篇一：湖北省部分重点中学2017届新高三上学期起点考试 英语
湖北省部分重点中学2016-2017学年度上学期新高三起点考试
英语试卷
命题人： 审题人：
第Ⅰ卷
注意事项：
1. 答第I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上所对应题目的答案标号框涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号框。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What is the woman’s nationality?
A. Australian.B. American. C. Indian.
2. Why was the woman able to get an A on the test?
A. She read the whole textbook.
B. She reviewed all the notes.
C. She attended every lecture.
3. What does the man plan to do on the weekend?
A. Host a dance party.
B. Visit Bill with the woman.
C. Help the woman with a party.
4. When will the woman meet the man tomorrow?
A. At 10:00 am. B. At 10:30 am.C. At 11:00 am.
5. What do we know about the man?
A. He worked abroad for a few years.
B. He is planning to go to Canada.
C. He wants to meet the woman again.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What did the woman do a quarter of an hour ago?
A. She left her purse on the table.
B. She went to the restroom.
C. She came back from the restroom.
7. Where was the purse found?
A. On the table. B. In the restroom.C. Under the table.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Who invited the speakers for Thanksgiving last year?
A. The man's brother. B. The woman's sister. C. The man's sister.
9. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Go shopping with her.
B. Cook a big turkey for her.
C. Help her make some sandwiches.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What are the man’s hobbies?
A. Fishing and collecting stamps.
B. Reading and watching TV.
C. Watching TV and collecting stamps.
11. What does the man say about the woman?
A. She is popular.B. She is bad-tempered.
12. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. By a lake.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Interviewer and interviewee.
C. Manager and clerk.
14. Why did the man leave his previous job in the bank?
A. His family moved to another place.
B. He had never gotten a raise.
C. He just wanted to make a change.
15. What are the man’s best qualities?
A. Hard-working and responsible.
B. Faithful and energetic.
C. Smart and capable.
16. What do we know about the man?
A. He worked for a private company for three years.
B. He took a part-time course in Finance and Trade.
C. He doesn’t have much experience in sales.
C. She lacks patience. C. At a cinema.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did Don buy in the men’s department?
A. A gray suit and two pairs of trousers.
B. A blue suit and two pairs of trousers.
C. A gray suit and one pair of trousers.
18. Where is the shoe department located?
A. Opposite the men’s department.
B. Opposite the shirt department.
C. Opposite the sweater department.
19. Why did Bob fail to buy a sweater?
A. There were no sweaters in his size.
B. There were no sweaters he could afford.
C. There were no sweaters that looked good on him.
20. How did Bob and Don go home?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Signing up for a digital TV service provides you with access to over 200 channels from all over the globe. However, television today is dominated by adult language, making it hard for concerned families to find channels suitable for young eyes. Therefore, most movie channels are automatically removed form the list of TV channels for an entire family. The following are some good ones based on popularity on a global scale.
Discovery Channel
Discovery and its many channels can be considered as the founding father of informative channels on television. What National Geographic does in a scholastic(学术的) manner, Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner—educating the masses about anything and everything.
Fox Family
Finding a movie channel that broadcasts pictures suitable for teenagers and kids alike is very difficult unless your service operator offers you Fox family movies. This channel screens most movies before it broadcasts them, ensuring that no movie shows unacceptable material for young eyes.
Nickelodeon
A channel very similar to Cartoon Network, it mostly shows US programs. However, their shows are sometimes a bit more mature for younger kids and better suited to kids aged 5and up.
ABC Family
ABC started the ABC family channel in an attempt to introduce family-centered shows and serials to the public in the USA. The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the lack of proper family type US channels.
Living
If travelling is a family hobby and better living is the motto then there is no better channel than Living. Kids can see never-seen-before sights, learning about new places while adults can practice their cooking and learn amazing things about motorbikes.
21. According to the text, most channels offered by a digital TV service ______.
A. can keep people away from TV violence
B. are welcomed by families with small children
C. are concerned about the proper use of language
D. are unsuitable for the whole family to watch together
22. Which of the following can best describe Discovery Channel?
A. Relaxing.B. Touching. C. Commercial.D. Professional.
23. If people want to know about what a traditional family is like, they can choose ____.
A. Fox Family B. Nickelodeon C. ABC FamilyD. Living
B
I believe you can do your best. Not being the best but toughing the limits of what you’re capable of. I gained this belief from my third grade teacher, the most special, honored, trustworthy, and loved person in my life.
