1、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小；每小题2分，满分30分）AFather upset by Manchester schools Victorian wall of shameJosie Robinson, who appeared on a so-called wall of shame at her school in south Manchester, was in tears. Her father has hit out at the Victorian methods. Chorlton High Sc
2、hool put up pictures of year 10 pupils who teachers believed had behaved badly. Children singled out for praise were placed on the wall of fame. Its head teacher said the scheme (策划) was designed to motivate pupils. Carlo Robinson, whose daughter Josie was put on the wall after missing lessons, want
3、s to make a complaint. The teenager had been missing school and turning up late because she was upset that her mother was ill. She said: I thought it was embarrassing. Mr Robinson added: She was in tears. She couldnt tell me at first - it took her about an hour- because she wasnt sure what I would t
4、hink of it. When she told me I was really shocked. I contacted at least 20 friends and they all agreed it was wrong - its like Victorian times.Head teacher Andy Park said: Weve successfully used a similar scheme in the past with Year 11 students to incentivise pupils and it really did make a differe
5、nce - pupils took it in the right spirit and were motivated by it to improve their performance. Obviously this latest scheme wasnt intended to cause offence to pupils. It was actually developed to praise the students moving forwards successfully and to support pupils who needed to make improvements.
6、 No parents have complained directly to the school and Id be very happy to meet with any parents to discuss further.Mr Robinson told the reporter he had contacted the school to schedule a meeting with the head teacher. 56. What does Mr. Robinson mean by saying these are the “Victorian” methods? A. T
7、he methods ignore womens rights. B. The methods are totally out of time. C. The methods have a long history. D. The methods worked well in the past. 57. Why had Josie been missing school, according to her father? A. She got up late. B. She hated the wall of shame. C. She wasnt on the wall of fame. D
8、. Her mother was not well. 58. What does the underlined word “incentivise” most probably mean? A. To encourage. B. To exchange. C. To hurt. D. To force. 59. What can we learn from the passage? A. The scheme proved successful before. B. Most students didnt take the scheme in the right spirit. C. Twen
9、ty other parents have similar complaints. D. The school has apologized to Mr. Robinson. BIf youre planning a trip to the United States, be very careful. You could easily break one of our laws and not know it. According to a law still on the books in Glendale, Arizona, for instance, you can get arres
10、ted for driving in reverse(相反的方向)! You may not sleep in a cheese factory in South Dakota. Cant legally set a mousetrap in California without a hunting license. Tease a skunk in Minnesota, or gargle in public in New Orleans, Louisiana, and they can put you in prison. If you have business in the weste
11、rn state of Utah, be especially careful. In particular, dont go whale-hunting there. Its illegal. Doesnt matter that Utah is 1,500 kilometers from the nearest ocean! And be aware while youre in Utah that you cannot legally fish from horseback, or refuse to drink milk. These are old, old laws that pr
12、obably that had some reason behind them that makes no sense today. But nobody ever bothered to take them off the books. Why not? Well, suppose youre on the council(委员会) in a town that has a law that makes it illegal to blow your nose in public. If you stood up and said that its high time to do away
13、such an old law, the voters would toss you out of office for wasting time on useless matters. And since a lot of these old laws have to do with sex, religious beliefs, and lovely animals, some interest group would probably take offense and make you sorry you opened your mouth. So laws like one in In
14、diana that makes it illegal for monkeys to smoke stay on the books because people are simply too embarrassed to bring them up.60. What of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Law System in America B. Tips for Traveling in America C. American Laws- Strange D. Some Old, Old Laws in A
15、merica 61. Which of the following is True based on the passage? A. You cant drive in reverse in Minnesota. B. You need a hunting license to use a mousetrap in Arizona. C. You cant gargle in public in South Dakota. D. Monkeys are forbidden to smoke in Indiana. 62. The writer might feel _ to know goin
16、g whale-hunting is illegal in Utah. A. angry B. disappointed C. funny D. offended 63. What is the main idea of the last paragraph? A. Why can these laws stay in the books? B. How did these laws come into the books? C. What should we do with the laws?D. When will the laws be done away? CThere is a gr
17、owing problem of what to do with electronic waste such as old televisions, computers, radios, cellular telephones and other electronic equipment. Electronic trash,or e-waste, is piling up faster than ever in American homes and businesses. People do not know what to do with old televisions or compute
