I joined the life insurance(保险)business at the age of twenty. And I went on to break several sales records for my company, becoming the youngest person to sell over a million dollars’ worth of business in my first year. This achievement allowed me to become a member of the well-known Million Dollar Round Table(MDRT), which recognizes the world’s top achievers in life insurance. I was lucky that the skills I’d learned as a boy in watching body language while selling could be used in this new area, and were directly related to the success I could have in any business closely connected with people.
26. Which of the following meant the author must give up the rubber sale?
A. A customer’s gentle voice. C. A customer’s finger shape.
B. A customer’s open palms. D. A customer’s sign of anger.
27. What is the author’s main purpose of mentioning the success in life insurance?
A. To prove the magic of his studying body language B. To show off his unusual insurance-selling achievements C. To attract more people to buy his life insurance D. To simply let readers know about his good luck
28. Which is the correct order of the author’s life events?
① He bought his first house
② He got the chance to meet people and watch body language ③ He became a member of MDRT
④ He broke the first sales record for the insurance company A. ①②④③
B. ②①④③
C. ①④②③
D. ①④③②
29. What does the underlined words “new area” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. The study of selling products. C. The research of body language.
B. The life insurance business.. D. The work for the MDRT
30. According to the passage, which of the following can best describe the author?
A. intelligent but overconfident C. thinking and sharp-eyed
B. open-minded and determined D. grateful and gentle C
After the summer break, Delhi’s children returned to school this month and found a new class added to their schedules: happiness.
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It wasn’t a welcome-back joke. In a country where top universities require average test scores above 98 percent and where cheating on final high school exams is organized by a “mafia” that includes teachers and school officials, the Delhi government's new scheme marks a change of emphasis（强调）from student performance to well-being.
“We have given best-of-the-best graduates of ability to industry,” said Manish Sisodia, Delhi’s education minister, “…But have we been able to supplied best-of-the-best human beings to society, to the nation? ”
Sisodia’s happiness classes represent a major experiment in a country known for its overstrict, bookish education system, which has helped cement a new middle class over the past thirty years but is also poorly thought of for encouraging rote（死记硬背的） learning and causing high pressure levels. Under the program, 100,000 Delhi students spend the first half-hour of each school day without opening a textbook, learning instead through inspirational stories and activities, as well as such thinking exercises as meditation.
Some teachers, though, remain uncertain. Some of them say, the public schools are too crowded for a course based so heavily on classroom interaction（互动）. Others doubt that the happiness classes can change the culturally deep-rooted emphasis on exams and memorization. Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, chair of education, economics and international development at University College London, said that there haven’t been any studies to value their workability. “As far as I know, in some schools they are just another box-ticking exercise,” she said.
31. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A.To tell a welcome-back joke. C.To argue against the testing system
B.To introduce a new program.
D.To emphasize studies mixed with happiness
32. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “cement ” in paragraph 4?
A. preview
B. attend
C. destroy
D. increase
33. How is the fourth paragraph mainly developed?
A.By giving examples. C.By following time order.
B.By making comparisons. D.By listing data
34. What's Geeta Gandhi Kingdon’s attitude towards the possibility of happiness classes?
A. confident
B. hopeless
C. doubtful
D. indifferent
35. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. Delhi’s children return to school
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B. Delhi offers “ happiness ” classes
C. Happiness classes become Welcome in Delhi D. Happy classes prove another box-ticking exercise
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。
Persuasion is the art of talking someone into agreeing with you. 36
Ethos(理念) is a speaker’s way of persuading the audience that he is a dependable person. 37 For example, a speaker can develop ethos by explaining how much experience or education he has in a certain field. After all, you would be more willing to follow advice about how to educate your child from a teacher than a doctor.
Pathos(感染力) is a speaker’s way of connecting with an audience’s emotions. For example, a speaker who want people to vote for him might say that he can make the country richer and stronger. 38
Logos(理性) is the use of facts, statistics, or other evidence to make the argument more persuasive. 39 For example, an ad for soap might say that laboratory tests have shown that their soap kills all 7,000,000 of the bacteria on your hand, which might make it more probable for you to buy their soap. Presenting this evidence is much more persuasive than simply saying “our soap is the best”.
Although the three tools above all have their strengths, they work best when used together. 40 Next time you listen to a speech, watch a commercial or listen to a friend trying to persuade you to lend him money, just remember these ancient Greek tools of persuasion. A. These words can bring people great hope, making them want to vote for him. B. These pictures are intended to fill the viewers with pity.
C. An audience will more probably believe you if you have data to support your opinions. D. Use of logos can also increase a speaker’s ethos.
E. According to Aristotle, there are three basic tools of persuasion: ethos, pathos and logos. F. In fact, most speakers use a mix of ethos, pathos and logos to persuade their audience. G. An audience will consider a speaker dependable if he seems trustworthy, reliable and sincere.
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第三部分：语言运用（共二节,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）
阅读下面的短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Lydia was a smart girl，very smart. She loved being with her friends，going shopping and doing what every other girl likes to do. There was only one 41 that made Lydia self-conscious(敏感)：She was 42 . One autumn day Lydia and her best friend Judy were taking the train to do one of their favorite 43 : shopping. As a normal child，Judy, both caring and patient, spoke to Lydia in 44 language all the time. The train continued to make its occasional(临时) stops when a boy，no older than fifteen years old，sat in the 45 across from Lydia. Lydia couldn’t help but notice how often the boy would 46 over at her to watch her move her 47 rapidly. This was one of the things that made Lydia unhappy.
“Why must everyone stare at me?” Lydia asked her best friend，trying to 48 the boy’s stare. “Doesn’t he 49 that I am deaf? There is no need to stare at me. He is probably thinking that I am very 50 or disabled. I 51 people who prejudge(预先判断）others!” had become quite 52 ...
Lydia
. 53 , the train came to a pause, waking up the boy in deep thought then. He got up, ready to get off at his 54 . Instead of hurrying off the train, however, he 55 to Lydia casually and stared to 56 his hands as she had just moments before. “Excuse me，but I couldn’t help but notice that you don’t like it when people stare at you. I’m 57 I made you uncomfortable. To be honest，just because of that，I 58 to get to \ 59 in here. I feel self-conscious and different，so I was 60 when I saw you. I thought maybe we could be friends.” With that，the boy walked off the train. 41. A.quality 42. A.shy
B. detail
C. difference D. ability C. smart D. selfish C. experiments D. exercises C. foreign D. sign C. front D. back C. laughed D. pointed C. baggage D. purse
B. deaf B. sports
43. A.hobbies
44. A. native B. written 45. A .train
B. seat
B. called B. position
46. A. glanced 47. A. hands
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