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            • 1. (2016•日照一模)Billboard Music Awards of the Year 2015goes to Taylor Swift,a singer-songwriter,who has shaped and inspired the American music industry with her success.
              When Taylor Swift first came to public notice,she was a 17-year-old newcomer who loved singing to her own guitar.She was far more enthusiastic than skilled,but apparently threw spark of superb talent.
              Four year’s later,Swift has become a multi-awards winner,with the biggest selling albulns.For her  consummate performance,Taylor Swift was named Billboard magazine’s womall in 2011.She is the youngest artist to receive honors and several Billboard Music Awards,among them Top Country Album for the five-time platinum(白金) selling Speak Now,her third album that was released that year.
              “Taylol has shown the power of good songwriting with music of styles.”said Bill Werde,Billboard’s editorial director,“And at such a young age,Taylor has already made a major impact on music and has been an unbelievable role model for promising artists and young woman everywhere.”
              Swift is used to breaking chart records and winning honors since her career started.She followed that up in 2008with Fearless,which established her as a skilled songwriter with several hits,including Love Story,You Belong With Me and White Horse.
              Not surprisingly,the 6-time platinum Fearless is the most awarded album in country music history in the US and her overall worldwide sales now reach 20million albums and 40million songs downloads.Swift has spent the past year on the Speak NOW World Tour in support of her third album,and now she’s getting ready to go further.
              According to a recent interview with The New Yorker magazine,Swift has so far written about 10songs for a 2016album.She said the new albuna is about feelings of growing up and becoming an adult.
              “They’re sad if I'm being honest.”Swift told The New Yorker.“They’re about my heartbreaks and my moving on.But more importantly,they are about achieving contentment.You’re not always going to be ridiculously happy as you grow up.”

              28.As a newcomer in the show business,Taylor Swift was considered to be    
              A.a skilled songwriter    B.an outstanding artist
              C.an energetic director   D.a promising talent
              29.The underlined word“consummate”in Paragraph 3can best be replaced by    
              A.confident    B.professional    C.excellent   D.different
              30.What can we learn from the passage?    
              A.Speak Now is Taylor Swift’s third album.
              B.Fearless marked the beginning of Swift’s career.
              C.Swift’s new album is about feelings of grown-ups.
              D.Swift has gained Billboard magazine’s woman twice.
              31.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?    
              A.A Rising Music Genius    B.Taylor’s Heartbreaks in Growth
              C.An Interview with Taylor Swift D.Billboard Music Awards in America.
            • 2. This is a true story about a boy who,the world might say,was a terrible underachiever.While in the eighth grade,he failed subjects repeatedly.High school wasn’t much better; he flunked Latin,algebra,English,and received a grade of zero in physics.The boy managed to make the school golf team,but he lost the most important golf match of the season.
              It’s not that his peers(同龄人) disliked this boy; it’s just that they never really seemed to notice him much.Even“Hellos”in the hall were a rarity.Out of all the failures in his life,there was something that did hold great importance to this boy,his love of drawing.Although in high school,the cartoons he submitted to the yearbook were rejected,once out of school,the boy was so sure of his artistic talent that he approached Walt Disney Studios with drawing works.I wish I could say the studios loved his work and immediately hired him,but such was not the case; another huge rejection.
              Despite his lack of successes,this boy did not give up.He then decided to write his own autobiography in cartoons,about a little boy who was regarded as a loser and a nobody.
              The name of this boy was Charles Schulz,the creator of the famous Charlie Brown and comic dog Snoopy.
              In life,it is sometimes easy to feel like a nobody.We pass hundreds of people on the street on our way to work,or walk through a faceless crowd in a mall,and no one seems to notice or care.Deep inside,we may know we are special and unique and have lots to offer,but unless someone takes the time to look our way and give us a chance,we may feel worthless,just like Charlie Brown who couldn’t even manage to fly a kite or kick a football properly.
              Just as Charles Schulz had faith in his artistic talent,so too,we must realize that nobody is a nobody.We all have special gifts and talents,and every human being is deserving and capable of being loved and appreciated.

              31.The underlined word“flunked”in Paragraph 1is closest in meaning to    
              A.failed     B.learned    C.achieved     D.misunderstood
              32.What can we infer about the boy in Paragraph 2?    