Mr. Myrus was always perfectly dressed and spoke with the belief that talking to eight-year-olds didn’t mean he had to sacrifice proper statements or grammars. And he was demanding but he wasn’t ueasonable or cruel. He simply felt that no matter what your best was, you should achieve it.
As luck would have it, I met him again as my eighth grade math teacher. I was not, nor ever will be, gifted in math. I remember my struggles in class. “I don’t know the answer,” I would say, “I can’t do it!” “Perhaps you don’t know the answer,” he would say quietly. “Do you think we might figure it out together? How do you know what you can do until you try?”
Mr. Myrus lived around the corner, and I would often stop by to talk while he worked in his garden. I knew there was someone who let me know that if I had really tried, that was enough.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself,” he’d say. “Stop blaming yourself. Did you try your best? Well, then you’re not a failure,” he often told me these words.
Mr. Myrus died in 1978. I had never thought about his death. He was too young. I felt sorry. But when I think about him now, I don’t feel so sorry. He taught me to be kind, not only to others, but to myself. He taught me my own value. He taught me about honor, about truth, and about doing my best—and that all feelings and beliefs have dignity and deserve respect. And of all the things I know, this I believe: We can’t all be “the best”, but we can, each of us, be our best, and I know that’s true because Mr. Myrus told me that.
24. What can we know about Mr. Myrus according to the passage?
A. He usually treats his students in a hard way.
B. He is responsible for his teaching and students.
C. He is a person who isn’t particular about what he wears.
D. He sometimes is cruel and ueasonable to his students.
25. The author thought he was a lucky dog because ______.
A. he had got a great belief from his teacher
B. Mr. Myrus had taught him for eight years
C. Mr. Myrus became his teacher a second time
D. he developed a good relationship with Mr. Myrus
26. It can be concluded from the third paragraph that ______.
A. the author preferred other subjects to math
B. Mr. Myrus thought it was very easy to learn math
C. the author was ashamed to admit his math was poor
D. Mr. Myrus helped the author build up his confidence
27. What can we learn by reading the passage?
A. The author hoped to live a positive life.
B. The author may have become a teacher.
C. The author liked to recall his childhood.
D. The author ended up being a man of self-confidence.
C
In today's world of smart phones and laptops, most people have at least one time-telling thing with them. Since these digital products are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch? According to some consumers, the answer is yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function.” Many young adults think so and use their smart phones to tell time. It is said that fewer young people wear watches today than ten years ago. As a result, some people say that the watch industry is at a crossroads.
20s and 30s. By then, they are willing to spend money on a quality watch that doesn’t just keep good time. Fifty years ago, watchmakers took pride in their products’ accuracy. But in recent years, the watch industry has changed itself into an accessory(配饰) business. And today, the image a watch conveys has become more important than the time it tells.
“Complications” — features that go beyond simple timekeeping — are an important part of a watch’s image. Today’s watches offer lots of features that meet almost any personality. These features include compasses, USB drivers, and even other functions that measure the effectiveness of golf swings!
Creativity also plays a key role in designing today’s watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell time. It looks more like a fashionable bracelet than a watch.
Whether a watch conveys fashion sense, creative talent or a love of sports, consumers want their watches to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget（小玩意） in their bags, so people want to make a statement with what’s on their wrists. Will this interest in wrist fashion last? Only time will tell!
28. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. As most people see, watches are out of fashion.
B. Some people feel that watches have been of no use.
C. The watch industry will close down sooner or later.
D. There are so many choices of watches for teenagers today.
篇二：湖北省部分重点中学2017届高三第二次联考英语试卷
湖北省部分重点中学2017届高三第二次联考(期末考试)英语试题
考试时间：2017年元月20日下午15:00-17:00
第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5 分）
1 .How many people telephoned the woman at the office yesterday?
A. One B. Four. C. Five.
2. Why does the man come?
A. To book a hotel. B. To take a flight. C. To say thanks.
3. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The astronauts like each other very much.
B. The astronauts are from different cities.
C. The astronauts are twin brothers.
4. Where are the speakers?
A. In a hotel. B. At home. C. In the office.
5.What is the man doing?
