Passage 5 (2015江苏南通崇川区，A)
Six people are talking about two pie shops in a TV program.
Lily:I've been going to Pie House for twenty years.Now Marie's son is taking care of the business,and he makes pies as good as his mothers.I enjoy my stay there as before. My family also like the pies. We feel relaxed while staying there.
Olive：I went to Pie Corner once.Their pies were great,too.But I feel more comfortable at Pie House.I am used to the taste there,which makes me feel happy.Fm really a fan of Pie House.
Ned： Uncle Roy used to work for my mom. Later he opened Pie Corner on the next block after he got married.At the beginning,it's not easy for him,but it is becoming more and more popular especially among young people.They think Pie Corner can often give them a surprise.
Marie ： Roy was already quite avant-garde when working with me. I mean he had different,sometimes even strange,ideas about pies.There were times I thought his pies wouldn’t taste good,but they turned out magically delicious. He is really creative and can always make new pies,which attract many people
Lee： Ned has done quite well with Pie House.His pies make you feel warm. But if you want to try something interesting,you should go to Pie Corner.
Chuck ： The two pie shops are really different from each other. If eating Roy's pies is like taking an exciting trip,then Ned's pies are just like a sweet home you go back to after a long trip. Which one to go to depends on what you like.
1. What do we know about the six people?
A. They all have been to both pie shops.
B. They all talked about what the pies taste like.
C. Some of them are the shopkeepers of the pie shops.
D. Some of them talked about how the shopkeepers treated their workers.
2. Which is true about the pie shops?
A. Pie House is a family business.
B. Pie Corner is next to Pie House.
C. Pie Corner has a longer history than Pie House.
D. Pie House gives people a place to stay for the night.
3. What does “avant-garde”mean in the reading?
A. Having： a new and surprising way of thinking.
B. Trying to find out where the problems come from.
C. Trying to act like someone who knows everything.
D. Having many exciting life experiences.
Passage 5
[语篇解读]这是一个电视节目的实录。在节目中，六个不同的人在 一个电视节目中谈论两家不同的馅饼店的馅饼和特点。这六个人当 中有顾客，也有馅饼店的店主。
1. C推理判断题。根据Lee说的话中的Ned has done quite well with Pie House.可知Ned就是Pie House的店主，也就是Marie的儿子，而 Marie就是Ned的妈妈，是Pie House的原主人。故选C项。
2. A 推理判断题。根据 Lily 的话中的 I've been going to Pie House for twenty years.Now Marie's son is taking care of the business,and he makes pies as good as his mother's.可知，Pie House 是一.个家族店铺。故选 A项。
3. A词义猜测题。根据此句的下文I mean he had different,sometimes even strange,ideas about pies.可知，这是对 avant-garde 的补充说明，所 以avant-garde的意思是:对馅饼有不同的有时甚至奇怪的想法，故选 八项。
[长难句] If eating Roy's pies is like taking an exciting trip,then Ned's pies are just like a sweet home you go back to after a long trip.如果吃 Roy的馅饼就像一次激动人心的旅行，那么Ned的馅饼就像经过长途旅行 后回到甜蜜的家里。本句含有一个if引导的条件状语从句。从句中eating...是动名词 短语充当主语。
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Cloze 8(2013 苏州)
You have probably heard the expression ,“ It’s raining cats and dogs outside." That means 1 it’s raining very hard—not that 2 cats and dogs are falling from the 3 However,one day in June,1882,it really did rain 4 over Dubuque,Iowa.The frogs 5 falling along with hailstones (冰雹) during a 6 storm.
Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are 7 by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air. There the raindrops become frozen. Many drops may freeze 8 to form balls of ice;these ice balls,or hailstones,then 9 to earth.
During the storm in Dubuque,the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds (池塘) 10 the air along with raindrops. When some of these frogs became covered with ice,both hailstones and “frogstones”fell onto the ground.
1.A. that B. how C. why D. if
2.A. careless B. blind C. dead D. real
3.A. hill B. tower C. sky D. building
4.A. cats B. frogs C. dogs D. birds
5.A. stopped B. enjoyed C. began D. forgot
6.A. popular B. terrible C. weekly D. common
7.A. divided B. added C. changed D. caught
8.A. together B. alone C. so D. almost
9.A. hold B. lose C. keep D. fall
10.A. from B. into C. after D. by
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Passage 3 (2015江苏扬州广陵区，C)
When my brother Joe was 6 months old,my mother brought him home from the hospital and told me to watch him while she fixed sup?per. We started playing a game I calleddogs" , rolling on the floor like pups (小狗) .Then I looked up and saw. my mother watching us.She was crying.
He’ s blind,she said.“The doctor told me today."
