1、第一部分 完形填空 I met Billy the last summer before college. He was handsome and his irreverence（玩世不恭）was 36 to me. We liked each other the first instant we met37 ，I was a straight Astudent and my parents had high hopes for me to 38 an Ivy League（常春藤联盟）school.Billy did not 39 into the equality. We were in
2、love nevertheless-that 40 teenage loveIstill remember we had a plan for prom（舞会）It was understood that we had 41 aboutwhere we would dance and drink and party together. This meant one thing to my parents-panicAnd it grew as the 42 letters began to rollin. Of the eleven schools I applied to，nine acce
3、pted me. And one of them was BrownUniversity-the Ivy League college 43 in historic Providence，Rhode Island There was no 44 that I was drawn to Brown，but Billy (who had joined the army）was 45 down south and I had offers 46 for me there，too. I was torn between my love forhim and my family 47 One weeke
4、e 48 ，the start of school，my mother had a talk with meShe said I was eighteenyears old and I had a 49 to make-one that went 50 beyond the choice of 51 toattend university. In August，I 52 and drove north to ProvidenceIt took several months to 53 thatmy life was moving on in a way that was completely
5、different from Billys，Brown changed mylife，opening doors and giving me the 54 I now use to think，to learn and to writeLife isalways about 55 it seems，and the older I get，the more I understand this. Still，there aretimes when I think of Billy because he taught me about love36. A. appealing B. disturbi
6、ng C. confusing D. amusing37. A. Unfortunately B. Actually C. Luckily D. Originally38. A. leave B. finish C. start D. attend39. A. fit B. look C. break D. run40. A. mature B. crazy C. normal D. wrong41. A. talked B. looked C. lied D. argued42. A. acceptance B. rejection C. application D. recommendat
7、ion43. A. located B. placed C. set D. laid 44. A. point B. challenge C. question D. need45. A. left B. sent C . dismissed D. employ 46. A. hoping B. asking C. waiting D. searching47. A. tradition B. expectation C. reputation D. connection48. A. before B. after C. at D. since49. A. decision B. plan C
8、. rule D. promise50. A. out B. away C. deep D. far51A. when B. how C. whether D. wher52. A. got up B. packed up C. held up D. turned up53. A. foresee B. realize C. imagine D. consider54. A. chances B. position C. tools D. equipment55. A. surprises B. adventures C. opportunities D. choices第二部分 阅读理解 A
9、 Taylor Swift，23，US Unlucky in love as she may be，Swift was lucky at the Billboard Viusic Awards on aunday night. 1 he singer received the nights top honor,Artist of the Year, as well as Top billboard GU Artist lop Female Artist，1-op country Artist and Top Digital bongs Artist. Her album lied topped
10、 the billboard ZOO and country album categories，and her single we Are iv ever liver Uettang tack L ogether was named 1 Op Country Song.Adele，25，UK Adele has been appointed a member of the Most Excellent Order ofthe British Empire this week during Queen Elizabeth 11s annualBirthday Honors，the BBC rep
11、ortsThe singer was recognized for herservice to musicThe award is another highlight in a fruitful year forAdele，who，in addition to a Grammy and a Golden Globe，won a BestOriginal Song for Skyfall in Oscar 2013.Robert Downey Jr，48，USThe actor, best known for playing the superhero Iron Man, left an 18-
12、month-old fan in floods of tears because he wasnt wearing hischaracters red and gold suit in public. The heartbreaking meeting. happened last Thursday while the actor was out for a walk in theMassachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls. A photo ofthe crying kid and Downey looking both conc
13、erned and awkward quicklymade its way into the international news. Jennifer Aniston，44，US In the 10 months since her August 2012 engagement（订婚）toJustin Theroux，all eyes have been on Aniston，with fans wondering just when she will become Mrs Theroux. But multiple sources in contact with Aniston and he
14、r inner circle say that plans for the much expected wedding appear to be left for the present time. The couple decided to delay the big day because theyre both busy with work. 56. On which page of a newspaper can you find the above material？ A. On the front page. B. On the entertainment page. C. On
15、the sports page. D. On the education page.572013 has been a fruitful year for Adele for she has won all the following awards EXCEPT _ A. the Golden Globe B. the Grammy C. Artist of the Year in Billboard D. Best Original Song in Oscar 58. The anecdote about Robert Downey Jr happened_ A. on a casual o
16、ccasion B. at a fan meeting C. at a movie promotion D. at a press conference 59. Which of the following is true according to the text？ A. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was written for Taylor Swifts country. B. Adele sang on the BBC to celebrate Queen Elizabeth IIs birthday. C. Robert Downe
17、y did not know what to do when the kid started crying. D. Jennifer Aniston is working on her wedding despite her busy schedule.B Once on a dark winters day，when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they di
18、d at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the main street. Sara Crewe leaned against her father，who held her in his arms，as she stared out of the window at the passing people with an old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes. At this
19、moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father，Captain Crewe. She was thinking of what a strange thing it was that at one time one was in India in the hot sun，and then in the middle of the ocean，and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets “Papa，
