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閱讀下列文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案。

London---Lazy students can now give up on work altogether as two Oxford University students have made scores of A-grade essays (論文) on the website for students to copy. The essays are on the new website “revise it”. The website includes an “Essay Lab” designed to make cheating (舞弊) as effective and effortless as possible.

    Its homepage announces to surfers (網(wǎng)上沖浪者) ; “Its Essay Lab is a bank of hundreds of A-level essays covering popular topics.”

    “Next time you are asked to write an essay， why not see what we have on the subject-if you are in a lazy state of mind you can even use our guide to writing the essays and then just hand them in.”

    Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo, both 19 and first from Manchester, spent much of their first year as students at the university setting up the website. There is no charge for downloading the essays.

    “I have never been very good at essay writing,” Rose admitted. “We don't see essay bank as a cheating way. It's a surprising valuable resource. You can learn a lot by reading other people's work on the subject.”

    Among other tips , the website suggests inventing important speeches to give essays extra weight: “Popular people to quote (引用) are Douglas Hurd or Disraeli.”

    Hurd was a foreign secretary in the 1980s and Disraeli was a 19th century prime minister. Teachers are expressing their opinions by e-mail that they are angry about the website that “encourages students to cheat”, but students disagree. According to Rose: “Exams are a fight. It's us against them.”

1．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

    A. the students who visit the website “revise it” are all lazy

    B. students dislike exams

    C. Nick Rose is poor at writing

    D. writing essays is not a pleasant job

2．Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo set up their website for the purpose of ________.

    A. helping the students to cheat in exams

    B. helping students to improve their writing

    C. making money to pay for their schooling

    D. surprising their teachers

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

    A. Essay Lab is one part of the website.

    B. Teachers and students have different opinions about the website.

    C. Students are not satisfied with the education system

    D. Douglas Hurd often copied essays from the website.

4．Which is the best title for this passage?

    A. Homework Website

    B. Against Exams

    C. Surfers on the Internet

D. A-level Essays

 

“If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It was the quote that 　36 me deeply when I was 17, and since then, for the past 34 years, I have looked 　37 the mirror every morning and asked myself: “ If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “ 38 ” for too many days in a 　39 , I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I’ll be 　40 soon is the most important thing I’ve ever known to help me to make a 　41 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, 42 only what is truly important.

About a year ago the doctor 　43 my illness as cancer and he even advised me to go home and get my affairs in 　44 . I lived with that diagnosis all day. 　45 , at last an 　46 test showed that it was a very rare cancer which was 　47 with surgery. After the surgery I feel and look fine now.

Death is the destination we all 　48 . no one has ever escaped it, though. And that is __49__ it should be because death is very like the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will __50__ become the old and be 　51 away.

Your time is 　52 , so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don't be 　53 by dogma(教條), otherwise that means 　54 with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner 　55 . And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart.

36. A. impressed　 　 B. worried　　　 C. discouraged　　 　 D. disappointed

37. A. out　　　　　 　B. into　　　　　 C. after　 　　　　　 D. over

38. A. Yes　 　　　　　B. No　　 　　　 C. Right 　　　　　　 D. Wrong

39. A. hurry　 　　　　 B. moment　 　　 C. line　 　　　　　　D. row

40. A. successful　　 　 B. right　 　　　 C. missing　 　　　　D. dead

41. A. will 　　　　　 B. fortune 　　　 C. promise 　　　　　D. choice

42. A. proving　　 　　 B. leaving 　　　 C. gaining 　　　　　D. abandoning

43. A. diagnosed　 　　B. confirmed　　 C. doubted　　　 　　 D. suspected

44. A. charge　　 　　　B. ruins　　 　　 C. order 　　　　　　D. control

45. A. However　 　　 B. But　　　　　　 C. So　　　　 　　　D. Therefore

46. A. elementary　　 B. advanced　　　 C. experienced 　　　D. experimental

47. A. incurable　 　　 B. curable 　　　 C. fatal 　　　　　　　D. changeable

48. A. want　 　　　　B. avoid　　 　　 C. share 　　　　　　D. hate

49. A. whoever　　 　 B. who 　　　　 C. as　 　　　　　　　D. so

50. A. practically　　 　 B. actually　　　 C. gradually 　　　　 D. eventually

51. A. cleared　　 　　 B. put　 　　　　　C. died　 　　　　　　D. washed

52. A. limited　　 　　 B. limiting　 　　　C. lacking　　 　　　　D. rare

53. A. followed　　 　 B. cheated　　　　 C. excited　　 　　　　D. trapped

54. A. fighting　　 　　B. living　 　　　C. dealing 　　　　　　D. playing

55. A. voice　 　　　　 B. sound 　　　　C. love　 　　　　　　D. direction

閱讀理解

閱讀下列文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳答案。

London---Lazy students can now give up on work altogether as two Oxford University students have made scores of A-grade essays (論文) on the website for students to copy. The essays are on the new website “revise it”. The website includes an “Essay Lab” designed to make cheating (舞弊) as effective and effortless as possible.

    Its homepage announces to surfers (網(wǎng)上沖浪者) ; “Its Essay Lab is a bank of hundreds of A-level essays covering popular topics.”

    “Next time you are asked to write an essay， why not see what we have on the subject-if you are in a lazy state of mind you can even use our guide to writing the essays and then just hand them in.”

    Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo, both 19 and first from Manchester, spent much of their first year as students at the university setting up the website. There is no charge for downloading the essays.

    “I have never been very good at essay writing,” Rose admitted. “We don't see essay bank as a cheating way. It's a surprising valuable resource. You can learn a lot by reading other people's work on the subject.”

    Among other tips , the website suggests inventing important speeches to give essays extra weight: “Popular people to quote (引用) are Douglas Hurd or Disraeli.”

    Hurd was a foreign secretary in the 1980s and Disraeli was a 19th century prime minister. Teachers are expressing their opinions by e-mail that they are angry about the website that “encourages students to cheat”, but students disagree. According to Rose: “Exams are a fight. It's us against them.”

1．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

    A. the students who visit the website “revise it” are all lazy

    B. students dislike exams

    C. Nick Rose is poor at writing

    D. writing essays is not a pleasant job

2．Nick Rose and Jordan Mayo set up their website for the purpose of ________.

    A. helping the students to cheat in exams

    B. helping students to improve their writing

    C. making money to pay for their schooling

    D. surprising their teachers

3．Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

    A. Essay Lab is one part of the website.

    B. Teachers and students have different opinions about the website.

    C. Students are not satisfied with the education system

    D. Douglas Hurd often copied essays from the website.

4．Which is the best title for this passage?

    A. Homework Website

    B. Against Exams

    C. Surfers on the Internet

D. A-level Essays

 

閱讀下面短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。

Lots of teenagers are trying to enter a university by coping stories and phrases from the internet to fill out their personal statements in Britain. Personal statements are used to show what can make applicants （申請(qǐng)）different as they outline their interests and reasons for studying a particular course. But it seems that some ideas and words are alike, even the same, thanks to an internet site designed to help those who don’t know what to write about themselves. A study found that nearly 800 applications had personal statements containing phrases taken from three online examples. The study, which involved examining 50,000 personal statements, found that 5% used the material from the internet, most from one free website. Borrowed material was most likely to appear at the end of a statement or where the applicant described the reasons for wanting to study a subject. Almost all applications are now completed online, but the new evidence of Internet temptation（誘惑）follow concern that teenagers are cutting and pasting material for A-level coursework(課程作業(yè)). A spokesman said later that he and his partners were looking for ways examine whether people appeared to be copying material.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

　　1．以約30個(gè)詞概括短文的要點(diǎn)；

　　2．以約120個(gè)詞表達(dá)你對(duì)校園中出現(xiàn)作弊現(xiàn)象的看法，并包括如下要點(diǎn)：

　�。�1）分析某些學(xué)生作弊的原因；

（2）指出作弊引起的不良后果；

（3）號(hào)召學(xué)生們杜絕作弊現(xiàn)象的發(fā)生。

[寫作要求]

1.          在作文中可以使用實(shí)例或其他論述方法支持你的論點(diǎn)，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用閱讀材料中的句子。

2.          作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校的名稱。

[評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)]

　　概括準(zhǔn)確，語(yǔ)言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。

（請(qǐng)考生在答題卷上作答。）

 

讀寫任務(wù) (共1小題,滿分25分)

閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語(yǔ)短文。

A Little Hero

A group of Italian soldiers led by a captain were advancing slowly toward the position of the enemy. They arrived at a farmhouse, in front of which sat a small boy, cutting a branch of a tree with his knife.

"What are you doing here?" asked the captain. "Why didn't you leave with your family?"

　　"I don't have any family," said the boy. "I'm an orphan. I used to work for the family that lived here. They've gone, but I stayed in order to see the fighting."

　　"Have you seen any Austrians pass by here?"

　　"Not within the last three days."

　　"Do you think you could climb that tree and tell me whether you see anything of the Austrians in the distance?"

　　"Sure!"

　　In a few minutes the boy was at the top of the tree.

　　"Look straight ahead," cried the captain, "and tell me what you see."

　　"Two men on horseback - nothing else."

　　"How far away?"

　　"About a mile and a half. They're standing still." ….

　　"They're shooting at me," said the boy. "but don't worry. Let me tell you what's to the left. Well, there's a church and I think I see... "

　　 A third bullet passed, and the boy was seen to fall suddenly from the tree, dead.

　　"Poor boy!" said the captain, covering the boy's body with a national flag and saying, "He died like a soldier and we must bury him like a soldier."

Soon it was covered with flowers. He gave his life to his country.

【寫作內(nèi)容】

學(xué)校最近組織了一次中美學(xué)生交流活動(dòng)，你參加其中的“童年生活”討論。聽(tīng)完Joe講的故事“A Little Hero” 之后，你準(zhǔn)備寫一份發(fā)言稿，題目是“After Listening to ‘A Little Hero’ ”，內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)包括：

1. 以約30個(gè)詞概括你聽(tīng)完A Little Hero的故事；

2. 然后以約120個(gè)詞談?wù)勀愕耐�年生活，�?nèi)容包括：

(1) 對(duì)自己童年生活的感受；

(2) 你的童年以及現(xiàn)在的生活和故事中那位小英雄的童年生活有什么不同？

(3) 作為一位高中學(xué)生，你未來(lái)的理想是什么？

【寫作要求】

1. 在作文中可以使用自己親身的經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

【評(píng)分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)】

概括準(zhǔn)確，語(yǔ)言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，篇章連貫。