18、rs so they throw them in the trash.National Solid Wastes Management Association(NSWMA) state programs director Chaz Miller says the large amount of electronic waste Americans produce is not unexpected.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates more than 400 million consumer electronic it
19、ems are dumped each year, and there is a push by more states to ban the waste from landfills(垃圾填埋场) and create recycling programs. They can be torn apart and sorted for useable parts. Mike Fannon who runs the plant in Baltimore, says, There are a lot of valuable metals that can be recovered and reus
20、ed instead of just putting them in the landfill, and in certain components there are some materials that should not really be in the landfill, Fannon explains. Fannon says nearly 20 percent of electronic waste is recycled nationwide.Thirteen years ago, it was only about 6 percent. Recycling rates co
21、ntinue to rise as more communities have banned electronics from landfills in an effort to keep e-waste poisons like lead(铅) and mercury（汞） out of garbage dumps. This year several states like Vermont imposed a ban on electronic waste in landfills. More than 25 other states have also adopted landfill
22、bans, e-waste recycling programs or both. Chaz Miller says more can be done to boost electronic waste recycling.We can do much better, noted Miller. I think clearly our goal should be to do as well as we do recycling newspapers. 64. Which of the following does NOT belong to e-waste? A. Old televisio
23、ns. B. Old computers. C. Old cell phones D. Old newspapers. 65. Why is e-waste banned from landfills in many states? A. Because it can not be recycled. B. Because it might damage the environment. C. Because it can be shipped to other countries. D. Because the landfills are already full. 66. Accordin
24、g to Mike Fannon, what might be the best way of dealing with e-waste? A. Recycling it. B. Selling it. C. Burying it. D. Breaking it. 67. What can we learn from the passage? A. At present, less then 10 percent of e-waste is recycled. B. Chaz Miller works for EPA. C. All states in the US have banned e
25、-waste from landfills. D. Experts are optimistic about the future of e-waste. DA powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at2:46 p.m. local time on March 11th. Japans Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best
26、 earthquake early warning systems in the world. More than4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsuna
27、mi. Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert in the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He says: Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not anticipated the size of this event.He s
28、ays there are two reasons for this. First, scientists had not expected such a large earthquake. The9.0 magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves reached as high as13 meters in some areas.Second, Japan
29、s concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves. In Sendai(仙台), they were about three meters. At least in that area they were not expecting such a sizeable wave because they would have built a higher seawall. A tsunami wave can travel as fast as800 kilometers per hour. To get to higher
30、 ground people would often have to travel for many kilometers. This can take more time than a fast traveling tsunami will permit. This is especially true in cases like Japan. The tsunami waves followed almost immediately.Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts un
31、til earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted. 68. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?A. A powerful earthquake hit Japan. B. Japan has the best earthquake early warning system. C. Japan can report an earthquake before it happens. D. Better equipment should have been used. 69. According to
32、the writer, why hadnt people got to higher ground? A. Because tsunami doesnt leave much time for them. B. Because they thought the seawalls were reliable. C. Because higher ground cant be reached at all. D. Because didnt know there would be a tsunami. 70. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A
33、. Early warning systems are basically unreliable. B. Earthquakes and tsunamis will soon be predicted. C. We have to accept the imperfect systems for the moment. D. New warning systems will be designed to predict disasters. 阅读理解 A篇：本篇介绍的是曼彻斯特市的Chorlton High School把部分学生的名字贴上“耻辱墙”而引起家长不快的新闻。56-59 BDAA5
34、6. B 推理判断题。家长把该学校的这种做法称为“维多利亚”式的方法，主要是说其过时了。这从第四段可以看出。57. D 事实细节题。基于文章第三段。58. A 词义猜测题。从文章第五段老师的观点可以看出，该学校引入这样的策划就是为了“鼓励”后进的学生努力学习。59. A 事实细节题。基于文章第五段第一行。 B篇：本文是一篇幽默诙谐的说明文，介绍的是美国的某些州现在还在生效的古老的法律条文。60-63 DDCA60. D 本文介绍的就是美国某些州的奇怪的古老的法律条文。C选项有些太笼统，因为它有可能涵盖了现在美国所有的法律。61. D 事实细节题。本题中使用的是常见的“张冠李戴”式的干扰项设计方
35、法。A、B、C都是错误的配搭关系。62. C 推理判断题。从文章第三段，作者提到了Utah举例海洋有1,500公里之远，存在禁止捕鲸的法律真的令人忍俊不禁。63. A 最后一段主要介绍的就是为何人们没有把这样古怪的法律废除。 C篇：本篇介绍的是美国电子垃圾越来越多，及如何处理的相关信息。64-67 DBAD 64. D 旧报纸不属于电子垃圾。65. B 基于文章第五段。该部分提到了“铅、汞”等有毒金属。66. A 文章第四段中提到电子垃圾中有许多“useable parts”和“valuable metals”可以回收利用。67. D A项错在数字10上；B项错在EPA上；C项错在All上，目前美国已有25个州出台了类似的禁令，并不是所有州。 D篇：本篇介绍本次日本大地震及其引发的大海啸对日本原本世界上最好的地震预警系统及防波堤的考验。68-70 BAC 68. B 第一段的主要意思并不在于介绍新闻，而是先介绍日本有着世界上最先进的预警系统，为下文做好铺垫。69. A 基于文章最后一段，海啸的速度可达每小时800公里，一般人没有时间到达高出。70. C 最后一段的意思就是“在我们能预测地震和海啸之前，预警系统就必然有这样的局限性”。即我们必须接受这种局限性。
