第一部分阅读判断(第1~10题，每题1分，共10分)

下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B;如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择C.在答题卡相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。

Wby I Love My Job

Ross is  public school teacher. She teaches a group of, motly, seniors and she loves what she does.

“My job is great, she said.“That is the only way to describe it. As teachers, we have the opportunity to completely change someone's life by providing him or her with a good education.

Ross moved to Austin in 1981 to attend the University of Texas. She earned a degree in math. Since her graduation, she has enjoyed teaching high school students in Texas for nearly .30 years. Over the years, she has taught every level of high school math.

“T've always taught high school students, she said.“I like their energy, and I enjoy teaching seniors because they are getting ready to move on.

Ross also believes teaching helps her keep a balance between; work and life. It has allowed her to have the same work schedule as her children's school schedule When her sons were younger, she worked during the day while her musician husband worked at night. So daycare was never a problem. Today her two boys share the same daily schedule and the same winter, spring and summer vacations with her.

Teaching brings other benefits, too. Entry-level salaries of teachers are competitive with other fields. Teachers are also offered good retirement benefits and insurance. “Due to bad economy, very few places offer a pension now and teaching is one of them, she said.

1. Ross believes that good education can change a person's life.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

2. Ross has been teaching in Austin since 1981.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

3. Ross is able to teach every level of high school math.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

4. Ross is one of the most popular teachers in her high school.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

5. Ross enjoys teaching high school students.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

6. Ross' busband used to have a day-time job when their sons were younger.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

7. Ross' two sons are interested in music.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

8. Ross often goes traveling wit her sons during their vacations.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

9. New teachers eam much less than beginners in other fields.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

10. Because of bad economy, teachers are losing their pensions, too.

A. True

B. False

C. Not Given

第二部分阅读选择(第11~15题，每题2分，共10分)

阅读下面短文，请从短文后所给各题的4个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出1个最佳选项，并在答题卡相应位置上将该项涂黑。

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a famous, scientist. He created many theories. that completely changed the way people saw our world and the universe. At first, very few scientists could understand his theories. As time passed, other scientists came to accept them.

Einstein was bor in Ulm, Germany in 1879 and grew up in Munich. He was not a good student at school. He only did things he was interested in, like science and math.

After school, Einstein went to Switzerland and worked at the Swiss patent (专利) ffice in Bem. He studied what other people had invented. Later he moved to Berlin, Germany. He lived there for a long time and developed many of his scieniic theories. He won the Nobei Prize for Physics in 1921.

In 1933, Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany. Einstein was against the Nazis and their ideas. He decided to leave Germany and go to America. When World War II broke.out in 1939. Einstein discovered that German scientists were working on a bomb. The bomb could kill thousands of people. He wrote a ltter to the American president to warm him. He also suggested that the Americans start building one, too.

In 1942, the American govermment started a project to build the atomic bomb. Two of these bombs were dropped to end the war against Japan. Einstein was shocked when he heard the news. He wanted atomic energy to bring peace to the world,

For the. last twenty years of his life, Einstein lived in Princeton. He continued his scientific work there. He died on April 18, 1955.

11. What can we know about Einstein in his childhood

A. He was born in Munich, Germany.

B. He was a straight-A student at school.

C. He was asked to leave school.

D. He was interested in science subjects.

12. In which country did Einstein develop many of his theories

A. Switzerland.

B. America.

C. Germany

D. Japan

13. Einstein decided to leave for the United States because he______.

A. was opposed to the Nazis

B. could find a better job there

C. wanted to get away from wars

D. was invited by the US govermment

14. When Einstein learned about the bombs dropped on Japan, he felt______.

A. excited.

B. surprised

C. satisfied

D. confused

15. What can be inferred about Einstein from the passage

A. He had many followers when he was in Switzerland.

B. He earmed a Nobel Prize after World War II.

C. He spent his late days in Germany.

D. He was a peace-loving person.

第三部分概括段落大意和补全句子(第16~25题，每题1分，共10分)

阅读下面短文，请完成短文后的2项测试任务 (1)从第16~20题后所给的6个选项中为第➊~❺段每段选择1个正确的小标题; (2)从第21~25题后所给的6个选项中选择5个正确选项，分别完成每个句子。在答题卡相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。

Jungle Highway.

➊Central Brazil has been invaded (入侵) by engineers and constnuction workers, They have cut through the Amazon jungle to build a new road across Brazil.

❷ The new road is called the Tran-Amazon Highway. It links the cities of Brazil's east coast with another highway that stretches to the Pacific. The highway connects cities all over Brazil with new settlements in central Brazil.

❸Brazilians are both hopeful and anxious about the, highway project. The land of northeastem Brazil is dry. It is difcult for the people to grow enough food or make enough money. They expect the new highway to provide new farmland and. many jobs. They also expect new. towns and cities to develop along the highway. They believe people will move from the coastal cities and help develop central Brazil.

❹The highway is a great callenge to Brazilian engineering. Huge cutting machines are used to clear away thick jungle growth. There are other challenges, too. Workers have to deal with heavy rains, biting insects, diseases and loneliness. They do not bring their families with them. They often miss their families and friends at home,

❺Ecologists (生态学家) are worred about problems the new highway has brought. The rainforest has only a thin layer (层) of rich soil. This layer has been protected by tall trees and fed by dead leaves and plants. But construction is detroying the forest. The trees have been cleared away to make room for the road and new settlements. Ecologists believe there will be no good farmland. Already, some areas of the jungle have turned into dry and dusty deserts.

Task 1

16. Paragraph➊

17. Paragraph❷

18. Paragraph❸

19. Paragraph❹

20. Paragraph❺

A. Description of the highway

B. Dificulties of the project

C. Invasion of the Amazon jungle

D. Life in the jungle

E. Ecologists' worries.

F. Brazilians' expectations

Task2

21. Trees in the jungle have been cut

22. People in northeastern Brazil expect the highway

23. Brazilians hope that

24. Road workers often feel lonely because

25. Ecologists are worried that.

A. to make room for a highway project

B. central Brazil will be developed

C. they leave their families behind

D. the forest is destroyed

E. people will suffer from more diseases

F.to bring them more money

第四部分。填句补文(第26~30题，每题2分，共10分)

下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌，并在答题卡相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。

First-bora Children

How do first-bom children differ from later-born children Hundreds of experiments have shown that the eldest child tends to be more careful, more eager for success, and more anxious.26.He avoids dangerous sports like football and soccer.

One thing seems certain first-borns have a good start in life. They are no more intelligent. But they are better readers as children. They do better in high school. They get better grades on . school tests. More first-bomns g go to colleges and graduate schools. 27They dominate (占优势) in graduate schools. They account for more than a third of doctors, lawyers and college professors. More first-borns become famous people in the world.

One reason for differences between older and younger children is that parents treat them differently. Many parents usually favor the eldest because everything he does is a novelty(新奇)。First-borns  tend to. be breast-fed longer. They are photographed endiessly.. 28 First-borns are also given more responsibility because the mother needs them to help with the younger ones.

29 Sometimes it is simply because families cannot afford to send more than one child to college.

30The first-born child provides the first vehicle by which parents can continue their own identities and realize their hopes and dreams. All in all, it seems that first-borns are not only teachers' pets, but parents' pets as well.

A. He is also more sensitive to pain.

B. Many parents simply expect more of the first child.

C. They account for 66% of the students in top US universities.

D. Later-borns have valuable qualities that many first-borms lack.

E. But later-bormns are lucky to appear in group pictures.

F. In certain cultures, the eldest should enjoy special educational advantages.