第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共90分）

第一部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABCD）中，选出最佳选项，并涂在答题卡上。

A

When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.

One big disadvantage is money—it costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and at times the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of traveling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.

Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment(娱乐活动). Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising—and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.

Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.

1. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?

A. Staying on the farm. B. Moving to the countryside.

C. Leaving home for the city. D. Running away from the school.

2. Which of the following is true about the writer?

A. He is very old now. B. He is in good health.

C. He prefers driving a car. D. He lives in the city now.

3. In the passage，the writer tries to__________.

A. express his opinions about way of life B. describe his life in the countryside

C. show an interest in the outside world D. persuade the reader to live in the city

4. How is the passage mainly developed?

A. By inferring. B. By comparing.

C. By listing examples. D. By giving explanations.

B

“I’d like to be at a healthier weight,” a friend told me. “But we just don’t have the money to buy expensive diet foods and there isn’t enough money to join a gym.” Many people feel that way — that a healthy diet and exercise plan is out of reach because of their high cost. Don’t lose hope! We’ll be looking at ways to make healthy choices without spending too much money.

First you don’t need to buy the expensive pre-prepared “diet foods.” Back in the early 1970s when I started housekeeping, 90% of the food I bought was ingredients. Very few things were preprocessed (预处理的). Now 90% of the food you find in the store is quick food. That’s a bad thing.

Quick foods like boxed “just add hamburger” meals have had the fiber (纤维) removed to make them faster to prepare. Take a look at the label (标签) on that box. It often has low numbers listed under “fiber” because fiber takes longer to digest. If the low fiber meal is digested, the result is that your body begins to store fat. Besides, your body is short of nutrients (营养物质). You will be driven to eat more to try to make up for the low quality of the food you are eating.

And then there are the chemicals the producers add to the quick meals to make them palatable. If not, the stuff would taste like cardboard and you wouldn’t enjoy it. However, these chemicals certainly aren’t good for your health.

What’s the answer? Buy whole ingredients and give up the expensive, low nutrition, processed foods. Do the cooking yourself and you will have control over what is in your food — and it will cost less, too.

5. People who find it hard to get a healthier weight think _____.

A. they had too much diet food

B. they didn’t make a detailed plan

C. they have no time to do exercise in gym

D. they can’t afford diet food and to exercise in gym

6. The author doesn’t like quick food mainly because _____.

A. it contains too much fat B. it makes people eat more

C. it has low fiber D. it takes longer to digest

7. The underlined word “palatable” in Paragraph 4 means _____.

A. fresh B. delicious C. healthy D. poor

8. The author suggests in the text that people should _____.

A. control the amount of food B. eat more processed foods

C. cook food for themselves D. choose cheap ingredients

C

Fun day

To celebrate the Year of the Tiger

Organized by FindingFun Youth Centre and Nowhere High School

Date：17 February 2015

Time：12 am – 9 pm

Place：Nowhere High School Playground

Fee：$ 20 (buy three get one free)

Programs：drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance

Highlights：1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera

2) learn to make festival food

John us on the Fun day!

All are welcome!

Note:

* Tickets are available at the General Office of FindingFun Youth Centre.

* For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Tanya one week before the activity.

9. What you have just read is a ________.

A. note B. report C. schedule D. poster

10. What is going to take place on 17 February, 2015?

A. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.

B. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.

C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

D. A meeting of Nowhere High School students.

11. How much do you have to pay in total if five of you go together?

A. $ 40. B. $ 60 C. $ 80. D. $ 100.

D

Bad news travels fast—when you watch the evening news or read the morning papers, it seems that things that get the most coverage are all tragedies like wars, earthquakes, floods, fires and murders.

This is the classic rule for mass media. “They want your eyeballs and don’t care how you’ re feeling, ”Jonah Berger, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania, the US, told The New York Times.

But with social media getting increasingly popular, information is now being spread in different ways, and researchers are discovering new rules - good news can actually spread faster and farther than disasters and other sad stories.

Berger and his colleague Katherine Milkman looked at thousands of articles on The New York Times’ website and analyzed the “most e-mailed” list for six months.

One of his findings was that articles in the science section were much more likely to make the list. Those stories aroused feelings of awe and made the readers want to share this positive emotion with others.

Besides science stories, readers were also found to be likely to share articles that were exciting or funny. “The more positive an article, the more likely it was to be shared, ”Berger wrote in his new book, Contagious: Why Things Catch On. For example, “stories about newcomers falling in love with New York City”, he writes, tend to be shared more than “the death of a popular zookeeper”.

The difference between the two is due to the fact that the mass media prefers news that gets attention, while when you share a story with your friends “you care a lot more about how they react”, Berger explained.

But does all this good news actually make the audience feel better? Not necessarily.

According to a study by researchers at Harvard University, people tend to say more positive things about themselves when they’re talking to a bigger audience, rather than just one person, which helps explain all the perfect vacations that keep showing up on micro blogs. This, researchers found, makes people think that life is unfair and that they’re less happy than their “friends” .

But no worries. There’s a quick and easy way to relieve the depression you get from viewing other people’s seemingly perfect lives - turn on the television and watch the news. There is always someone doing worse than you are.

12. Bad news covers most papers because __________.

A. the public care for reading tragedies

B. mass media want to attract the public’s attention

C. the public intend to express sympathy for victims

D. mass media appeal to the public to help victims

13. Which of the following might be e-mailed most according to Berger?

A. The perfect vacation of your friend. B. The death of a popular zookeeper.

C. The story of a determined inventor. D. The flood hitting a small town.

14. We can infer from the passage that ______.

A. bad news always makes people sad

B. people prefer to share bad news with a bigger audience

C. people can relieve the depression by reading good news

D. good news sometimes has negative influence

15. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Good News Spreads Fast B. Bad News Spreads Fast

C. The Effect of Bad News D. The Power of Good News

第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

As a student, you can do well on a test if you have a good knowledge of the information that is being tested. 16 The DETER strategy can help you do your best on any test. Each letter in DETER reminds you of what to do.

D=Directions

Read the test directions very carefully. Ask your teacher to explain anything about the test directions you do not understand. 17

E=Examine

Examine the entire test to see how much you have to do. Only by knowing the entire task can you break it down into parts that become manageable for you.

T=Time

18 If there are different points for items, plan to spend the most time on the items that count for the most points. Planning your time is especially important for essay tests.

E=Easiest

19 If you get stuck on a difficult item that comes up early in the test, you may not get to answer items that test things you know well.

R=Review

If you have planned your time correctly, you will have time to review your answers. 20 Also make sure to review the test directions to be certain you have answered all items required.

A. Do you know that these letters stand for?

B. In my opinion, you should follow the advice whe