              A.He was hated by his peers.
              B.He achieved great success in drawing in high school.
              C.His work was refused by Walt Disney Studios.
              D.He earned the praise from Walt Disney Studios.
              33.When the boy suffered many defeats,he    
              A.gave up his dream finally           B.wrote some articles in magazines
              C.he turned to others for help        D.he wrote himself as a loser in cartoons
              34.In the last two paragraphs,we are advised    
              A.to open up our eyes
              B.to believe we can make some difference
              C.to learn more skills for development
              D.to ask for more appreciation and love
              35.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?    
              A.Nobody Is a Nobody.
              B.A Hard-working Boy Is Successful.
              C.We Should Turn Failure into Success.
              D.One Cannot Succeed without Talents.
            • 3. As more and more people speak the global languages of English,Chinese,Spanish,and Arabic,other languages are rapidly disappearing.In fact,half of the 6,000-7,000languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century,according to the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
              In an effort to prevent language loss,scholars from a number of organizations-UNESCO and National Geographic among them-have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.
              Mark Turin,a scientist at the Macmillan Center,Yale University,who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas,is following in that tradition.His recently published book,A grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture,grows out of his experience living,working,and raising a family in a village in Nepal.
              Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin,who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India,Nepal,Bhutan,and China.But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.
              At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs,films,tape recordings,and field notes-which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.
              Now,through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project-Turin has started a campaign to make such documents,found in libraries and stores around the world,available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet,Turin notes,the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.

              56.Many scholars are making efforts to    
              A.promote global language
              B.rescue disappearing languages
              C.search for language communities
              D.set up language research organizations
              57.What does“that tradition”in Paragraph 3refer to?    
              A.Having records of the languages.
              B.Writing books on language teaching.
              C.Telling stories about language users.
              D.Living with the native speakers.
              58.What is Turin’s book based on?    
              A.The cultural studies in India.
              B.The documents available at Yale.
              C.His language research in Bhutan.
              D.His personal experience in Nepal.
              59.Which is true about Turin?    
              A.He wants to simply record the voices of the languages.
              B.He wants the young people to know more about their languages.
              C.He will not give the material found by himself to other scholars.
              D.He will not study the material found at the University of Cambridge.
              60.Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?    
              A.Write,sell and donate.
              B.Record,repair and reward.
              C.Design,experiment and report.
              D.Collect,protect and reconnect.
            • 4. Now 16years old,Kelsey has her cow-Iris,a 6-year-old Jersey with a silky tan coat and soulful brown eyes.She also has established Fort Bantam Creamery,a one-cow dairy based on a self-designed and profitable cow-share program.
              Kelsey’s Fort Bantam Creamery customers purchase a share of Iris for 15,andthenpayafeetoKelsey(3.50per half gallon of milk) to board,care for and milk that share of the cow.At 3.50 per half gallon,Iris’milk is about double the cost of milk from grocery stores in the area,but no one is complaining.One of Iris’share holders drives more than 100 miles round trip to get the milk,on top of paying a 15dollars ferry toll.
              Kelsey had her own ideas for Iris’care.She says she wanted her cow to be grass-fed because milk from grass-fed cows is higher in carotene(胡萝卜素)and vitamin E than milk from grain-fed cows.In part,that’s because fresh grass has more of these nutrients than grain.Another factor behind the high nutrient content is that a grass-fed cow produces less milk than a grain-fed cow,and because any given cow has only a set amount of vitamins to transfer to her milk; the less milk she produces,the more vitamins are in each glass.
              “One thing that people should know before they get a dairy cow,”Kelsey says,“is that they take a lot of your time.”Kelsey milks Iris by hand twice a day,305days a year.When Kelsey started,she says,it took her about 45minutes to milk the cow; today,she gets the job done in less than half that time.Having a cow to milk every day also means little time off.“If you do go on vacation,”Kelsey says,“you have to get someone to do the milking for you,which is not as easy as getting a neighbor to watch your dog or cat.”When she goes away,Kelsey is fortunate to have a cheese-making friend,Charlene Osman,who gladly milks Iris in exchange for the milk.

              64.Which of the following is TRUE according the passage?    
              A.The nutrient content of milk has little to do with the cow’s food.
