missed out, but will not miss that opportunity again.”

Many of us have had similar problems with  54  we consider as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming necessary to  55  our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.

36. A. replace                      B. remove                    C. refresh                            D. recover

37. A. of                                 B. above                       C. over                         D. on

38. A. desperate                   B. responsible               C. ready                       D. punctual

39. A. positions                    B. businesses                 C. conditions                D. trades

40. A. girl                               B. opponent                  C. client                       D. candidate

41. A. disappointed               B. excited                         C. worried                    D. annoyed

42. A. suggestions                B. responses                  C. impressions                     D. comments

43. A. so                             B. and                          C. or                                D. but

44. A. first                           B. immediate                C. second                            D. careless

45. A. closed                        B. started                      C. attended                   D. organized

46. A. politely                      B. carelessly                 C. skillfully                  D. differently

47. A. raised                        B. found                       C. treated                            D. adopted

48. A. concern                            B. envy                        C. respect                            D. sympathy

49. A. imagine                            B. realize                      C. predict                            D. expect

50. A. creating                            B. continuing                      C. practising                 D. directing

51. A. other than                  B. rather than                C. more than                 D. less than

52. A. cut away                    B. put away                  C. gave away                D. took away

53. A. misunderstandings      B. shortcomings            C. faults                       D. mistakes  

54. A. behaviors                   B. words                      C. habits                       D. thoughts

55. A. ignore                       B. express                     C. limit                        D. expand

The following passage is a healthy prescription (处方) of how we can approach life. It is not about being famous or being wealthy or about our good looks. Truly, it is all about love. There are times when we feel as if we are separated from the rest. This feeling creates a mental prison. Therefore, we should try to work hard to internally (内在地) liberate ourselves by widening our circle of pity to accept all living things.

“Open your heart to others and try to understand,

When someone reaches for you, hold out to them your hand,

Follow your heart, no matter what other people say,

Do things that make you able to smile throughout your day,

Treat other people, the way you would like them to treat you,

Do what you know is right and to your heart and self stay true,

Remember what life is all about, it is how you make people feel,

What you do, where you go, and making dreams become real,

Helping people through, in hard times of pain and strife,

What you do for others, is what is important in this life.

Look deeper and don’t judge people by what is on the outside,

It is what is inside that counts and what people often hide,

Care, help, love, be honest, and be kind,

With purity and goodness within yourself, it is happiness you will find.

Do all you can in the time you have, you won’t always be around,

Recapture the joy of little things, that once were easily found,

And if you can do all this and live a life of love,

You will be helped through life, by all those up above.”

I will leave you with the inspiring words of our late genius, Albert Einstein:

“There are two ways to live life. One is as though nothing is a miracle (奇迹). The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

60. The passage is mainly about ______.

A. living a life of love                 B. helping those in need

C. taking back the joy of life            D. separating ourselves from others

61. According to the passage, which statement is true?

   A. Treating others the way others treat you is right for your life.

   B. Making your dream become real is selfish in your life.

   C. Judging people by what is inside counts.

   D. Doing what you can makes yourself happy.

62. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means _________.

   A. Different ways of life lead to completely different results

   B. Life is not always full of miracles

   C. There are two kinds of miracles in life

   D. Looking for miracles in life helps people find happiness

The thing is, my luck’s always been ruined. Just look at my name: Jean. Not Jean Marie, or Jeanine, or Jeanette, or even Jeanne. Just Jean. Did you know in France, they name boys Jean? It’s French for John. And okay, I don’t live in France. But still, I’m basically a girl named John. If I lived in France, anyway.

This is the kind of luck I’ve had since before Mom even filled out my birth certificate. So it wasn’t any big surprise to me when the cab driver didn’t help me with my suitcase. I’d already had to tolerate arriving at the airport to find no one there to greet me, and then got no answer to my many phone calls, asking where my aunt and uncle were. Did they not want me after all? Had they changed their minds? Had they heard about my bad luck—all the way from Iowa—and decided they didn’t want any of it to rub off on them?

So when the cab driver, instead of getting out and helping me with my bags, just pushed a little button so that the trunk (汽车后备箱) popped open a few inches, it wasn’t the worst thing that had ever happened to me. It wasn’t even the worst thing that had happened to me that day.

According to my mom, most brownstones in New York City were originally single-family homes when they were built way back in the 1800s. But now they’ve been divided up into apartments, so that there’s one—or sometimes even two or more families—per floor.

Not Mom’s sister Evelyn’s brownstone, though. Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted Gardiner own all four floors of their brownstone. That’s practically one floor per person, since Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted only have three kids, my cousins Tory, Teddy, and Alice.

Back home, we just have two floors, but there are seven people living on them. And only one bathroom. Not that I’m complaining. Still, ever since my sister Courtney discovered blow-outs, it’s been pretty frightful at home.