I looked at Joe. He was laughing. “He canJt be blind, ” I said. “He smiles at my face."
He smiles at your voice,she said. “ He’ll never see your face.”
That was that.Joe was blind.Mama went back to cooking. I went back to playing the game.From the age of 8 ,Joe boarded at a school for the blind’learning to read Braille (盲文). When he was 16 ,the school said heM learned enough and sent him home with a Braille typewriter.At 21,Joe moved out to live on his own,he said,“like a man”，in an apartmenl 48 kilometers away. He learned to cook,clean,and do almost anything else he needed.
Then he met the love of his life. She was blind,too. When Joe called to tell me,he said/'Even a blind man can fall in love at first sight."
They shared 10 good years before he lost her to cancer. Painfully soon after,he also lost our mother,who was his supporter,and our stepfather,who was Joe's best friend.
What is left when you lose the loves of your life? My brother held close to himself three gifts ： Faith,hope and love. His faith grew stronger. He always had hope. And his love for his family has never gotten weaker,despite (尽管)death。Loved ones leave，but love remains。
His legs are growing weaker.My sister and I often wonder what will happen if Joe canl live on his own. It's not up to us. You don ’t find strength to do something until it’s time to do it Joe has found it whenever he has needed it.I believe he will again.
When the writers mother brought Joe back from the hospital,the writer
A. was sad because Joe couldn't see things clearly B. introduced Joe to the family dog at once
C. worried that Mother might love Joe more
D. had great fun playing a game with Joe
2. Which of the following order of events is CORRECT according to the article?
a. Joe started learning Braille for the blind.
b. Joe moved out and managed to live on his own.
c. Joe was sent back home with his Braille typewriter,d d. Joe had a hard time when he lost three beloved. e.Joe e. fell in love with a blind girl the first time they met.
A. abedc B. ached C. acebd D. aecbd
3. What does the writer mainly tell us through the article?
A. People have to spend more time with their loved ones.
B. The disabled need others’ respect and support to live on.
C. Love,hope and faith can keep one going in face of difficulties.
D. People should learn to get over the loss of their loved ones.
4. What does it refer to in the sentence“ Joe has found it whenever he has needed it.” ?
A. The belief in finding love again.
B. The strength to deal with difficulties.
C. The love for his family.
D. The hope to have stronger legs.
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Passage10(2013江苏扬州广陵区，C)
Spring will soon be upon us and a new term is here. All over the world spring is the season of new life ： flowers bloom,baby animals are born,and the weather becomes warmer.During this time of year,people usually walk around with a spring in their steps and a feeling of fresh beginnings.However,for a fresh beginning it takes more than the bright colors and fresh air of spring.We need to look at ourselves,set new goals,and decide how to improve ourselves.
In England people usually do this on the first day of the year. We look at the past year and think about what we’d like to change or improve in our lives,and we call this a New Year's resolution These can be anything from improving one^ health through exer?cise or cutting out bad habits,to studying harder for better grades or trying to find a good work or life balance.
Luckily,we don't have to wait for the beginning of a new year to try and become better people. We can do this whenever we like. The milestone of a new term is just a good place to start.
Sometimes it’s difficult to take the first step in achieving newly set goals,hut an old saying is to begin is to be half-way there，T.I agree with this because taking on a new task or changing habits can seem daunting at first,but once we begin,they get easier.For exam?ple,spending less time on QQ or playing video games and more time studying or communicating face-to-face can be difficult habits to change at first. But once we settle into the new routine and start to see the results,it's difficult not to wonder why we didn't do it sooner.
The trick with deciding on a resolution for a new term is not to set unrealistic targets. If we do this,it's easy lo lose motivation because the end goal seems so far away.Try to make many siTiaH goals you want to reach on the way to your ultimate (最终的) goal.This way,you can see your progress easily.
l.In Paragraph One,the writer wants to tell us that spring is a time .
A. to take a walk around outdoors
B. to enjoy fresh air and bright colors
C. to set goals for a fresh beginning for animals
D. to have babies
2. Which of the following might the writer agree with according to (根据) Paragraph Four?
A. Be swift to hear,slow to speak.
B. A11 that ends well is well.
C. Well begun is half done.
D. A11 roads lead to Rome.
3. What does the underlined word “daunting” probahly mean in Par- agraph Four?
A. changeable B. difficult C.lovely D. dangerous 4. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?
A. If you see no progress,youUl be sad.
B. Whatever happens,stick to (坚持) your dreams.
C. Never lose heart when meeting with difficulties.
D. Your goals should be realistic and small.
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Passage 10(2013江苏苏州常熟，C)
Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
Text messaging or “texting” is becoming very pop- ular.But,scientists have discovered that texting can give us problems with our hands.Be careful!Too much texting can cause swelling (肿胀) in our thumbs and wrists. Our thumbs are not made for pushing small buttons,over and over. Scientists call this problem RSI.