              B.Now Kelsey does the milking as skillfully as Charlene Osman.
              C.Charlene Osman can gain the milk without paying Kelsey a fee
              D.Jersey is a kid who wears a silk coat and has emotional eyes.
              65.What does the underlined word“Shareholders”in Paragraph 2refer to?    
              A.People who pay Kelsey for partial ownership of Iris
              B.People who take care of Iris when Kelsey is away
              C.People who transport milk products for Kelsey
              D.People who govern Kelsey’s sales of raw milk
              66.Which of the following best describes Kelsey?    
              A.Ambitious and committed
              B.Generous and fortunate
              C.Talented but indifferent
              D.Wealthy but cold-hearted
              67.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?    
              A.A 16-Year-Old Has a Little Milk Cow
              B.A 16-Year-Old Runs a One-Cow Dairy
              C.A 16-Year-Old Feeds a Little Milk Cow.
              D.A 16-Year-Old Has Made a Great Fortune.
            • 5. When I was a high school student,mathematics looked like a big hurdle(障碍)for me and several of my classmates.When we reached the ninth class,we got Mr.Iyer,a strict maths teacher who was also our class teacher.He always stuck to his discipline.We had to arrive on time,pay undivided attention to his lectures,and dared not neglect any of h is homework.
              Even so,as our class teacher,we got to know him better.Noticing some of us fidgeting one day as the mid-term exams approached,he stopped solving a mathematical problem to ask us why.“There’s too much to do,”we sighed.“We’re afraid we’ll never manage to finish our revision before the exams.”
              “Nothing is impossible,”Mr.Iyer told us.“This classroom is on the second floor.Do you have a problem reaching here?”
              We reacted with blank stares.
              “No,you don’t!”he said,answering his own question.“You have a staircase to help you climb up to this level.No one expects you to make it in two giant leaps.You simply take one step at a time.Any task can be solved if you focus on the immediate action to be taken.The rest w ill take care of itself,if you keep at it.One step at a time.That’s the secret.”
              Then he wrote down an o ld motto on the blackboard-the longest journey starts with a single step.Having heard his staircase analogy(比拟),w e understood why he asked us the question and we saw him in a new light.
              Most of my classmates scored distinctions in maths.And I went on to become an English teacher.To this day,whenever I pass on Mr.Iyer’s invaluable advice to my own students,they brighten up at the prospect of a lighter academic burden.

              24.What can we learn from the first paragraph?    
              A.Maths was difficult for most of the author’s classmates.
              B.The students thought Mr.Iyer was not a good teacher.
              C.Mr.Iyer would punish the students neglecting his discipline.
              D.The students showed great fear to Mr.Iyer.
              25.The underlined word“fidgeting”in Paragraph 2probably means“”    
              A.excited    
              B.nervous        
              C.hardworking  
              D.calm
              26.Why did the author and his classmates react with blank stares?    
              A.Because they were too tired to understand what Mr.Iyer said.
              B.Because they felt surprised at such an unbelievable problem.
              C.Because they had no interest in any subjects that were no good for their exam s.
              D.Because they first thought reaching the second floor had no connection with the worry.
              27.The staircase analogy implies that.    
              A.goals can be reached step by step
              B.one can reach his/her goals in a giant leap
              C.tasks can be solved under the guide of the teacher
              D.there is only one step between success and failure.
            • 6. It was Mother’s Day morning last year and I was doing my shopping at our local supermarket with my five-year-old son,Tenyson.As we were leaving,we found that only minutes earlier an elderly woman had fallen over at the entrance and had hit her head on the concrete.Her husband was with her,but there was blood everywhere and the woman was embarrassed and clearly in shock.
              Walking towards the scene,Tenyson became very upset about what had happened to the couple.He said to me,“Mum,it’s not much fun falling over in front of everyone.”
              At the front of the supermarket a charity group had set up a stand selling cooked sausages and flowers to raise funds.Tenyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower.“It will make her feel better,”he said.I was amazed that he’d come up with such a sweet idea.So we went over to the flower seller and asked her if we could buy a flower for the lady to cheer her up.“Just take it,”she replied.“I can’t take your money for such a wonderful gesture.”
              By now paramedics(救援人员)had arrived,and were attending the injured woman.As we walked up to her,my son became intimidated by all the blood and medical equipment.He said he was just too scared to go up to her.
