D

　　Every day we are exposed to images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aural hyper-stimulation, the medium of radio is making a great comeback.

　　“We’re at the beginning of a golden age of audio,” said US-based podcaster Alex Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month alone, 15 percent of US adults listened to a radio podcast (播客). These statistics, released by Edison Research, show the successful evolution of traditional radio broadcasts to the present day’s digital podcast format. The term “podcast” was invented in 2004, but the trend only started gaining mainstream popularity in recent years. With the sharp increase in consumer demand for smartphones and tablets, podcast sales have jumped.

　　The appeal of the podcast partly lies in its multiplatform delivery and on-demand capabilities (功能). You can listen during those extra minutes of the day when you’re walking to the shops, waiting in a queue or riding the subway. Similar to television shows, podcasts are generally free to download and most offer new content every week.

　　Donna Jackson, 22, Sydney University media graduate, listens to podcasts two or three times a week, via iTune. “I listen while I’m wandering around the house doing something else. It makes completing a boring task much more enjoyable… And it’s an easy way of keeping in touch with what’s going on in the rest of the world,” she said, “I mainly listen to BBC podcasts, but recently I’ve also been listening to This American Life and Serial. They have a special skill to really draw you in.”

　　Unlike television and music, the audio format has the potential to create a deep impression on readers. Blumberg says this owes to the podcast’s ability “to create close relationship and emotional connection.” Sydney University undergraduate Hazel Proust, majoring in social work and arts, agrees. “When you’re listening, it feels as if the voice of the podcast’s storyteller is talking directly to you. It’s comforting.” said Proust.

　　It seems the age-old tradition of verbal storytelling is very much alive and well.

　　43. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

　　A. traditional broadcast has come back

　　B. Americans love listening to the radio

　　C. podcasts have become very popular today

　　D. smartphones sell well because of podcasts

　　44. The writer mentions Donna Jackson mainly to ________.

　　A. tell how young people relax themselves

　　B. explain why young people like podcasts

　　C. introduce what programs podcasts are presenting

　　D. show how popular podcasts are presenting

　　45. Paragraph 5 is mainly about ________.

　　A. the influence of radios B. the advantage of podcasts

　　C. readers’ impression on radios D. people’s reaction to the medium

　　46. What is probably the best title of the passage?

　　A. Return of Radio B. Opinions of Podcast

　　C. Features of Radio D. Technology of Podcast

　　E

　　The discovery of an ancient giant panda skull has confirmed its bamboo diet dates back more than 2 million years and may have played a key part in its survival.[

　　A Chinese-US research team reports its results today following studies on a fossil skull found in south China’s Cuangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2001.

　　The six fossils unearthed in Jinyin Cave are dated between 2.4 and 2 million years ago, according to the report in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an influential US journal.

　　Jin Changzhu, of the chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and lead author of the paper, said the smaller fossil skull indicates the giant pandas were about a third smaller than today’s pandas.

　　Researchers knew the panda reached its maximum size about 500,000 years ago, when it peaked ,and then gradually became smaller.

　　Jin, a paleontologist (古生物學(xué)者) at the Institute of Vertebrate paleontology and Paleoanthropology (古人類學(xué)) attached to the CAS, said the size variation was a basic rule of evolution.

　　“A species tends to grow bigger when it reaches the peak of its population , but becomes smaller when numbers decline,” he said.

　　The dental remains of the skull, which is the oldest giant panda skull ever found, are similar to today’s pandas, indicating the type of teeth that could munch (津津有味地嚼)mountains of bamboo. A panda can eat up to 40kg of bamboo per day.

　　Paleoanthropologist Russell Ciochon, the US co-author at the University of lowa, said the panda’s focus on bamboo could have helped it survive all these years.

　　“Once an animal begins to rely on a common and stable food source, such as bamboo, it tends to evolve a larger body size,” he said. “As individuals of the evolving species grow bigger, they have a better chance not to be eaten by predators (肉食動物) due to their larger body size.”

　　47. According to the research of the CAS , there were most pandas in the world .

　　A. 2 million years ago B. between 2.4 and 2 million years ago

　　C. 500,000 years ago D. Nowadays

　　48. The underlined word “variation” in para 6 means .

　　A. fall B. change C. increase D. decrease

　　49. From the passage, we can learn .

　　A. pandas began to eat bamboo 2 million years ago

　　B. a species tends to grow smaller when numbers decline

　　C. the giant pandas were about a third the size of today’s pandas

　　D. pandas’ bamboo has played an important role in its development

　　50.The passage mainly tells us that .

　　A. pandas are endangered

　　B. pandas had a long history

　　C. pandas had bamboo to beat predators

　　D. today’s Pandas are similar to the oldest ones

　　第二節(jié)補全對話(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)

　　根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的七個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。

　　―Hi, David. I heard you're looking for a new job.

　　—Yeah. 51 ______

　　---- Oh. 52____

　　-----I think 1 did well. They said they would make a decision by this Friday.

　　— This Friday? 53______

　　-----Yeah! I think so ，too.