A. Asking for Help. B. Making invitations. C. Giving instructions.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. What does the man think of his parents?
A. They are hard on him. B. They are kind to him.C. They are happy with him.
7. What does the man think of himself?
A. He is still young. B. He does well in school.C. He is grown-up.
8. What’s the woman’s idea to the man?
A. To work harder. B. To understand his parents.C. To live happily.
听第7段材料，回答9至11题。
9. What does the boy love best?
A. Singing. B. Playing basketball. C. Thinking about nothing.
10.What’s the similarity between the two speakers?
A. Loving their family. B. Loving their parents. C. Loving their grandmother.
11. What does the boy hate?
A. Telling stories.B. Feeling sick. C. Fighting and wars.
听第8段材料，回答12至14题。
12. What is the woman looking for?
A. The student dormitory. B. A student department. C. The student Union building.
13. What’s the man’s major?
A. Medicine.B. Psychology.C. Business.
14. What can be learned from the conversation?
A. The two speakers know each other well.
B. The man has just arrived in the States.
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C. The woman lives outside the school.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. In which order will the couple travel to the places?
A. Chicago, Manhattan, Boston, Washington.
B. Chicago, Washington, New York, Boston.
C. Chicago, New York, Washington, Boston.
16. Where is the hotel they will stay at in New York?
A. On 53rd Street. B. Near the theatre district. C. Far away from Manhattan.
17. How will they go to Boston?
A. By trainB. By air. C. By car.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. When can people do the fitness training?
A.4 ,pm B. 6 pm.C. 8 pm.
19. What can people do at the sports center?
A. Swim at any time of the day.B. Play tennis in the indoor court.C. Buy snacks in the cafe. 20 Who will probably be interested in the speech?
A . People who want to study athletics.
B. People who hope to build a good shape.
C. People who plan to open a training center.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分)
第一节（共15小題；每小題2分，满分30分)
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Courses： Accounting and Finance; Economics; Management; Law; International Relations; Government and Society
Dates: Session 1 ： 7 July?25 July Session2：28 July?15 August
Rate： Standard Rate: One session:$ 1,400; Both session$ 2,400
Reduced Student Rate： One session： $ 1,100; Both session： $ 1,875 The reduced
student rate applies to full - time students registered at a university or college anywhere in the world. Accommodation is not included, and fees range from $ 500 ?$ 1,000 for 20 nights. Applicant requirements：
If you have studied in the USA then you do not need any additional English qualifications. Students from other countries will generally not require a visa to study at the Summer School however, you will enter the USA as a "Student Visitor”. You are permitted to change courses before the start of the program, and within the first three days of the session.
Contact hours and teaching methods ：
Summer School courses are full-time and normally consist of 48 contact hours over the
three-week period, taking the form of 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours of classes. Lectures, attended by all students, take place in either the morning or afternoon supplemented by small one-hour classes, of approximately 15 students.
Assessment and examinations：
Assessment for Summer School is based upon the results of either two written
examinations, or a final written examination and assessment work. Everyone is required to take the examinations and no exception can be made for any reason.
Summer School lecture series:
Famous economists—Tony Giddens and David Held一have agreed to give lectures to
Summer school participants in July in 2016.
If any questions, please click here to see our Frequently Asked Questions/ Contact Us Page.
21. During the course,___________________.
A. students can learn about everything from culture to science
B, students can choose not to attend the lectures they don’t like
C world-famous economists will give students lessons every day
D all the students must take part in the exams without any excuse
22 The purpose of the advertisement is to_____________.
A. attract students to NSE Summer School B. introduce famous economists to students
C. help students to pass the final examsD. advertise for new staff for university
23. You will most probably find this passage_____________..
A. in a newspaperB. in a guidebook
B
When we know somewhere well，we say we “ know it like the back of our hand ”. But new research has shown that we don’t actually know as much about our hands as we think we do. Wider and shorter
Professor Matthew Longo at the University of London and his team did an experiment,covering the left hands of 100 people. Then they asked the people to point to where they thought their fingertips and knuckles (指关节）were. They made some quite big mistakes.