              Instead I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him,“My son was very upset for your wife and wanted to give her this flower to make her feel better.”
              At that,the old man started crying and said,“Thank you so much,you have a wonderful son.Happy Mother’s Day to you.”
              The man then bent down and gave his wife the flower,telling her who it was from.Though badly hurt and shaken,the old lady looked up at Tenyson with love in her eyes and gave him a little smile.

              41.The elderly woman hit her head when    
              A.the writer was shopping with her son
              B.the writer was leaving with her son
              C.it was Mother’s Day night last year
              D.the elderly woman was leaving
              42.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?    
              A.The elderly woman was knocked down by Tenyson.
              B.Tenyson’s idea of buying a flower gained his mother’s support.
              C.Tenyson’s care for the elderly woman puzzled the flower seller.
              D.The elderly woman was moved to tears by Tenyson’s gesture.
              43.The underlined word“intimidated”in the fourth paragraph probably means“    ”.
              A.astonished   
              B.struck    
              C.frightened    
              D.excited
              44.What does the author intend to tell us?    
              A.One can never be too careful.
              B.Actions speak louder than words.
              C.Love begins with a little smile.
              D.A small act of kindness brings a great joy.
              45.What would be the best title for the passage?    
              A.Flower Power
              B.Mother’s Day
              C.An Accidental Injury
              D.An Embarrassing Moment.
            • 7. A lot of small business owners put themselves in an embarrassed position in their own companies.Consider this scene:the company owner who has thirty individuals working for him in the business does all the work.
              Stop the actual wrong belief that you're the only one who can do the JOB!
              You are an individual..The best way to replace yourself is not through someone else,but with a System!A system or program doesn't always make reference to something high-tech.It's more about the actual administration process flow that gets issues running smoothly.
              Systemizing your business is vitally important for the success of the company.About 80%of what's completed in your business can be systemized.Take a moment to determine all of the routine things that are done in your company.Now record the best way to achieve these duties.
              However,creating systems isn't enough.You have to ensure that the methods are simple to follow,and easy to complete.If you do not allow it to be easy,it won't be done,or at best it won't be consistent.
              With systems and processes in position.it's simply using a few people to operate individual systems.A great number of companies that possess established systems have made great achievements through the years.Burger King is a good actual life example.
              To construct a great business,replace yourself with a good program right now!

              28.What does"an embarrassed position"in Paragraph 1refer to?    
              A.The employees are made to do all the work.
              B.Business owners get caught in the trap of doing everything.
              C.Nobody would like to work for business owners.
              D.There are not enough employees in the company.
              29.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3imply?    
              A.It's necessary for the company owner to do all the work.
              B.A robot or machine shall not keep working.
              C.The company owner should learn to rest.
              D.A system is important for the company.
              30.Which of the following is true about"A system"?    
              A.It can deal with a11the routines in the business.
              B.It is simple to follow or complete a system.
              C.Your company will be successful so long as you have a system.
              D.It will help a company run smoothly.
              31.What is the best advice to the business owners?    
              A.Doing all the work by themselves.
              B.Buying advanced robots or machines.
              C.Using a good system to operate a company.
              D.Introducing higher technologies.
            • 8. British MPs (国会议员) have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man,in a historic move.The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people.In a free vote in the Commons,382MPs were in favour and 128against the technique that stops genetic diseases being passed from mother to child.During the debate,ministers said the technique was"light at the end of a dark tunnel"for families.
              A further vote is required in the House of Lords.If everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be born next year.Supporters said it was"good news for progressive medicine"but critics say they will continue to fight against the technique that they say raises too many ethical (伦理的) and safety concerns.Estimates suggest 150three-person babies could be born each year.
              Prime Minister David Cameron said:"We're not playing god here; we're just making sure that two parents who want a healthy baby can have one."The method,which was developed in Newcastle,should help women like Sharon Bernadi,from Sunderland,who lost all seven of her children to mitochondrial (线粒体的) disease.Ms Bernadi said she was"overwhelmed"by the decision.