But as tall as my aunt and uncle’s house was, it was really narrow—just three windows across. Still, it was a very pretty townhouse, painted gray. The door was a bright, cheerful yellow. There were yellow flower boxes along the base of each window, flower boxes from which bright red—and obviously newly planted, since it was only the middle of April, and not quite warm enough for them.

It was nice to know that, even in a sophisticated (世故的) city like New York, people still realized how homey and welcoming a box of flowers could be. The sight of those flowers cheered me up a little.

Like maybe Aunt Evelyn and Uncle Ted just forgot I was arriving today, and hadn’t deliberately failed to meet me at the airport because they’d changed their minds about letting me come to stay.

Like everything was going to be all right, after all.

Yeah. With my luck, probably not.

I started up the steps to the front door of 326 East Sixty-Ninth Street, then realized I couldn’t make it with both bags and my violin. Leaving one bag on the sidewalk, I dragged the other up the steps with me. Maybe I took the steps a little too fast, since I nearly tripped and fell flat on my face on the sidewalk. I managed to catch myself at the last moment by grabbing some of the fence the gardeners had put up…

67. Why did the author go to New York?

A. She intended to go sightseeing there.

B. She meant to stay with her aunt’s family.

C. She was homeless and adopted by her aunt.

D. She wanted to try her luck and find a job there.

68. According to the author, some facts account for her bad luck EXCEPT that ________.

A. she was given a boy’s name in French

B. the cab driver didn’t help her with her bags

C. her sister Courtney discovered blow-outs  

D. nobody had come to meet her at the airport

69. The underlined phrase “rub off on” in Paragraph 3 probably means _________.

A. have an effect on    B. play tricks on     C. put pressure on       D. throw doubt on

70. From the passage, we can know that _________.

A. the author left home without informing her mother

B. the author arrived in New York in a very warm season

C. her aunt’s family lived a much better life than her own

D. her aunt and uncle were likely to forget about her arrival

第五部分:基础写作:

    假如你是某高中学生李华，进入高中后，你觉得学英语的方式和初中有很大不同，你给自己的英语李老师写了一封信，讲述自己的英语学习情况。要包括以下内容：

    1．开始学习高中英语时，觉得英语比初中英语难很多，几乎丧失信心。

    2．后来认识到英语的重要性。           3．每天努力学习英语。

    4．向老师和同学请教更好的英语学习方法。

    5．现在英语取得了很大进步，对英语越来越感兴趣。

    6、信的开头结尾已经给出。

    提示：初中junior high school高中senior high school

 [写作要求] :只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。

Dear Mr．Li，

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Thank you so much for your great help in your class.

Wish you all the best.  

Yours, Li hua                                                                                           

第二节 写作（满分30分）

2010年上海世博会即将开幕，作为一名中学生志愿者，你感觉身边还存在许多不文明行为。请你写一篇120—150词左右的短文，简要描述图片内容并谈谈自己的感想。

短文必须包括以下要点：

1. 召开世博会的意义；

2. 列举身边不文明行为一至两例；

3. 你的建议。

参考词汇：2010年上海世博会—Expo 2010 Shanghai China

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— I can’t get on well with some of my classmates. They just leave me in the cold.

— ________. But what’s the reason?

A. Sorry to hear that          B. Forget it     C. Don’t mention it       D. Never give up

The baby is due in May．________________the new house should be finished．

       A．by then  B．by which           C．by when            D．since when

第二节  语法填空（共10小题，每题2分，共20分）

仔细阅读下面短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里的具体要求完成语法填空、词形变化等。答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的对应位置。

Dear Mr. Costa,

I’m sorry it has taken me so long to write. I’ve been very busy with work and school, but I’ve thought about you often.

How have you been 16       (late)? Did you have a good Christmas and New Year’s? Mac says you’ve been working hard at 17        restaurant and that business is very good. What else have you been doing?

I had a short 18        good vacation. Mac and I went to Chicago for a few days before Christmas, but I had to come back and work 19        Christmas and New Year’s, 20       (include) Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve! Every time something like that 21       (happen), I wonder 22        I really want to work in the hotel business.

The other day I was thinking about the fun 23        we used to have in our English class. I haven’t seen many of our classmates 24        the course was over. In fact, the only one I see very often is Tomiko. I’d really like to get in touch with Franco. Does he ever write to you? If so, could you please send me his address?

Well, Mac and I are going skating and he is waiting for 25       , so I guess I’d better say goodbye now. Write as soon as you can.

Yours ever

The shy girl felt ______ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s

   questions.

     A. amazed          B. awkward     C. curious             D. amused

 Some people are sitting on the grass; others are walking along the lake, ______ .

     A. chatting and to laugh            B. to chat and to laugh 

     C. chatting and laughing               D. chatted and laughed