“People think their hand is wider than it actually is,” said Longo. The fingers also seem shorter than they are. This mistake gets worse as you go across the hand from the thumb to the little finger. Sense of position is connected to our sense of position,” explained Longo. This is our ability to tell where different parts of our bodies are, even when we can’t see them. “It tells us whether a joint is straight .or not "he said. It also tells us whether we are going up or down in an elevator. All this
information comes from signs from nerves in real time. It’s like our brain has maps - maps that show the size and shape of our body. “This experiment tried to find those maps,” said Longo.
Strength of feeling
But these maps make mistakes. These mistakes may be made because of how the brain
understands different parts of the skin. “Our brains ‘see” areas as larger where the skin feels touch strongly,” said Longo. Body parts don’t appear as their true size, but appear bigger or smaller
depending on how strongly they feel touch. Our lips, for example, have more nerves than our nose. So brain “sees” lips on its map of the body as being bigger than our nose. The same thing happens for other parts of the body that have lots of nerves.
Longo believes that more research in this area may help us to understand eating problem
C. on a webpage D. in a magazine
better,because people suffering from these problems may not know their bodies properly.
24, Which of following statement is TRUE about the experiment according to the article?
A. People think their body parts are larger than they actually are.
B .People’s fingers are actually shorter than they think.
C. People were asked to draw their hands from memory
D. People made more mistakes about their little fingers length than their thumbs’ length.
25. What does the underlined “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The new experiment. B. The mistake people made.
C. The sizes of fingers and hands. D. The location information.
26. We can conclude from the article that_____________.
A. the maps of people’s bodies form before they are born
B. the maps of our body are based on information from nerves
C. our sense of position depends on the interaction between parts of the body
D. how we feel about our body shape is only decided by our sense of position
27. We can infer from the article that-.
A. there are more nerves in the finger than in the hand
B. our lips have a weaker sense of touch than our nose
C. the hand feels touch more strongly than fingers do
D. our sense of position should not be trusted because it is too often incorrect
C
He is a Time Lord who can travel anywhere he wants in time, but still never seems to be
happy. He is always very well dressed. He refuses to use guns to kill anybody, preferring to trust his brains.Who could be a better hero for British people? He is the Doctor, hero of the popular BBC TV series Doctor Who, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of its 2005 reboot on March 26.
In 2005 the sci-fi TV series returned to British screens after originally running from 1963 until 1989. In the series, the Doctor travels through time in his TARDIS police box，saving Earth and other planets from dangerous aliens and humans.
The show looked a little different upon its 2005 return 一 the show used to be famous for cheap, ugly special effects but they were gone, replaced by expensive computer effects and attractive young stars. Christopher Eccleston played the Ninth Doctor in 2005, and there have been four more since, including the current Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
You may wonder why the Doctor has been played by so many people, thirteen in total. This is
because every few years, the doctor “regenerates”，which means his character "dies” but comes back to life with a completely new body afterwards. As the Radio Times put it：“Who else can cheat death by getting a whole new face?”
The show has no limits. The Doctor has already visited the time of Shakespeare, found out the truth about the American moon landing of 1969’ and gone back to the very early days of Earth. He has also traveled forward in time and been to many strange planets. Who knows where he’ll go in the next 10 years? Or if the Doctor will even be a man? Last year, head writer Steven Moffat told BANG Showbiz ii is very possible that a woman will play the Doctor in the future
Are you ready for more travels with him or her through time?
28. What is the article mainly about?
A. The actors who have played the hero in Doctor Who.
B. A brief introduction to the BBC TV series Doctor Who.
C. What inspired the producers to make Doctor Who.
D.What influence Doctor Who has had on other sci-fi TV shows.
29. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Doctor in Doctor Who?
A. Although he is always well dressed, he is very cruel inside.
B. He has gone through 10 “regenerations” in the past decade.
C .He is belter at solving problems with his guns than with his brains.
D .His mission is to protect Earth and other planets from attack.
30. What can we learn about Doctor Who from the article?
A. In 2005, BBC producers started a new Doctor Who series after a 42-year break.
B. The show looked more fashionable and attractive upon its 2005 return.
C. The producers use creative but cheap special effects in the new Doctor Who series.
D .Doctor Who is quite popular in Britain because it was the first British sci-fi show.
