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In a nation with a one-child policy, it’s understandable for parents to worry over whether they are petting their children. Are the children as truly weak as expected?

The concern has been brought into a hit reality TV series — Hunan TV’s Dad!

Where Are We Going? and Zhejiang TV’s First Time In Life. In both, children as young as three have become new public figures(人物). In the show First Time In Life，children chosen from ordinary families are given small tasks to finish by themselves；the ongoing Dad show centers on five fathers and their children who are forced to live a simple life in poor villages, far outside their comfortable city life.

Though they have different family backgrounds, how they behave in the new environments has drawn the attention of the public.

In Dad! Where Are We Going?, the five-year-old daughter of former Olympic diving champion Tian Liang cries and hides behind her father when they arrive at a rural village. In First Time In Life, a young girl in Tianjin cries after being asked by her father to go out alone to buy eggs and a pancake.

In the eyes of some people, these kids always depend on others, and the reason is that their parents give them too much love. But television viewers and parents were encouraged when the crying Tianjin girl finally returned holding the pancake, and Tian’s daughter finally began to take care of her younger friends and learned to ask for help from people she didn’t know.

The father of the Tianjin girl felt “delightfully shocked” and said. “She used to

be well taken care of by her mother or grandmother. Now she has the courage to do it all by herself. ”

The shows have led many parents to change how they raise their children. Shanghai mother Liang Jing said she would try to “give some training” to her shy son, asking him to tidy up his toys. Lin Yi, a parenting expert in Beijing, said giving kids a chance to do things for themselves helps to raise their sense of success, which carries benefits all through their lives. ”

1. What draws the people’s attention in the programs?

A. How the children behave in the new environments.

B. Where the children are from.

C. What the kids’ family background is like .

D. How old the children are.

2. What is Tian Liang’s daughter expected to do in the show?

A. Go out to buy something alone. B. Live in a poor village with her father.

C. Make friends with strange people. D. Hide in a safe place out of danger.

3. It can be known from the underlined words “delightfully shocked” that .

A. father is more important than mother in a family

B. children should be given a chance to depend on themselves.

C. parents should give the child a safe environment

D. the children are as weak as parents expected

B

English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.

However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.

And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

4. According to the passage ________.

A. sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things

B. there should be egg in an eggplant

C. pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D. boxing rings should be round

5. Which of the following is the correct plural?

A. Beeth. B. Meese. C. Geese. D. Tooth.

6. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A. A wise man and a wise guy.

B. Quite a lot and quite a few.

C. Overlook and oversee.

D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.

7. The underlined words “wind up” in the last paragraph probably mean “________”.

A. finish B. roll up C. get hurt D. blow

C

Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline (衰老) when they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.  “We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.  “Within the heart there are millions of cells (细胞) that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.” What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s. “This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink. The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age. 8. The text mainly talks about ________. A. men’s heart cells B. women’s ageing process  C. hearts and long life D. women’s heart cells9. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________. A. women have more cells than men when they are born B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat C. women never lose their pumping power with age D. the female heart loses few of the cells with age10. If you want to live longer, you should ________. A. enable your heart to beat much faster B. find out the reason for ageing C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy D. prevent your cells from being lost第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

To forgive（原谅）may be great, but no one ever said it was easy. When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible — and it can be surprisingly beneficial to your physical and mental health. 71  So how do you start the recovering? Try following these steps: Calm yourself. 72 You just take a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, someone you love. Don't wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you has no intention of apologizing. 73 So if you wait for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully long time. Take the control away from your offender (冒犯者). 74 Instead of focusing on your wounded?feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. 75 If you understand that person, you may realize that he or she was acting out of love. To gain the same feeling, you may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender's point of view. Don't forget to forgive yourself. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge. But it?can rob you of your self-confidence if you don't do it.

A. There are several ways to forgive and forget.B. People who forgive show less stress and feel more energetic.

C. Recognize the benefits of forgiveness.D. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way.E. Mentally replaying your hurt gives power to the person who caused your pain.F. Try to see things from the other person's position.G. To stop your anger, try a simple stress-management technique.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). 11 being sent away, this boy was the 12 student in his class. He was at the top in every 13 always with high marks.

But the boy changed after 14 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started 15 . He hated being in a 16 . He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he 17 committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt 18 and no one loved him.

His parents started 19 about the boy. But they even did not know what was 20 with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and 21 him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and 22 . After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

The boy answered back, “To 23 my grades?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most 24 person for me. I want to see you 25 . I don’t care about gr