　　-----54______.

　　------I believe I have a very good chance. The director seems to like me.

　　——55 ______

　　------Thanks. I hope it helps.

　　A. Well, good luck, then.

　　B. How did you find it?

　　C. I just had an interview yesterday.

　　D. What are your chances of getting that job?

　　E. How did it go?

　　F I think you will face some new challenges.

　　G. Looks like they want to hire the person .as quickly as possible

　　第II卷(非選擇題，共60分)

　　第三部分 寫作(共三節(jié)，滿分60分)

　　第一節(jié) 閱讀表達(共5小題;每小題2分, 滿分10分)

　　閱讀下面短文并回答問題,然后將答案寫到答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上(請注意問題后的詞數(shù)要求)。

　　Lacrosse, invented by the Native Americans, is a popular team sport in North America and a national summer sport for Canada. It involves the use of nets, or “heads” as they are called, which consist of a wooden or metal stick with a net on the end. Hockey is a game based on this sport.

　　The name “lacrosse” was named by the French settlers ，with “Crosse” meaning curved stick. Lacrosse played a more serious role in Indian culture than anywhere else. Lacrosse was not a very well-known sport until the late nineteenth century. It was mostly a boy’s game until a few years ago, and now it is played by both boys and girls.

　　There were about three different forms of lacrosse based on the different tribes or places of how they played it. One of the ways still played today is called double stick; you play by using a two-and-a-half-foot stick in each hand and tossing a deer skin ball in between the two sticks.

　　Like many other ball games ，there are two teams in Lacrosse ，each with ten players. There is one goalie, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. The goalies defend the goals, and if the ball goes into the goal, the team who got the goal scores. Whoever scores the most goals by the end of the game wins, with an overtime period being played if the game is tied. The game has four quarters and starts with a "faceoff “at the beginning of each quarter. A faceoff is when the ball is on the ground to start the game ，and one person from each team fights for the bail.

　　56.Who invented the game Lacrosse? (no more than 3 words)

　　57.When did Lacrosse become a well-known sport? (no more than 6 words)

　　58. How many players are needed to play a Lacrosse game? (no more than 1 word)

　　59. What is a goalie’s job? (no more than 7 words)

　　60.What happens if two teams score the same goals at the end of a game? (no more than 6 words)

　　第二節(jié) 短文改錯(共10小題; 每小題1.5分， 滿分15分)

　　此題要求改正所給短文中的錯誤。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每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：把多余的詞用斜線(﹨)劃掉。

　　修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線(__)，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. 只允許修改10處，多者(從第11處起)不計分。

　　I as well as my family are going to New York City this weekend. I had been looking forward to go there for a long time. It is one of the modernist city in the world. There have also a lot of museums where you can learn something you can’t learn it in school. I’d also like to see the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building. Unfortunately, the twin towers destroyed on September 11th, 2001 and I would have the chance to see them by myself. Now I am getting ready for the excited trip. I bet it will be a unforgettable experience.

　　第三節(jié) 書面表達(滿分35分)

　　假設(shè)你叫李華，你的一位朋友(英語名字叫John)剛從國外歸來，邀請你參加本周日在他家舉辦的朋友聚會，但你不能參加，請你根據(jù)以下要點給他寫一封電子郵件：

　　1.表達想?yún)⒓拥囊庠?

　　2.忙于準(zhǔn)備高考;

　　3.由于感冒，身體不適;

　　4.表示歉意并另約時間;

　　注意：1.可適當(dāng)增加細節(jié)以使行文連貫。

　　2.詞數(shù)100～120。

　　提示：高考the College Entrance Exam

　　Dear John，

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　_________________________________________________________________

　　Yours truly

　　Li Hua

　　參考答案

　　單項填空(共10小題;每小題1分，共10分)

　　1-5 ADDCB 6-10 BCDCC

　　完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

　　11-15 DCABB 16-20 CADBD 21-25 ACADB 26-30 CDBDA

　　閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分，滿分40分)

　　31-34 CBDD 35-38 DADC 39-42 BBCC 43-46 CBBA 47-50 CBBC

　　補全對話(共5小題;每小題2分，滿分10分)

　　51-55 CEGDA

　　閱讀表達(共5小題;每小題2分，共10分)

　　56. The native Americans.

　　57. Not until the late nineteenth century(In the late 1890s).

　　58. 20.(twenty)

　　59. To defend the goal.

　　60. An overtime period is played.

　　短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分)

　　書面表達(35分)

　　Dear John，

　　I am extremely sorry to tell you that I am unable to go to your party this Sunday. It is very kind of you to invite me to your house and I really look forward to going to your party and sharing your happy experiences abroad. Much to my regret，I will be absent from your party owing to the fact that the College Entrance Exam is just around the corner，for which I am now really busy preparing. What’s worse，I have caught a bad cold lately and I am really not myself. Anyway，we will have many more chances to get together. Shall we make it after the Exam?

　　I am truly sorry. I hope you will forgive me and accept my sincere apologies. I look forward to your reply.

　　Yours truly，

　　Li Hua