31. We can conclude from the second-to-last paragraph that the Doctor Who series______.
A .is very imaginative B. seems hard to understand
C .involves scientific discoveriesD .is an accurate reflection of human history
D
When The New Republic magazine predicted who would win the 2016 Nobel Prize in
literature on Oct 6, it said：“Not Bob Dylan. That’s for sure.”
But the award came as a surprise to many. On Oct 13, the famous US musician was named the Nobel laureate by the Swedish Academy. He has “created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition", according to the organization.
Although Dylan, 75, is not really thought to be a literary writer, he has given the world a lot of creative work over 50 years, especially when it comes to his folk songs.
In his 1985 album Biograph, Dylan wrote about the appeal of folk music to him. Rock songs
“weren’t serious enough or didn’t reflect life in a realistic way", according to Dylan. But folk, was “a more serious type of thing. The songs are filled with more sadness; more joy …much deeper feelings".
Dylan’s music and lyrics spoke to many people during the 1960s. His lyrics were often about great political issues, such as the civil rights movement. The 1960s were a time of change when the young were making sure that their voices were heard. The idea is mast famously expressed in Dylan's The Times They Are a -Changin (1964), which warns the world, “You better start swimming or you'll sink like a stone. For the times they are a-changin！”
There were complaints that a literary prize had been given to a singer. But ancient “Greek poets Homer and Sappho wrote poetic works that were meant to be listened to, that were meant to be performed, often with instruments - and it s the same way with Dylan ",the Swedish Academy’s permanent secretary Sara Danius told CNN.
It could even be said that giving the important prize to Dylan has brought back an old literary tradition. The millions whose lives Dylan’s words and music have changed will surely welcome the
篇三：湖北省部分重点中学2016-2017学年度上学期新高三起点考试英语试卷
湖北省部分重点中学2016-2017学年度上学期新高三起点考试英语试卷 第Ⅰ卷
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
1. What is the woman’s nationality?
A. Australian. B. American. C. Indian.
2. Why was the woman able to get an A on the test?
A. She read the whole textbook. B. She reviewed all the notes. C. She attended every lecture.
3. What does the man plan to do on the weekend?
A. Host a dance party. B. Visit Bill with the woman. C. Help the woman with a party.
4. When will the woman meet the man tomorrow?
A. At 10:00 am. B. At 10:30 am. C. At 11:00 am.
5. What do we know about the man?
A. He worked abroad for a few years. B. He is planning to go to Canada.
C. He wants to meet the woman again.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. What did the woman do a quarter of an hour ago?
A. She left her purse on the table. B. She went to the restroom. C. She came back from the restroom.
7. Where was the purse found?
A. On the table.B. In the restroom.C. Under the table.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Who invited the speakers for Thanksgiving last year?
A. The man's brother.B. The woman's sister.C. The man's sister.
9. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. Go shopping with her. B. Cook a big turkey for her. C. Help her make some sandwiches.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What are the man’s hobbies?
A. Fishing and collecting stamps. B. Reading and watching TV. C. Watching TV and collecting stamps.
11. What does the man say about the woman?
A. She is popular. B. She is bad-tempered. C. She lacks patience.
12. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library. B. By a lake. C. At a cinema.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student. B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Manager and clerk.
14. Why did the man leave his previous job in the bank?
A. His family moved to another place. B. He had never gotten a raise.C. He just wanted to make a change.
15. What are the man’s best qualities?
A. Hard-working and responsible. B. Faithful and energetic. C. Smart and capable.
16. What do we know about the man?
A. He worked for a private company for three years. B. He took a part-time course in Finance and Trade.
C. He doesn’t have much experience in sales.
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听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did Don buy in the men’s department?
A. A gray suit and two pairs of trousers. B. A blue suit and two pairs of trousers.
C. A gray suit and one pair of trousers.
18. Where is the shoe department located?
A. Opposite the men’s department.B. Opposite the shirt department. C. Opposite the sweater department.
19. Why did Bob fail to buy a sweater?
A. There were no sweaters in his size. B. There were no sweaters he could afford.
C. There were no sweaters that looked good on him.
20. How did Bob and Don go home?
A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
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A
Signing up for a digital TV service provides you with access to over 200 channels from all over the globe. However, television today is dominated by adult language, making it hard for concerned families to find channels suitable for young eyes. Therefore, most movie channels are automatically removed form the list of TV channels for an entire family. The following are some good ones based on popularity on a global scale.
