He kept asking me ______ Emma ______ arrive in Shanghai in two days.
68. by himself, enough, find out, he, to, clever, isn’t , the truth (连词成句) ________________________________________________________.
Part 3 Reading and Writing (第三部分 读写)
VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)
Every country in the world has a flag. A flag is a piece of cloth with a picture or pattern on it. The flag is a symbol that stands for the country. It is a custom in many places for people to fly or hang a flag. The flag tells something about the country and its culture. This may be about its land, its history, or the things that the people do there.
Many flags have patterns of stripes(条纹). The flag of Italy has a green stripe, a white stripe and a red stripe. Each stripe tells something about Italy. The white stripe is a symbol of Italy’s snowy mountains. Some flags show pictures. The flag of Canada has a picture of a red maple（枫树） leaf, which is a symbol of the maple trees in Canada. The Mexican flag has both a pattern of stripes and a picture. The picture shows an eagle eating a snake. This picture comes from a very old Mexican story.
A flag may also tell about a country’s past. The American flag is called the Stars and Stripes. It has a pattern of fifty stars and thirteen stripes. The fifty stars are a symbol of the fifty states in the country, and the thirteen stripes are a symbol of the country’s first thirteen colonies（殖民地）.
However, a flag may be a symbol of a group, a school, or an event like the Olympics. The flag of the Olympics shows five rings of different colors that connect. Each ring is a symbol for a part of the world that joins in the Olympics. The Red Cross is a group that helps people who are in trouble. If a person sees the Red Cross flag, which has a red cross against a white background, he knows he can ask for help. People may fly a flag as a custom on a holiday. Children’s Day in Japan is a holiday when the country wishes for children’s happiness. It is a custom on this day to fly a flag with a picture of a fish.
Flags are also used as a way to talk. A flag with patterns can be very helpful to people who do not speak the same language. Sailors on ships use flags to talk to sailors on other ships. They may not speak the same language, but they know what the patters mean. A flag with blue and white squares says “no.” A flag with five stripes that are blue, white, and red says “yes.” 69. We can usually see ______ on a flag.
A) different languages B) a country’s past C) a picture or pattern D) people 70. Which of the following is the flag of Mexico? A) B) C) D)
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71. We can tell from the American flag that there are ______ states in the country. A) 1 B) 3 C) 13 D) 50 72. A flag with a red cross against a white background means “______”. A) There is a church here B) The shop’s closed
C) You must stop immediately D) We offer people help they need
73. Sailors on ships use flags to talk because ______ A) flying or hanging a flag is a custom on ships B) patterns are the “language” sailors all understand C) flags can be seen easily from a faraway distance D) it’s considered polite for sailors to talk with flags 74. The best title of the passage is ______. A) The Facts of Flags B) The History of Flags
C) The Development of Flags D) The Secrets of Flags
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):（12分） I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so 75 as she made her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.
One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She said immediately, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship(奖学金). I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy tells me 76 the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was so determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to 77 . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. 78 I asked what was wrong. “Oh, I am just not tall enough.” came a soft reply. The coach told her that at 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop 79 college. I could feel her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own 80 .
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had
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looked forward to. 75. A) beautiful 76. A) if 77. A) sports 78. A) Luckily 79. A) worrying about 80. A) attitude
B) crazy
B) although B) victory B) Suddenly B) dreaming about B) family C) small
C) because C) rest C) Quietly C) looking for C) height
D) responsible D) unless D) future D) Usually
D) depending on D) skill
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）
It is a great but difficult project to set up a permanent(永久的)human settlement on Mars. Over
200,000 volunteers from more than 120 countries have applied to take a one-way trip to Mars.
The project, run by a Dutch company named Mars One, aims to send a group of volunteers to Mars, and because of the physiological(生理上的) change in the
human body after a stay on Mars, there’d be no chance of c 81 back. So
it’s only a one-way trip! However, that hasn’t stop volunteers becoming one of Mars’ first citizens. “This is turning out to be the most welcome job in history,” says Bas Lansdorp, co-founder of Mars One.
Day-to-day life on Mars will be not easy. The daily work will i 82 building greenhouses or doing some research--- all in a lonely environment.
Mars is not f 83 to life. Its atmosphere is so thin that it won’t protect you from harmful radiation(辐射)from the sun. You can’t breathe the air and it is very cold on Mars, with an average temperature of around -50°C. There’s no
running water on the surface of Mars. The water is frozen or hidden u 84 . But Mars One says the project is not looking for volunteers with some skill, such as a science degree.
I 85 , they are looking for people who have “a deep sense of purpose and responsibility”. As the first group of people living on Mars, volunteers should be “willing to build and keep a healthy r 86 with the Earth”. They also want volunteers who are“curious, creative and good at finding ways of dealing with all kinds of problems”.
The volunteers will receive at least eight years’ training b 87 they leave Earth, the company says. The first group of 24 volunteers is set to fly to Mars in 2024.
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
A nine-year-old boy with a keen eye for both fashion and business is taking the bakery world by storm. Cory Nieves, from New Jersey, who uses the business name“Mr. Cory”, not only wears tailored(定制的) suits and silk ties from fashionable grown-up stores, but is also the CEO of his very own cookie(饼干) company called Mr. Cory’s Cookies.
On his website, which has 3,000 followers, Cory shows his perfect fashion sense. In one photo, he stands in front of his cookie stand in white shorts and a dark jacket, wearing fashionable glasses and a stack of bracelets(手镯) to look more attractive.
Cory wrote on his website that he first came up with the idea to start a
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business when he and his mother moved to New Jersey from New York City in 2009 and he decided to help mom buy a car. Then he began selling hot cocoa drinks in front of his home and finally he has developed it into the cookie business.
Not only has he developed a fan base for his delicious cookies, but he has also won over followers who like his fashion sense.
In the comment section on his page, fans have expressed their love, with one person writing, “This kid is really smart.”
The project may have begun as a way to buy his mom a car, but Cory says he now has even higher hopes. “I’m going to do it to earn money for college and for learning how to run a business,” he told NorthJersey.com.
Besides being the CEO of his cookie company, Cory is also an actor and model.
88. What is the name of Cory Nieves’s cookie company? (1分)
________________________________________________________________________. 89. How many people show interest in Cory on his website page? （2分）
________________________________________________________________________. 90. Why did Cory have the idea to start a business after he moved to New Jersey?（2分） ________________________________________________________________________.
91. What actually helps Cory win over so many followers, his delicious cookies or his fashion sense?（2分） ________________________________________________________________________. 92. How is Cory probably going to spend the money he earns? （2分）
________________________________________________________________________.
93. What kind of boy do you think Cory is after reading the passage? And why do you have that kind of impression? （3分）
I think __________________________________________________________________.
VII. Writing: （20分）
94. Write a passage in at least 60 words on the topic “I want to say to myself ‘________’ ”. 。（以“我
想对自己说‘_______’”为题写一篇不少于60个字的短文，标点符号不占格） （注意：短文中不得出现任何人名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。） ．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．Questions for reference: (以下仅供参考) 1. What would you like to say to yourself? 2. Why do you want to say these words to yourself? 3. What do those words or sentences mean to you?
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