1、阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。English as a Foreign LanguageWho taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a tr
2、uly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in
3、English. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of“mono-culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food
4、and listen to the same music? Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary, I would have thought-although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India(where many of
5、 them speak at least some English)and Pakistan(the same situation with India). . . If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的), will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always su
6、rprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well. When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Irela
7、nd. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe its like a rose, ”he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of rose? ”Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you dont necessarily need to
8、 pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, thats fine by me. 【文章大意】作者以独特的视角分析了英语的发展前景和人们的种种顾虑。越来越多的人会讲英语是好事吗? 战乱会因此而减少吗? 将来人们会只讲一种语言, 吃同样的食物, 听同样的音乐吗? 作者借用一位爱尔兰听众的邮件说: 英语好比玫瑰花, 它很漂亮, 但是我们不能因为它漂亮就把花园全种上玫瑰花, 也不能把其他花草都拔掉。1. How many people learn English as their sec
9、ond language? A. About 80%. B. About 376 million. C. About one million. D. We dont know. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。从第二段第一句话可知, 把英语当作第二语言的人的数量是about 376 million。故选B。2. What does“garden”in the last two paragraphs stand for? A. Language. B. Family. C. The world. D. The Earth. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。因为这两段中rose用来指代English, 所以g
10、arden自然是指代the world。故选C。3. The author would probably agree that. A. its very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a gardenB. its good for people from other countries to learn EnglishC. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardensD. English is easier to learn than other languages【解析】选B
11、。作者意图题。根据全文内容, 尤其最后一句If more and more people want to plant English roses, thats fine by me. 可以了解作者的态度倾向。故选B。4. This passage is mainly about. A. why English has become a global languageB. how many people in the world speak EnglishC. how people in the world learn English as a foreign languageD. whethe
12、r we need to worry about English being a world language【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通过理解全文内容以及作者的观点, 我们可以知道人们大可不必顾虑英语作为世界语言的前景问题。故选D。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。Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part
13、of the path that wasnt covered by water or mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my at
14、tacker stopped attacking me. Had I been hurt I wouldnt have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a
15、 second time, I took a step backwards while my attacker paused. I wasnt sure what to do. After all, its just not everyday that one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to land on the ground. Thats when I discovered why my attacker was charging
16、 me only moments earlier. He had a mate and she was dying. Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack me for his mates sake （缘故）, even thoug
17、h she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her. His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his mates safety seemed admirable. I coul
18、dnt do anything other than reward him by walking on the more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed. Since then, Ive always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge barriers facing me.1. Why did the writer change his direc
19、tion while walking down a path?A. To get close to a butterfly.B. To look over the bad situation.C. To escape a sudden attack.D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.2. What made the man feel funny?A. Making the attacker pause.B. Being attacked by a butterfly.C. Being stepped on by his mate.D. Discoverin
20、g the energetic butterfly.3. From this experience the man learned .A. what he should do when faced with troubleB. people should show sympathy to the weakC. how he should deal with attacksD. people should protect butterflies4. Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?A. Careless.
21、B. Amusing. C. Courageous. D. Aggressive.【参考答案】14、DBAC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。How Many Lies Do the Children Tell You?Mothers who feel their children don t appreciate them can add another grievance to the list: half the time, their children are lying to them. A study designed to expose the
22、 truth about lying shows that undergraduates lie to their mothers in 46% of their conversations. Still, mums should feel better than total strangers, who are told lies an astonishing 77 % of the time. Bella Depaulo and a team of psychologists from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, asked 7
23、7 undergraduates to keep a record of all their conversations for a week, and write down whether they lied at any time. DePaulo named lying broadly, as when you intentionally try to mislead someone, so she would catch the smallest of lies. The students told an average of two lies a day. They said the
24、y had been studying when they had been out drinking. One told his parents that a textbook cost $50 rather than $20 so that they would send him extra money. Female students constantly told their plain-looking roommates that they were pretty. They are everyday lies, says DePaulo. DePaulo and her colle
25、agues conclude that people tend to tell fewer lies to those they feel closest to. College students lied to their best friends 28% of the time but lied to acquaintances 48% of the time. In close relationships, people were more likely to tell kind-hearted lies, designed to protect feelings, rather tha
26、n self-serving lies. Romantic（浪漫的）partners lie somewhere between close friends and acquaintances. Students lied to romantic partners about a third of the time. DePaulo thinks that unmarried lovers can expect less honesty than best friends because of the insecurity that comes with romance. Mothers ca
27、n take heart from one other finding. They may have been lied to, but at least their children talked to them. The students were recorded telling few lies to their fathers because they had little interaction with them. 1. What is the meaning of the underlined word grievance in Paragraph 1?A. opinion.
