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　　Philo Farnsworth was a man who made it possible for one of the most important communication devices — television to be created. Philo was born on August 19th, 1906, near

　　Indian Creek in the western state of Utah. He attended a very small school near his family’s farm. He did very well in school. He asked his teacher for special help in science. The teacher began helping Philo learn a great deal more than most young students could understand.

　　One night, Philo read a magazine story about the idea of sending pictures and sound through the air. Anyone with a device that could receive this electronic information could watch the pictures and hear the sound. The magazine story said some of the world’s best scientists were using special machines to try to make a kind of device to send pictures.

　　14-year-old Philo decided these famous scientists were wrong and that mechanical devices would never work. He decided that such a device would have to be electronic. Philo knew electrons(電子) could be made to move extremely fast. All he would have to do was to find a way

　　to make electrons do the work. Very quickly Philo had an idea for such a receiver. It would trap light in a container and send the light on a line of electrons. Philo called it “light in a bottle”. Several days later, Philo told his teacher about a device that could capture(捕獲) pictures. He drew a plan for it, which he gave his teacher. Philo’s drawing seemed very simple, but it clearly showed the information needed to build a television. In fact, all television equipment today still uses Philo’s early idea. Philo Farnsworth was only 14 years old then. He knew no one would listen to a child. Experts say that probably only ten scientists in the world at that time could have understood his idea.

　　On September 7th, 1927, Philo turned on a device that was the first working television receiver. In another room was the first television camera. Philo had invented the special camera tube earlier that year. The image produced on the receiver was not very clear, but the device

　　worked. In 1930, the United States government gave Philo patent documents(專利). These would protect his invention from being copied by others.

　　53.Before he was 14 years old, .

　　A.Philo had had a very strong interest in science

　　B.Philo had learned a great deal in science from his father

　　C.Philo had helped his parents on their family’s farm

　　D.Philo had formed the idea of sending pictures and sound through the air

　　54.The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to .

　　A.a container sending pictures and sound through the air

　　B.a receiver that held light and sent it on a line of electrons

　　C.a light box with a line of electrons in a bottle

　　D.a way to make electrons send pictures

　　55.We can infer from the text that Philo’s idea .

　　A.was not recognized at first

　　B.was only understood by his teacher

　　C.was turned into a television receiver immediately

　　D.was widely used in all television equipment in 1927

　　第二節(jié) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項, 選項中有兩項為 多余選項。請將答案寫在答題卷上。 (每小題 2 分, 滿分 10 分)

　　We often close ourselves off when painful events happen in our life. Instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. 56

　　The item listed below are four tips you can open your heart more fully and completely.

　　1.Breathe into pain

　　Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to face it instead of running away. 57 When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and accept it. By using our breath, we soften our experiences and allow more newness.

　　2. 58

We’re often confused at the next step to take. Actually, we can try a new decision making process. To start the process, we may ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?” See what comes up, then put it into practice and evaluate the outcome.

　　3.Spend time alone

　　For most of our life we’re surrounded by people: our friends, family members and strangers. 59 When you spend time in solitude(孤獨), you’re free from the influence of other people. It

　　might be painful at first, but eventually you’ll add a whole new layer of depth and understanding into life.

　　4.Get out of yourself

　　60 But in reality, they actually work hand-in-hand. After you’ve explored the depth of yourself, you come away with a new understanding.

　　Now, it’s time to share that, not through telling others, but through being with others.

　　A.Have a light heart

　　B.Ask your heart what it wants

　　C.Is there anything I’m hiding from myself?

　　D.How often do we really spend time alone?

　　E.This may seem to go against the last tip to some degree.

　　F.We should open our hearts and take action to heal the wounds.

　　G.When we run away from sadness, it gets stronger and more real.

　　第二卷

　　注意事項：用 0.5 毫米黑色筆跡的簽字筆將答案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無效。

　　第一節(jié) 短文填空(共 10 小題;每小題 1.5 分, 滿分 15 分)

　　閱讀下面材料, 在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容(1 個單詞)或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition 1George and Richard. “I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!” Richard used to boast.

　　“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,” George would reply, “because I’ll be the 2 (good) lawyer in town!”

　　George never did become 3 lawyer and Richard never made any money. 4 , both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street. It was hard to make money from books, 5 made the competition worse.