We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson,who treats many pa?tients with RSI. She said we needed to see how much time we were spending in typing text messages. If we are spending more than 10— 15 minutes at once,we could have problems in the future.
We also talked with Dr Harjeet Deepa who treats RSI patients. He told us that the youngest patient he had treated was a five-year- old girl.She wasnH doing well at school,so her parents took her for treatrnent.lt was found that she had such bad RSI in her hands,she couldn’t hold a pencil.
As mobile phones develop,they are getting smaller with buttons closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. Using a computer keyboard and pla?ying video games can also cause the same problem.So,more and more people couldn’t find themselves with RSI.
Many university students and teenagers have RSI,as they do not know the risks (冒险) of spending so much time using computers,video games and mobile phones.If we don't do something about this,too many young people could grow up in terrible pain.
1. What causes the problem RSI?
A. People make too many phone calls.
B. Texting is becoming very popular.
C. People type too many text messages.
D. Our thumbs were made for pushing buttons.
2. The little girl who Dr Harjeet Deepa treated couldn’t hold a pencil because .
A .she didn't go to school
B. she was only five years old
C. she had no thumbs at all
D. she suffered a lot from RSI You can probably read this passage in a .
A. comic strip B. story book
C. science book D. detective story
4. From the passage we know .
A. it is better to use a larger phone with bigger buttons
B. it is worse to spend less time typing the text messages
C. using the computer keyboard will never cause the problem RSI
D. university students who have RSI know it's dangerous to do too much texting
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Passage 3 (2015江苏南通崇川区，七)
阅读与回答问题。
Angela Zou hardly writes text messages now.
Sitting at her office desk,Zou asks her iPhone where they should go to eat. When it buzzes seconds later,she lifts it to her ear for her friend^ reply. The conversation goes back and forth through these pieces of words before they decide on the place for lunch.
Like millions of others across Asia,Zou is using WeChat,a srn-artphone app (应用程序) developed in China,to send voice messages,snapshots (快照 ) and emoticons (表情符号) to her friends. Now that its walkietalkie-style ( 对讲机式）messages have become every- where,she said typing feels like hard work.
WeChafs popularity has grown quickly since it came into use in 2011 .Tencent,the company that developed the app,announced in September that its users had doubled in six months to 200 million. Most users are in China,though WeChat is being used across Asia and already has users in the US and the UK.
Historically,it has proved difficult for Chinese Internet firms to develop in foreign countries. But WeChat is becoming the first Chinese social media application with the possibility to go to the whole world.
WeChat is similar to the popular US-based mobile messaging service WhatsApp,but it does more.It comes in eight languages including English,Arabic and Russian.
I used WhatsApp before I came back to China from studying abroad and found all niy friends were using WeChat”’ said Zou,who is 25. Now when I want to contact someone T use WeChat first." The app's features include Look Around,which allows users to chat to strangers nearby,while Moments works like Instagram (图片分享) .
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2. What is WeChat used to do?
3. Which company of China developed WeChat?
4. Where is WeChal used?
5. What do you think of WeChat?
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十三、(2013扬州，六)
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填人适当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)
A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys,however,were very cl and every kind of trap (计谋) that he set failed.
A young boy watched the man efforts and then took a pot with a narrow (狭窄的) neck.He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i 2 it. He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man,u We should have a m 3 in a few hours."
Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e 4 and got a handful of peanuts,but he couldn’t p 5 his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot.The monkey was a 6 and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand.
The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag,the monkeys all ran away e 7 the one with its hand in the pot.The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the hag. The man was s 8 and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap.u Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h 9 to gel it out?”
The boy laughed and said, The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot,hut he just wasn’t w10 to let go.They never are.
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Passage 6(2014 镇江，A)
Some people say extreme (极限) sports are dangerous—and they’re probably right—but hey,if you’re not afraid of getting hurt,you might as well do it with style!It is reported that regular sports are not completely safer than extreme ones.Here is an introduction to three new extreme sports.
1. According to the passage,why is ostrich racing seriously strange?
A. Because ostriches may bite and kick people.
B. Because supporters have chances to ride ostriches.
C. Because four or even ten ostriches are marching forward at a time.
D. Because it has two homes,South Africa and Jacksonville,Florida,theUSA.
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A. the Little Mermaid B. Mount Fuji
C. the Leaning Tower of Pisa D. the Tower Bridge
3. What is NOT the function of the bird man suit?
A. It helps control flying speed.
B. lt helps squirrels and bats fly.
C. It helps people experience gliding through the air.
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