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It is, everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.
Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate (精确) as a description of the eager and happy cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gestures and by making questioning noises.
Any attempt to trace (探察) the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out to show joy, sadness, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded a

s early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds. This self-imitation (自我模仿) leads on to imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as a speech.
1．The third paragraph is mainly about ____
A．the development of babies’ early forms of language
B．the difficulties of babies in learning to speak
C．babies’ strong desire to communicate
D．babies’ intention to communicate
2．The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children ____.
A．usually obey without asking questions
B．are not active in the process of learning to speak
C．are born cooperative
D．learn to speak by listening
3．From the passage we learn that ____.
A．early starters can learn to speak within only six months
B．children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises
C．imitation plays an important role in learning to speak
D．children have various difficulties in learning to speak
4．The best title for this passage would be ____.
A．How Babies Learn to Speak B．Early Forms of Language
C．A Huge Task for Children D．Noise Making and Language Learning

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小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:A

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Texting is a great way to communicate and teenagers are doing just that. New research shows that on average, teens are sending 2,000 text messages a month, and doctors say it’s causing injuries.
13-year-old Bailey Baker keeps using her thumbs, sending text messages to her friends again and again. The past March may have been her best month ever, texting 8,000 times. Now, she says she’s feeling the pain. “Just mainly back and neck problems and thumb numbness,” she says.
Baylor-Garland Dr. Jane Sadler is seeing more and more teens who simply text until it hurts. She says parents, including Bailey’s mom, have no idea how much their kids are texting. “I was thinking she was texting about 25 texts a day,” says Lisa Baker. “Wrong! We’ve uncovered a problem.” It didn’t take Dr. Sadler long to find the problem. She gave Bailey the once-over and learnt that Bailey had developed Texting Teen Tendinitis(肌腱炎)
“A lot of them report pain in their thumbs, back and neck,” says Dr. Sadler. “When we look into it

and examine a little bit further, we see texting is the main cause of the problem.” Dr. Sadler says back pain is caused by poor posture while texting. Bailey often texts for up to 2 hours a day; that’s a lot of wear and tear on the thumbs which over time, can break down. Dr. Sadler tells over-texting teens to look into the future. “What I tell them is ‘Hey, you might be normal now, but when you are 40 or 50, you can get arthritis (关节炎).’”
Dr. Sadler recommends limiting texting to 50 a day, and keeping good posture. Dr. Sadler also says touch screens are easier on the thumbs than keyboards and hand exercises are great to build up those muscles, making it easier to text.
1. How many text messages did Bailey Baker send a day on average last month?
A. Less than 226. B. About 230. C. About 267. D. More than 300.
2. Because of texting, Bailey Baker suffers from the following problems EXCEPT ______.
A. back pain B. neck pain C. headache D. thumb numbness
3. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. She gave Bailey Baker a quick examination.
B. She solved Bailey Baker’s problem at once.
C. She gave Bailey Baker a piece of advice.
D. She let Bailey Baker send a text message again.
4. What can we conclude from Paragraph 4?
A. Teenagers won’t get hurt if they stop texting right now.
B. Poor posture while texting is the main cause of injuries.
C. Thumbs won’t ache if teens text for no more than 2 hours a day.
D. Over-texting may have a bad effect on people in the long run.

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Would you please listen? It’s a complaint we’ve all heard (though perhaps not listened to). The price paid for not listening can be high: from making a mess of a task to broken relationships. “Frustrated, devalued, and disrespected—that’s how people feel when they’re ‘heard’ but not ‘listened to’,” says Jennie Grau, president of communications training and coaching firm Taliaferro Grau Associates. Yet focusing attention and understanding—the qualities that make physically hearing different from actually listening—can be hard to develop.
Learn to truly understand others, and you’ll improve your personal and professional skill sets alike. Business is all about relationships, and being a better listener helps you establish more positive relationships, says Rockhurst University communications professor Laura Janusik.
The first step is to limit anything that draws your attention away. Give up multi-tasking, and focus on what the speaker’s saying. If the moment simply doesn’t allow you to pay full attention, set up an alternative time when you will be able to concentrate.
Next, stop interrupting. Always want to jump in before the other person finishes speaking? Control yourself like this: Press your fingers firmly, count to five, and re-evaluate whether it’s time to talk. Be aware of the subjects or words that influence your emotions—both positive and negative—and calm down before responding.
Finally, listen between the lines. If you hear only the words without paying attention to the speaker’s tone of voice, facial expression, and body language, you risk missing hidden meanings or important signals. Confirm you’ve “gotten” the message. Transform what others said into a few words of your own.
And when it’s your turn to speak, know you’ve provided a model for how you hope your words will be received.
63. What’s the difference between hearing and listening according to the passage? (No more than 14 words)
_________________________________________________________________________
64. What does the author mean by saying “listen between the lines” in Paragraph 5? (No more than 8 words)
__________________________________________________________________________
65. What’s the best title for the passage? (No more than 8 words)
__________________________________________________________________________

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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 小题1: .The rivers were long gone back into the 小题2: .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 小题3: of sharing and 小题4: the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 小题5: into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 小题6: that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 小题7: ,he was once again toward the woods. This 小题8: went on for an hour—walked 小题9: to the woods, and ran back to the house.
小题10: I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 小题11: him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most 小题12: sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 小题13: suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 小题14: effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 小题15: .
When the water was 小题16: ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 小题17: .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to 小题18: ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 小题19: ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 小题20: by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
小题21:.

