单项选择题
1、 请根据以下内容回答题

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2、Questions are based on the following passage.
　　The ownership of pets brings a variety of benefits that the uninitiated would never believe．For every tale of shredded cushion，flattened plants，and chew slippers，there is another testimony of intelligence，sympathy and undying devotion．Now the gowing body of research into the medical and social advantages of pet ownership has confirmed what pet owners have always intuitively known that pets are not just loving companions but actually do us good．Researchers have established the value of pets in soothing and reassuring humans，particularly when ill，lonely or in distress．Perhaps the unquestioning love and approval pets give us is something we don’t always get from out human nearest and dearest．
　　Our makeshift understanding psychology leads many of us to view very close relationships with pets with suspicion．Childless couples in particular give rise to speculation，but a consultant in animal behavior says，“There is no evidence that a pet is a direct substitute for child．”And while many adults feel foolish if caught talking to their pets，they have no need to．The experts say you cannot have a close relationship with a pet without treating it as a person and that talking to a pet is notun healthy．—simply a way of establishing camaraderie．
　　The shaking helplessness of a young puppy or fluffy kitten stirs protective instincts deep within us and prompts many parents to buy pets for their children in the hope of instilling a sense of responsibility and caring and acceptance of the facts of life and death．Hut animals don’t have to besoft and fond to bring out the best in us．A social worker encouraged aggressive boys to handle ferrets—“if handled correctly they respond with friendship；if incorrectly they bite．”
　　There seems to be no doubt that，emotionally and physically,our pets do us good—there is a Drice to be paid．When loved animal dies，it is often a traumatic event—and then where do we tum for comfort?
Pets are sometimes criticized because they_______．
A．lack intelligence
B．are destructive
C．need considerable care
D．demand affection


3、根据以下材料回答题：

An object, if moving rhythmically when stimulated in a natural period, is said to __________


4、根据材料回答题：

A.He’s going to buy some artwork in New York．
A．He may have difficulty working and studying at the same time．
B．He’s working hard so that he can afford to go to New York．
C．He’s teaching at school this summer．


5、请在（52）处填上答案。

填空题
6、How did people use to respond when their kids got into trouble at school?
A．they'd question the teachers
B．they'd charge up to the school
C．they'd tell the kids to clam down
D．They'd put the blame on their kids

7、Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A．,B．,C )and D．. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
How Do You See Diversity
As a manager, Tiffany is responsible for interviewing applicants for some of the positions with her company. During one interview, she noticed that the candidate never made direct eye contact. She was puzzled and somewhat disappointed because she liked the individual otherwise.
He had a perfect resume and gave good responses to her questions, but the fact that he never looked her in the eye said “untrustworthy,” so she decided to offer the job to her second choice. “It wasn’t until I attended a diversity workshop that I realized the person we passed over was the perfect person,” Tiffany confesses. What she hadn’t known at the time of the interview was Opt the candidate’s “different” behavior was simply a cultural misunderstanding. He was an Asian-American raised in a household where respect for those in authority was shown by averting (避开) your eyes.
“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 encounters with behaviors we perceive as different. As the world becomes smaller and our workplaces more diverse, it is becoming essential to expand our understanding of others and to reexamine some of our false assumptions.
Hire Advantage
At a time when hiring qualified people is becoming more difficult, employers who can eliminate invalid biases (偏见) from the process have a distinct advantage. My company, Mindsets LLC, helps organizations and individuals see their own blind spots. A real estate recruiter we worked with illustrates the positive difference such training can make.
“During my Mindsets coaching session, I was taught how to recruit a diversified workforce. I recruited people from different cultures and skill sets. The agents were able to utilize their full potential and experiences to build up the company. When the real estate teethes began to change, it was because we had a diverse agent pool that we were able to say in the real estate market much longer than others in the same profession.”
Blinded by Gender
Dale is an account executive who attended one of my workshops on supervising a diverse workforce. “Through one of the sessions, I discovered my personal bias,” he recalls. “I learned I had not been looking at a person as a whole person, and being open to differences.” In his case, the blindness was not about culture but rather gender.
“I had a management position open in toy department; and the two finalists were a man and a woman. lied I not attended this workshop, I would have automatically assume

8、根据以下资料，回答题。


How did the author's grandmother and her siblings manage to receive Christmas gifts during the Depression?
A) They earned money to buy gifts for each other.
B) They made pretend presents with old things.
C) They started buying gifts in October.
D) They gave each other weird gifts.