28、B. complaint. C. belief. D. difficulty. 2. According to the passage, college students felt closest to _ . A. mothers B. best friends C. acquaintances D. romantic partners3. Female students lied to their roommates to .A. get money from them B. offer them the servicesC. gain more security D. make them
29、 happy4. What is the purpose of this article?A. To present a fact. B. To argue an idea. C. To tell a story. D. To explain a theory. 【参考答案】14、BBDA短文改错文中有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（）, 并在其下写出该加的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。 修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 2.只允许修改10处,
30、 多者(从第11处起)不计分。On Saturday afternoon, Li Hua and Wang Ping, members of “Green Eyes”, was having an environmental protection activity near the riverside when they catch sight of a bird on the ground. They picked it out and found it wounded. Think it might die without timely help, they took it to home
31、. They made a nest for it but fed it on rice and water. The lucky bird recovered soon. When it was time for the bird to fly away, they felt pity but were very delightful. I think its worthwhile for him to do such a thing. Here I call on the public to show respects for nature. Only by changing the wa
32、y which we treat the environment can we get along well with it.【参考答案】4.1. was 改为 were; 2. catch 改为 caught; 3. out 改为 up;4. Think 改为 Thinking5. to 去掉 6. but 改为and 7. delightful 改为delighted8. him 改为 them 9. respects 改为 respect 10. which 前加in；或把which 改成that；或把which 去掉5.短文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增
33、加、删除或修改。增加：在此处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出增加的词;删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉;修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。I went to the wildlife park together with parents last Sunday. There were lots of visitors who standing before the ticket window. We waited long time and bought three tickets. I
34、n the Tiger Mountain of the park, I was so eagerly to see the fierce frightened animals that I quickened my steps through the crowd. Unfortunately, I got separated to my parents. I had a hard time look for them, but I had no luck. Wander in the park, I felt lonely without any companions. Bad still,
35、I had no money, but I had to walk home covering as much as 5 kilometers.【参考答案】5.I went to the wildlife park together withparents last Sunday. There were lots of visitors who my 或其后加were standing before the ticket window. We waitedlong time and bought three tickets. In the Tiger aMountain of the park
36、, I was so eagerly to see the fierce frightened animals that I quickened my eager frighteningsteps through the crowd. Unfortunately, I got separated to my parents. I had a hard time look for from lookingthem, but I had no luck. Wander in the park, I felt lonely without any companions. Bad still, I W
37、andering Worsehad no money, but I had to walk home, covering as much as 5 kilometers. so6.短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（/），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误仅限1词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Great changes
38、have been taken place in my villageTen years ago, the small and low houses, which lie on the north of a lake, produced much wasteAs the result, the lake was serious pollutedTo the west was a sandy field, that was the source of dustBetter still, a brickyard on the southwest side of the lake used up a
39、 great deal good soilNow poor house have been replaced by green trees and the brickyard by tall buildingsThe sandy field that the villagers used to ploughing has been covered with fruit treesOn the lake the villagers often spend his spare time boating and fishing【参考答案】6.Great changes have been taken
40、 place in my villageTen years ago, the small and low houses, which lie on the north of a lake, produced much wasteAs the result, the lake was serious lay a seriouslypollutedTo the west was a sandy field, that was the source of dustBetter still, a brickyard on which Worsethe southwest side of the lake used up a great dealgood soilNow poor house have been of houses replaced by green trees and the brickyard by tall buildingsThe sandy field that the villagersused to ploughing has been covered with fruit treesOn the lake the villagers often spend his plough theirspare time boating and fishing