A．dying

B．producing

C．harvesting

D．drying

小题22:.

A．sea

B．gas

C．earth

D．land

小题23:.

A．skill

B．lesson

C．impression

D．opinion

小题24:.

A．found

B．expected

C．noticed

D．witnessed

小题25:.

A．disappeared

B．broke

C．turned

D．looked

小题26:.

A．admiring

B．thinking

C．imagining

D．desiring

小题27:.

A．consequently

B．eventually

C．however

D．therefore

小题28:.

A．experience

B．activity

C．exercise

D．arrangement

小题29:.

A．hurriedly

B．secretly

C．worriedly

D．carefully

小题30:.

A．Immediately

B．Finally

C．Fortunately

D．Unexpectedly

小题31:.

A．stopped

B．caught

C．followed

D．urged

小题32:.

A．amusing

B．interesting

C．appealing

D．amazing

小题33:.

A．anxiously

B．disappointedly

C．naturally

D．obviously

小题34:.

A．no

B．brave

C．great

D．poor

小题35:.

A．hands

B．face

C．eyes

D．legs

小题36:.

A．gone

B．cool

C．running

D．faded

小题37:.

A．put out

B．taken away

C．shut off

D．set up

小题38:.

A．stop

B．leave

C．smile

D．run

小题39:.

A．washing

B．drinking

C．throwing

D．polluting

小题40:.

A．melt

B．added

C．attached

D．joined

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三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.
In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.
He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.
I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.
When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.
“Anything else?”I’ll ask.
“No, that’s fine.”
As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.
小题1:
According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.

A．kind but sort of strict	B．disabled but optimistic
C．independent but violent	D．full of love but lacks confidence

小题2:
It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on
_________.

A．how to make friends	B．how to help the disabled
C．how to learn from failure	D．how to improve his studies

小题3:
.When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.

A．embarrassed

B．sorry

C．natural

D．uncomfortable

小题4:
What can we learn from the passage?

A．The author is proud of his father.

B．The author is likely to be taken in by his friends.

C．The author encourages his father to do things himself.

D．The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father.

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“It’s the best…uhh…What? You don’t want it?...,”the inexpertienced young man uttered,his hope dashed.
“Again,you disappointed me,Andrew.When are you going to learn? You have to be sure and confident. And think how best to make him part with his money. Apply yourself, Son. All your college education will not help if you don’t put your mind to selling. Think on your feet. Use psychology,” Andrew spoke with diffidence overwhelmed by his father’s criticism.
“You’ve been in this shop for six months and you haven’t succeeded in selling a single computer. I tell you what. I’ll give you one more chance. I’ll give you another three more weeks. If you still can’t make one sale, I’ll call in your elder brother to replace you. He will also take over the shop when I retire. There. I’ll just give you one last chance to prove yourself,” said Mr. Whitely, his patience wearing thin.
Andrew’s heart missed a beat. This time he would have to do it. Do or Die! A sense of urgency gripped him. Somehow he must prove himself to his father.
It was now the end of the day and the shop was being closed. The assistant employed by his father, called Mike, chuckled and put his arms round poor Andrew to comfort him,“ Sort it out yourself. It’s gotta come from yourself.” he said.
The shop was located in a bustling shopping center. Andrew left the shop and walked round the complex aimlessly and by chance entered a large bookstore. He glanced at the books and was about to leave when his eyes caught some interesting titles:‘ How to increase your confidence,’‘ The art of communication,’‘How to sell well’amongst others.
The next minute he was out of the store with the shopping bag bugling with books. In his apartment (for he loves separately from his parents and little sister),he settled himself in his easy chair and devoured the contents of the books, one by one. His keen intelligence enabled him to focus the details that matter and pick out the ideas and techniques expounded.In a week his image underwent a transformation. Gone was the stubble that used to give him an untidy image likened to a heroin addict.He was also smartly dressed now. Instead of his usual slurred speech and incoherence ,he spoke with clarity, purpose and forcefulness.He was more convincing and persuasive. Above all, confidence flowed from his being and he seemed to have learned a few tricks of the selling trade. He worked hard at his sales pitch and one day he succeeded in selling a computer. His first sale. He had finally achieved the quota of one sale within the given time frame of three weeks. The job, the shop, was his. He had to thank Mike for it. And now he had to go beyond his first successs and score, consistently and persistently. Nevertheless he had proved himself at last and the future looked bright and promising.
小题1:
We learn from the story that at the beginning Andrew’s father_________.

A．holds the view that Andrew is hopeless

B．has lost his patience with Andrew

C．has given the shop to Andrew

D．still hopes Andrew will improve

小题2:
We learn from the story that Andrew_________.

A．has turned himself into an experienced sales manager

B．has tried in vain to get his job done in six months

C．has let his father down in the end

D．has done well with the help of Mike

小题3:
What’s the most significant change of character in Andrew?

A．He’s more convincing.	B．He’s more hard-working.
C．He is more confident.	D．He is more intelligence.

小题4:
What conclusion can we draw from the story?

A．Success depends on hard work,talent,and willingnesss to make changes.

B．However hard you try, you won’t achieve success without others’ help

C．It takes time to succeed, you have to try again and again and never give up

D．It’s good communication skills and some tricks that result in big business.

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