9、Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
　　Walking, if you do it vigorously enough, is the overall best exercise for regular physical activity. It requires no equipment, everyone knows how to do it and it carries the　　47　　risk of injury. The human body is designed to walk. You can walk in parks or along a river or in your neighborhood. To get　　48　　benefit from walking, aim for 45 minutes a day, an average of five days a week.
　　Strength training is another important　　49　　of physical activity. Its purpose is to build and　　50　　bone and muscle mass, both of which shrink with age. In general, you will want to do strength training two or three days a week,　　51　　recovery days between sessions.
　　Finally, flexibility and balance training are　　52　　important as the body ages. Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age. The result of constant muscle tension and stiffness of joints, many of them are　　53　　., and simple flexibility training can　　54　　these by making muscles stronger and keeping joints lubricated (润滑). Some of this you do whenever you stretch. If you watch dogs and cats, you'll get an idea of how natural it is. The general　　55　　is simple: whenever the body has been in one position for a while, it is good to　　56　　stretch it in an opposite position.
A．allowing
B．avoidable
C．briefly
D component
E．determined
F．helping
G．increasingly
H．lowest
I．maintain
J．maximum
K．prevent
L．principle
M．provoke
N．seriously
O．topic
第(47)题__________

简答题
10、回答题：
　　A)Are you at a loss for creative book report ideas for your students?If yes．then this article will help you make reading and reviewing books more creative for your class．In an age of PSPs，Xbox，anime and gaming arcades，reading has lost its foothold in the list of hobbies that children tend to cite．
　　Most of the reading that kids do today,comes in the form of compulsory books that they need to read for school and maybe that is the reason they find reading to be an insurmountable and boring task．If you want to inculcate the love for languages and literary masterpieces in your students and want them to devour books everyone should read，then a good way of going about the same would be to get them to start working on creative book report ideas．While working on creative ideas for book reports，your students will have to understand the book in a way that allows them to come up with new ways to present to the class，the essence of the book．
　　B)As a teachel while egging your students to activate their creative gray cells．you will have to help them out with basic ideas that they can work on．Depending on the age bracket that your students belong to，the creative book report ideas will vary．This is so，not just because of the varying attention spans that children of various age groups posses but also because of the amount of work that kids can put into the report．While a middle school student wiIl be comfortable handling a handy cam，a student from elementary school will be more fascinated if he is working with paints and puppets．So do you want to know how to write a book report creatively?In this article．we will list out for you，a couple of good creative book report ideas for elementary students and for middle school students．
　　C)A book report sandwich is a good creative idea for book reports．As a teacher you can get drawings of a sandwich on sheets of Paper that are of the color of the ingredients of your sandwich，for example，a cream sheet of paper to resemble mayonnaise，red to represent tomato and likewise．Ob．
viously,each ingredient should be cut in a way that when assembled together,it looks like a sandwich．Now,give each of your students one of these book sandwiches to create their book report．
It can start with the name of the book and the author’s name on the top slice of the sandwich．The second ingredient can have the summary of the book on it．Each subsequent ingredient can have a description of the main characters，the setting of the book，the plot，and then his or her views about the book．Once they are done with their book reports，they can staple the book sandwich together and then，you can create a class bulletin board with all the book report sandwiches on display．
　　D)One of the good techniques to retell a story,it is also one of the favorite creative book report ideas among students．The job that the student will have is to read the book and then pick a few objects at his／her home which will allow him／her to retell the story in a way that makes it interesting for his／ her audience．Every time he／she picks out an object from the bag to report the book he／she has read， there has to be a valid connection between the book and the object，which the student can first ask the audience to guess and then go ahead and explain it．This idea is spin—off on the normal show and tells and allows for an interactive book report session．
　　E)This is one of the creative ideas for book reports in which．as the teacher, you will have to divideyour class into groups and give them one book each．The students can then read the book and get together and write a play and act it out for the class．To give a deeper insight into the book，one of the students can play the role of the author and as a group，the students can try and recreate the thought Drocess of the author．The student playing the role of the author can then interrupt the play at lmportant iunctllres and talk about the reasons for these twists in the play and how he／she came up with these plot lines．
　　F)As a voung adult，your student’s fascination may go beyond the immediate concerns of the book．
　　He／she may want to understand the circumstances in which the book was written，the times then，the events happening in the world and get the author’s perspective about the book．Encourage your students to mink on those lines．Divide the class into pairs and give each pair one book to read．Let them then do the roles of the author and a journalist．You can have an interview session in front of the class．enabling them to dissect the book and get a peek into the author’s world．
　　G)In a technology—obsessed world，it maybe a very tiny minority of your class that does not get excited with the Drospect of shooting a film．One of the best creative book report ideas for middle school， you will need to divide the class into groups and give them at least two months to adapt the book that thev have been assigned，into a film．The movie should have a well—adapted screenplay,and allother prerequisites，like a lighting engineer,sound engineer, costume designer,etc．At the end of the given time，the film can be screened in front of the class and then discussed．
　　H)If you are on the lookout for good individual creative book report ideas，then this one could be for you．Assign every student a book and then ask them to start maintaining a diary,from the author’sDoint of vie w．Ask them to come up with imaginary incidents from the author’s life and use historical events to explain why the author wrote the book in a certain manner．Alternately, you can also ask your students to give a surrogate ending to the story．
  I)These are just few of the options that you could use to inspire your students to come up with creative book report ideas．As kids we tend to be more imaginative and creative .Encourage your students to mink om of the box and appreciate them for their efforts．This will help you have a class that is not only lively and inquisitive by nature but also a class that will cultivate a love for words．
Teachers can create a class bulletin board to display all the book report sandwiches after their students finish their reports．