20、” she said in a low，mysterious little voice which was.almost a whisper. “What is it，darling?”Captain Crewe answered，holding her closer and looking down into her face Is this the place？Sara whispered. Yes，little Sara，it is. We have reached it at last.， It seemed to her many years since he had begun t
21、o prepare her mind. for the place”，as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born，so she had never known or missed her.Her young，handsome，rich father seemed to be the only relation she had in the worldDuring her short life only one thing had troubled her，and that thing was the place，
22、 she was to be taken to some day. The climate of India was very bad for children，and as soon as possible they were sent away from it-generally to England and to school. Couldnt you go to that place with me，Papa？she had asked when she was five years old Couldnt you go to school，too？ I would help you
23、with your lessons.， But you will not have to stay for a very long time，little Sara，”he had always said. You will grow so fast that it will seem scarcely a year before you are big enough and clever enough to come back and take care of Papa.” She had liked to think of thatShe liked to talk to him and
24、read his books-that would be what she would like most in the world，and if one must go away to the place， in England to attain it，she must make up her mind to goShe liked books more than anything else，and was in fact，always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself. Captain Cr
25、ewe held her very closely in his arms as the cab rolled into the big，dull square in which stood the house which was their destination 60. The story happened_ A. on a moonless night B. on a foggy day C. on a hot day D. on a starry night 61Sara Crewe came to England to_ A. visit her relatives B. see h
26、er mothers house C. receive education D. buy books for her father 62. We can learn from the story that Sara Crewe was_ A. skeptical B. curious C. cheerful D. imaginative C The Green Microgym in Portland，Oregon has all the usual stuff youd expect-sweaty people，loud music，smooth exercequipment-but it
27、has some extras as well. Everywhere you look，there are power wires. And these arent the typical kind that let you surf the Web while you ride a spin cycle-although you can do that tooThe gym uses special exercise equipment that captures（捕获）the energy you create while riding,converts（转换）it into elect
28、ricity and channels it into the power outlets（插座） The idea of using exercise equipment to produce electricity is not new. A gym in Hong Kong has been doing this since 2007. But clean (and healthy）energy is just now starting to catch on in U. S. gymsWe have seen a significant increase in interest in
29、the past six months，which is a good sign that fitness centers are ready to spend money on green technologies，” says Mike Curnyn，co-founder of the Green Revolution，a Connecticut-based firm that wires bikes into a central battery that can store energy. The Green Microgym，first opened in 2008，has more
30、than 200 members and is doing so well that owner Adam Boesel opened another one five miles from the originalAlthough membership costs about the same as ordinary gyms，customers can earn gift certificates from local businesses for watts produced while exercisingAn average workout creates 37. 5 watt ho
31、urs，which is enough to power a phone for a week Boesel uses spin bikes made by Resource Fitness，a Seattle company he co-owns，that captures energy produced from the flywheel. Wires send the converted AC current（交流电流）into any standard wall outlet-for this reason，the product lines name is Plug Out-and
32、the energy created is used before the building draws power from the grid（电网）Unlike the Green Revolution equipment，Plug Out machines cannot store extra energy. A third company，the Florida-based ReRev，is adding converters to a specific brand of spin bikes. But since the converters add1，000 to the pric
33、e of the equipment，the ReRev and Green Revolution machinesare at a disadvantage Resource Fitness，by contrast，sells its equipment for the same1，200 price as non-electricity-producing machines，removing the question of how long it will be until the energysavings pay for the cost of the unitThe company
34、can afford to do this because its designs dontcall for the extra wiring needed for battery packs and large convertersIt is also trying to pricecompetitively with standard equipment so more gyms-and gym Boers-will make the switch63Members of the Green Microgym earn gift certificates for A .using the
35、man-powered exercise equipment B. saving electricity for local businesses C. producing green electricity to power their phones D. paying higher membership fees64The spin bikes made by Resource Fitness are different from those by Green Revolution in that A. they are easier to ride B. they are more ex
36、pensive C. they dont have wires connected D. they can not store extra electricity65What might prevent the green exercise equipment from getting more popular？ A .Peoples unwillingness to go green B. The high cost of making it C. Safety problems concerning electricity. D. Lack of certificates66. The u
37、nderlined words“make the switch”in the last paragraph most probably mean A. change to a different gym B. use green exercise equipment C. switch on the spin bikes D. add a battery to the machineD Something that has always interested me about Abraham Lincoln is，not surprisingly，hissense of humor. As f