　　Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George. But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, 6 (think) about his former competitor. Perhaps he missed him?

　　George was very 7 (interest) in old dictionaries. He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first 8 (edit). When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted. But while he 9 (have) lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in. He was astonished—the smiling face was older than he remembered 10 unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading.

　　“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans. The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia.”

　　第二節(jié) 單詞填空(共 10 小題;每小題 1 分, 滿分 10 分)

　　根據(jù)下列漢語提示或首字母提示, 用單詞的正確形式填空, 一空一詞。

　　11.It is generally believed that play is an e part of a child’s development.

　　12.When you apply for a job, you need to prove that you are q for the job.

　　13.Sorry, the book you want is not a right now. You can come and get it on Friday.

　　14.Jack was thinking deeply when the telephone rang suddenly, which made him jump with f .

　　15.In some countries, women are f to go out without a veil(面紗)—they will be against the law if they do so.

　　16.At the start, they had great difficulty (建立) the organization.

　　17.After that experience, she started to have a p (積極的) attitude towards life.

　　18.Healthy people with (緊張的) jobs who work long hours but get little satisfaction do have the risk of dying from heart disease.

　　19.A set of textbooks designed to help high school students learn about (傳統(tǒng)的)Chinese culture is to be published soon, Beijing Times reported on Monday.

　　20.His writing is so (難懂的) that nobody knows for sure what he is trying to express.

　　第三節(jié) 短文改錯(共 10 小題;每小題 1 分, 滿分 10 分)

　　文中共有 10 處語言錯誤, 每句中最多有兩處。錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號( ), 并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 刪除：把多余的詞用(\)劃掉。

　　修改：在錯的詞下畫一橫線, 并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;

　　2.允許修改 10 處, 多者(從第 11 處起)不計分。

A young man called Low-Carbon Brother become a hit on the Internet in 2011. He suggests living a low carbon life, which means using less energy in our daily life so that we can help reducing carbon dioxide in the air. For example, she always picks up some waste paper on the street or uses the blank side to write something. While he is watching TV, he always turns up the screen brightness to the minimum and turns off the light. Therefore, he goes to work by bike instead of driving. Some people think what he is doing is just a show. No one can live such a simply life with so many modern invention around us. As far as I am concerned, I am strongly in favor his idea and his behavior. Although what he is doing has no huge effect on global warming, but he at least can enjoy a healthy life.

　　第四節(jié) 書面表達(滿分 25 分) 假設(shè)你是李華，剛從美國回來，可你發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的英語詞典遺忘在了寄宿家庭 Mr. Brown的家里。因此你給他寫信, 請他幫助寄回詞典。信的要點如下：

　　1. 感謝曾經(jīng)的幫助;

　　2. 請求寄回字典;

　　3. 這本字典的特殊意義;

　　4. 字典遺落的位置;

　　5. 郵資自付。 注意：

　　1. 詞數(shù) 100 左右;信的開頭和結(jié)尾不計入詞數(shù);

　　2. 參考詞匯：郵資 postage

　　Dear Mr. Brown,

　　Yours, Li Hua

　　參考答案

　　聽力

　　1-5 ABCBA 6-10 BCACA 11-15 ACBCA l6-20 CBCAB

　　完形填空

　　21-25 DCAAB 26-30 DCBCA 31-35 BDBCD 36-40 CDACB

　　閱讀理解

　　41-44 AACB 45-48 ABCC 49-52 ACDA 53-55 ABA 56-60 FGBDE

　　語法填空

　　1. between 2. best 3. a 4. Instead 5. which

　　6. thinking 7. interested 8. edition 9. was having 10. but

　　單詞填空

　　11. essential 12. qualified 13. available 14. fright 15. forbidden

　　16. establishing 17. positive 18. stressful 19. traditional 20. confusing

　　短文改錯

　　

　　寫作(One possible version)

　　Dear Mr. Brown,

　　I’m now safely back home. Thank you very much for all the kindness I got from you during my stay. Hope everything is fine with you there.

Now I wonder whether I could ask you a favour. When I came back, I suddenly realized that I had left my English dictionary behind at your place. It is a precious gift from my American teacher. Would you please be so kind as to send it back to me? I’ll pay for the postage. The dictionary must be on the bookshelf in my bedroom. It is the one with a red cover.

　　Thanks and all the best. Yours,

　　Li Hua