Discovery Channel
Discovery and its many channels can be considered as the founding father of informative channels on television. What National Geographic does in a scholastic(学术的) manner, Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner—educating the masses about anything and everything.
Fox Family
Finding a movie channel that broadcasts pictures suitable for teenagers and kids alike is very difficult unless your service operator offers you Fox family movies. This channel screens most movies before it broadcasts them, ensuring that no movie shows unacceptable material for young eyes.
Nickelodeon
A channel very similar to Cartoon Network, it mostly shows US programs. However, their shows are sometimes a bit more mature for younger kids and better suited to kids aged 5and up.
ABC Family
ABC started the ABC family channel in an attempt to introduce family-centered shows and serials to the public in the USA. The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the lack of proper family type US channels.
Living
If travelling is a family hobby and better living is the motto then there is no better channel than Living. Kids can see never-seen-before sights, learning about new places while adults can practice their cooking and learn amazing things about motorbikes.
21. According to the text, most channels offered by a digital TV service ______.
A. can keep people away from TV violence B. are welcomed by families with small children
C. are concerned about the proper use of languageD. are unsuitable for the whole family to watch together
22. Which of the following can best describe Discovery Channel?
A. Relaxing.B. Touching.C. Commercial. D. Professional.
23. If people want to know about what a traditional family is like, they can choose ____.
A. Fox Family B. Nickelodeon C. ABC Family D. Living
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B
I believe you can do your best. Not being the best but toughing the limits of what you’re capable of. I gained this belief from my third grade teacher, the most special, honored, trustworthy, and loved person in my life.
Mr. Myrus was always perfectly dressed and spoke with the belief that talking to eight-year-olds didn’t mean he had to sacrifice proper statements or grammars. And he was demanding but he wasn’t ueasonable or cruel. He simply felt that no matter what your best was, you should achieve it.
As luck would have it, I met him again as my eighth grade math teacher. I was not, nor ever will be, gifted in math. I remember my struggles in class. “I don’t know the answer,” I would say, “I can’t do it!” “Perhaps you don’t know the answer,” he would say quietly. “Do you think we might figure it out together? How do you know what you can do until you try?”
Mr. Myrus lived around the corner, and I would often stop by to talk while he worked in his garden. I knew there was someone who let me know that if I had really tried, that was enough.
“Don’t be so hard on yourself,” he’d say. “Stop blaming yourself. Did you try your best? Well, then you’re not a failure,” he often told me these words.
Mr. Myrus died in 1978. I had never thought about his death. He was too young. I felt sorry. But when I think about him now, I don’t feel so sorry. He taught me to be kind, not only to others, but to myself. He taught me my own value. He taught me about honor, about truth, and about doing my best—and that all feelings and beliefs have dignity and deserve respect. And of all the things I know, this I believe: We can’t all be “the best”, but we can, each of us, be our best, and I know that’s true because Mr. Myrus told me that.
24. What can we know about Mr. Myrus according to the passage?
A. He usually treats his students in a hard way.
B. He is responsible for his teaching and students.
C. He is a person who isn’t particular about what he wears.
D. He sometimes is cruel and ueasonable to his students.
25. The author thought he was a lucky dog because ______.
A. he had got a great belief from his teacherB. Mr. Myrus had taught him for eight years
C. Mr. Myrus became his teacher a second time D. he developed a good relationship with Mr. Myrus
26. It can be concluded from the third paragraph that ______.
A. the author preferred other subjects to math
B. Mr. Myrus thought it was very easy to learn math
C. the author was ashamed to admit his math was poor
D. Mr. Myrus helped the author build up his confidence
27. What can we learn by reading the passage?
A. The author hoped to live a positive life.B. The author may have become a teacher.
C. The author liked to recall his childhood.D. The author ended up being a man of self-confidence. C
In today's world of smart phones and laptops, most people have at least one time-telling thing with them. Since these digital products are so common, is time running out for the 500-year-old watch? According to some consumers, the answer is yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with no necessary function.” Many young adults think so and use their smart phones to tell time. It is said that fewer young people wear watches today than ten years ago. As a result, some people say that the watch industry is at a crossroads.