38、ar as I can tell，hes the first American President to have one Thats because the term“sense of humor， really wasnt in common usage until theeighteen-sixties and seventiesIn the eighteen-forties and fifties，it was called“the sense of theridiculous, and didnt have the positive connotations（隐含意义）that“se
39、nse of humor hasoday. Back then，what was ridiculous was what invited ridicule（讥笑）Funniness and crueltywent hand in handOf course，they still do a lot of arm-in-arm walking in our day as well Lincolns humor was very different because，for one thing，it was actually humoras whatthe word meant in his time
40、. We dont make the distinction between wit（风趣）”and humor”anymore; but in the nineteenth century people didWit was unpleasant and offensive whilehumor was pleasant and sympatheticIts。the difference we note now when we distinguishbetween laughing with”and“laughing at”Lincoln was much more about laughi
41、ng with”thanlaughing at”And when“laughing at，”it was often himself he was teasing. In the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates，when Douglas accused Lincoln of being two-faced，Lincoln replied，referencing his plain looking，“Honestly，if I were two-faced，would I beshowing you this one？”And，in a way，Lincolns f
42、ace itself tells us much about his sense ofhumor You can comb through thousands of photographs of politicians，soldiers，and the like fromLincolns time and not find a single smile True, the long exposures（曝光）required for photographs of that time made smilingdifficultYet Lincoln alone，as far as I can t
43、ell，overcame that difficulty. Interestingly ,while having a sense of humor，or at least the appearance of one provided bycomedy writers has become a necessary characteristic for an American President in our time，inthe nineteenth century，too much humor was considered problem. -And that was the case fo
44、rLincolnA journalist covering the Lincoln-Douglas debates commented that“I could not take areal personal liking to the man，owing to an inborn weaknessthat he was extremely, fond ofiokes，anecdotes，and stories”67We can infer from Paragraph 2 that A .the American President could influence the use of En
45、glish B. the term sense of humor” wasnt invented until the 1860s C .what is funny to someone might be offensive to someone else D .the concept of humor remains the same despite the passing of time68 The underlined words“this one”in Paragraph 4 refer to A. Lincolns unattractive face B. Lincolns sense
46、 of humor C. debate they were having D. cruelty that went with funniness第三部分 任务型阅读 Learning inside the museum Museums have an important role in providing learning services to users，especially school childrenSome learning services will provide a range of formal teaching opportunities in the museum；ot
47、hers will work closely with school teachers so that these teachers can make better use of the learning resources available through displays and exhibitions，databases，handling collections and museum staff. In an ideal world，every museum would have at least one learning or education specialistHeor she
48、 would be a trained teacher who also had a good understanding of museums and museumcollections，and a strong feeling to help people-especially children-use and learn from them. A museum education specialist is of great value. For most museums the establishment of such a post should be high priority.
49、He or she is the only member of staff with training in the psychology of learning，and has considerable experience of analyzing complex concepts and presenting them in a simple way to a non-specialist audience. The education. specialist is，indeed the only professional interpreter in the museum. It is
50、 clearly reasonable，therefore，for the museum to make full use of the education specialists skills，and to involve him or her in all aspects of interpretation and the planning ofnew displays and exhibitionsMuseum learning is not just about teaching children，thoughchildren may be its principal audience
51、. Many small museums may not be able to employ an education specialist of their ownFor them，there are other possibilities. One is that the local Schools Service may be able to lend a teacher to the museum，perhaps for two or three years，who could be trained to apply teaching skills to the museum cont
52、ext: Another is that suitable volunteers may be available in the community-perhaps retired teacher:，or teachers not presently working-who may be willing to give some of their time to the museum. Another possibility is sponsorship：a large company might be willing to finance the appointment 4 an educa
53、tion、specialist for a few years An important part of the work for the education specialist in a museum is to establish strong links with its local schoolsHe or she is a communicator who has responsibility for keeping contact with the teachers at local schools. He of she should make sure that the sch
54、ools know what is going on at the museum arid how they can make use of it，and that the museum staff know about development：in the school。Above all，it is their responsibility to find out what schools want，and to ensure that the museum does its best to meet those requirementsThereneeds to be a continu
55、ing dialogue between teachers and museum：the museum needs to know what the teachers are teaching；teachers need to learn how the museum could help，and whatresources they could use The look of wonder on a childs face can be the reward for a lifetimes work in museumsThe aims of museum learning are to establish contact between people-whether children or adults-and objects；and not to teach facts，but to sow（播）a seed of interest，a spark（火花）of inspiration.