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第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Since 2004，Time magazine has six times made a survey to name the l00 most influential people in the world．Only one person has appeared on it for six times, Oprah Winfrey．

Born in l954 in Mississippi，Oprah Winfrey spent her early years living in poverty with her grandmother and later her absent mother, followed by unfair treatment by her unfriendly relatives．Worse still，she was addicted to drugs and at the young age of l4，she gave birth to a baby, who died after a few months．Finally she was sent to live with her strict father in Tennessee. Amazingly though，her father’s rules did make sure she received a good education and finally overcame her problems．

Oprah’s media career began at age l7．She became the co-author of local news in Baltimore in her early 20’s．Her first local talk show, People Are Talking,was first performed in l978，when she was 24．

In l986，Oprah moved to Chicago to host a low-rated half-hour morning talk show, AM Chicago．Oprah talks like a family member in your and my house．Within months she took over，the show became the highest rated talk show in Chicago．It was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show．

Only two years after hosting the show, she was able to set up her own production company Harpo, and buy the full rights to The Oprah Winfrey Show．She is also involved in magazine publishing，books，education and a lifestyle channel for women with the aim of improving people’s lives, inspiring and praising good honest values，making the world a better place for present and future generations．

As her business grew, so did her wealth and power, and she became the first ever black billionaire in 2003 and the most powerful woman in media broadcasting．The amazing influence she has over a large part of the American public means that anything she promotes on her shows is guaranteed to succeed.

1．What do we know about Oprah’s childhood?

A．She lived with her mother for 14 years． B．She married young and brought up a baby．

C．he was lack of concern and care． D．She couldn’t stand her father's rules．

2．According to the text, which field didn't Oprah set foot in?

A．magazine publishing． B．education C．a TV channel for females D．filming

3．Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．Oprah Winfrey was the most influential woman in America．

B．Oprah Winfrey hosted her first local talk show in her 20’s．

C．AM Chicago became the highest rated immediately after Oprah hosted it.

D．Oprah Winfrey was the first billionaire in media broadcasting．

4．What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Oprah was a quite successful woman． B．Oprah aimed to be wealthy and powerful．

C．What Oprah promoted was sure to succeed． D．Oprah became the most influential woman．

B

University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn' t stand to see good food thrown out on their campus. "We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we would donate it. And they were on board," he said.

Some 18 months ago, the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night, volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23 000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.

Nationwide, $ 165 billion worth of food is wasted each year, according to the National Resources Defense Council.Spokesman Bob Keefs says that is about 40% of the country' s entire food production. "If we can reduce our waste in this country by 15% ,we can feed 25 million hungry Americans. That is a huge benefit. That is what programs like this Food Recovery Network are doing," he said.

Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries ( 受益者) of the students' efforts. Ben Slye, the senior pastor (牧师) ,said," It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time, their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over hundred people."

The University of Maryland' s Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country. "I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America, we want to expand to restaurants and farms." said Simon.

The volunteers are committed to making that happen.

5．The dining services in University of Maryland .

A. threw out good food on the campus B. enjoyed the talk with the students

C. supported the volunteers 'job D. donated their leftovers to the poor

6．Volunteers from the Food Recovery Network .

A. started the Food Recovery Network two years ago B. delivered leftovers as well as money to shelters

C. donated leftovers to avoid food waste D. helped to solve the hunger issues in America

7．Ben Slye' s attitude toward the volunteers' effort was that of .

A. unconcern B. appreciation C. doubt D. opposition

8．What can be the best title for the text?

A. Battles Against the Problem of Hunger B. College Students Rescue Leftover Food

C. How to Pick up Leftovers on College Campuses D. Waste Problems in University of Maryland

the human animal is the end product of a long evolutionary process that began in the sea.

And it is clear that, in addition to the emotional benefits, the shedding of tears has a specific biological function as well. Through tears, we can eliminate from our body certain chemicals which build up in response to stress and create a chemical imbalance in the body. Crying actually makes us feel better by correcting that imbalance and making us feel good again. And thus the emotional and the biological functions of tears merge（合并）into one and make us even more "human" than we would otherwise be.

9．According to the passage, human beings may have originated（起源于）in________.

A．the sea B．the salt C．chemicals D．animals

10．Which of the following is NOT a function of tears?

A．Biological B．Emotional C．Political D．Chemical

11．According to the article, which of the following is unique to humans?

A．The feeling of loneliness. B．The state of feeling good.

C．The ability to shed tears D．The feeling of fear

12．The underlined word “eliminate” probably means_______.

A．add B．produce C．replace D．remove

D

My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. Summer after summer, I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town they lived in. People knew everyone, their kids, their pets, their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow as I grew and they got older. Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting. She would make little sandwiches and we’d have tea parties. She’d make beautiful quilts for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needle work.

A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth, I bid farewell to a loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change. We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday.

On one particular birthday, when I was feeling a little low, something happened to make me feel like she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow. It was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam(接缝) that I carefully opened, and to my delight out came a tiny silver thimble! How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’ve collected over the years, where I could continue to see the gift God chose to reveal(启示)to me. What a precious memory of a very special lady who somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble inside my pillow.

I made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!

13．The author wrote this passage to .

A. show how she missed her grandma B. express a desire to lead a simple life

C. call on people to care for the old D. look back upon her happy childhood

14．The author liked staying with her grandparents because .

A. she knew almost everyone there B. she liked the simple and friendly town life there

C. she could have tea parties and eat sandwiches D. she could learn to sew quilts

15．It can be inferred from the passage that the silver thimble .

A. was the item the author had been trying to find B. was the most treasured possession of Grandma

C. was very precious to the author D. was a birthday gift Grandma had given the author

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。选项中的两项为多余选项。

※（注：选E涂AB； 选F涂AC； 选G涂AD）

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. 16 . At the first home, the son of the deceased(已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. 17 . It is my fault.”

When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survi