However, watchmakers optimistically say that watches redeem popularity when consumers reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are willing to spend money on a quality watch that doesn’t just keep good time. Fifty years ago, 第 3 页 共 3 页
watchmakers took pride in their products’ accuracy. But in recent years, the watch industry has changed itself into an accessory(配饰) business. And today, the image a watch conveys has become more important than the time it tells.
“Complications” — features that go beyond simple timekeeping — are an important part of a watch’s image. Today’s watches offer lots of features that meet almost any personality. These features include compasses, USB drivers, and even other functions that measure the effectiveness of golf swings!
Creativity also plays a key role in designing today’s watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to tell time. It looks more like a fashionable bracelet than a watch.
Whether a watch conveys fashion sense, creative talent or a love of sports, consumers want their watches to stand out. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind of gadget（小玩意） in their bags, so people want to make a statement with what’s on their wrists. Will this interest in wrist fashion last? Only time will tell!
28. What can we know from the first paragraph?
A. As most people see, watches are out of fashion.
B. Some people feel that watches have been of no use.
C. The watch industry will close down sooner or later.
D. There are so many choices of watches for teenagers today.
29. According to the passage, what image does a watch convey nowadays?
A. It simply tells time.B. It appeals to many teenagers.
C. It has many complex functions. D. It has an impact on creativity and imagination.
30. Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash is mentioned in Paragraph 4 to _________.
A. show why Shinshoku watches are popular
B. advertise Shinshoku watches made by Tokyoflash
C. tell that today’s watches need more imagination
D. make a comparison between watches and bracelets
31. What may be the best title for the passage?
A. Watches Tell More Than Time B. Japanese Watches Stand Out
C. Watch Industry Is in a Bad SituationD. Watches Are Becoming Less Popular
D
Parents will do anything for their children. Whether it would be the food, clothes, or the place they live, parents will always make sure their children have the best of everything. One of the biggest concerns that parents currently have is educating their children. They are faced with lots of difficulties when it comes to education for their young ones. Choices include private school, charter school, public school or homeschooling.
Fortunately for parents, there are a variety of different strategies that a parent can take in order to increase their child's skills and overall intelligence. According to Ross A. Thompson, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of California at Davis, a child's brain will actually reach 90% of its full size by the time they start kindergarten.
Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago concluded that playing a musical instrument directly affected the brain stem, the lower section of the brain. Moreover, children that learn an instrument at an early age tend to continue it when they are older. And numerous studies show that a well balanced meal is essential for a child's mental and physical health. It is recommended that parents teach their children two languages at once. Research suggests that a second language should be taught when children are in preschool. Other studies state that three to four years of age is the perfect time. Clearly, any age under four would work perfectly fine for a child. 第 4 页 共 4 页
The average child will learn how to read between kindergarten and second grade. Many parents can give their children a jump start by teaching them to read before they start school. Children could have an adequate background of the alphabet and sounds of words before attending school. This can be done by simply reading to them whenever you want. The more comfortable they get, the easier the process will be.
32. From the first paragraph, we can infer that .
A. parents find it hard to satisfy their kids' various demands
B. parents meet a new challenge when raising their kids
C. parents have more choices in offering education to their kids
D. parents get actively involved in the process of their kids' growth
33. What suggestion may the researchers in the passage make?
A. To train kids as early as possible.B. To try as many means as possible.
C. To help kids develop as fully as possible. D. To use as many available resources as possible.
34. What does the third paragraph mainly discuss about?
A. The proper time to teach children to learn languages.
B. The effective ways to help develop children's brains.
C. The vital factors to have a great effect on children's health.
D. The practical steps to arouse children’s interest in study.
35. We can replace the words “jump start” in the last paragraph with .
A. inspiration B. introductionC. suggestionD. promotion
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
Third-Culture Kids
Did you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? If so, then you are a third-culture kid!
The term “third-culture kid” (or TCK) was first used in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North American children living in India. Caught between two cultures, they or doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals.
In fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. A third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a for a third-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.
For a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. After living in Australia and South Korea for many years, Louis finally returned to Turkey as a teenager. as her friends’ even years after going back home.
While a third-culture kid must let go of his/her identity as a foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized(理想化的) image children have of “home”.As a part of the growing “culture”, TCKs may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places.
A. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.
B. Yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.
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