              Mitochondria are the tiny compartments (隔间) inside nearly every cell of the body that transform food into useable energy.They have their own DNA,which does not affect characteristics such as appearance. Defective mitochondria are passed down only from the mother.They can lead to brain damage,muscle wasting,heart failure and blindness.The technique uses a modified version to combine the DNA of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman.It results in babies with 0.1% of their DNA from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.

              25.According to the passage,which of the following statements is NOT true?    
              A.The new technique is intended to provide the parents a healthy baby.
              B.The mitochondrial disease can lead to various fatal illnesses.
              C.Britain is the first country to have created three-person babies.
              D.All of Ms Bernadi's children died of a genetic disease.
              26.The underlined word"defective"is closest to the meaning of    
              A.strangely-made                     
              B.normally developed
              C.functioning perfectly                
              D.not functioning properly
              27.It can be inferred from the passage that    
              A.Mitochondria are inside nearly every cell that change food into useable energy
              B.DNA of Mitochondria can affect a person's appearance
              C.in medical science ethical factors should be taken into consideration
              D.the donor woman's DNA will not be found in the three-person baby
              28.Prime Minister David Cameron     the creation of such babies.
              A.is in favour of     
              B.throws doubt on     
              C.objects to    
              D.is indifferent to.
            • 9. Tourists visiting Brazil for the World Cup are advised to pack a bathing suit, sunscreen, and a whole lot of cash. Home to some of the world’s most expensive restaurants and hotels, and with some prices rising more as the opening match approaches,Brazil will shock those visitors whose idea of a tropical paradise is paying $1 for a beachside beer.
                   Instead, Brazil is often the land of the $10 caipirinha, a local drink, the $100 risotto(意大利炖饭)and the $1,000-a-night hotel room, prices fueled by many of the same imbalances and government policies that have restrained economic growth in recent years. Even by European and U.S. standards, such prices for basic items are often staggering.
                   In Sao Paulo, a bustling business hub that is surrounded by some of the country’s largest coffee farms, a coffee often costs twice as much as in Lisbon, says Paulo Duarte, a pharmaceutical consultant who splits time between both cities. “It’s absurd,”Duarte said. “We’re talking about one
              country that produces coffee and another that imports it.”
                   High prices are nothing new inBrazil. The country has a long history of economic instability and runaway inflation (通货膨胀), which topped 2,400 percent a year as recently as 1993. Inflation these days is much more manageable, running at about 6 percent a year, though that is still high by international standards.Sao Paulo, for example, is the most expensive city in theAmericasand the 19th most expensive in the world, ahead ofNew YorkandLondon, according to a recent survey by the Mercer consulting firm.Riois among the world’s 30 most expensive cities.
                   One reason prices are so steep is that the cost of doing business is so high, thanks to a mix of taxes, import tariffs (关税), bureaucracy and poor infrastructure that can make Brazil a difficult place to operate. Economists have a name for that: “Custo Brasil,” or “Brazil Cost.” It can make goods manufactured 30 percent more expensive than those produced abroad, according to a study by the industry federation ofRio de Janeiro.
                   Even for tourists with some money to burn, creative solutions are often called for. Dimitar Bogdanov and Simeon Vassilev, a Hungarian couple who visited Rio de Janeiro for the first time early this year, paid $100 for a risotto at one of the city’s chic (别致的) restaurants. But they decided to change their big night plans, and managed to spend “only” $30 at a per-kilo buffet place where you pay by the weight of your serving. “Some things are way overpriced but some others are cheap compared to Europe,” Bogdanov said, recommending that tourists spend on Brazil’s famous rubber flip-flops, which can retail for $24 overseas but cost as little as $8 here.
                   Sometimes, though, there’s no getting around the problem, especially when it comes to the World Cup. The average hotel cost for the night of the final on July 13 inRiois 816 reais ($371), according to Trivago, a website that compares prices on over 190 booking websites. One two-star bed and breakfast in Copacabana is charging 2,000 reais ($909) for a small, poorly furnished room for that one night. By comparison, an 80-minute flight between New York and Washington under the same conditions costs as little as $167.
            • 10. 阅读下列短文,从每题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
                  How far would you be willing to go to satisfy your need to know? Far enough to find out your possibility of dying from a terrible disease? These days that’s more than an academic question, as Tracy Smith reports in our Cover Story.
                  There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症).
                  “If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” Said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
                  “Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.” “That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
                  Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.
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