(江苏省南通市2009期末调研)－Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）

［1］In a study likely to make school caretakers embarrassed, U.S. researchers said that chewing gum may help improve performances of teenagers. Many schools ban chewing gum because children often throw away the sticky chaw under chairs or tables. But the study found that students who chewed gum during math class had higher scores on a math test and better grades than students who did not chew gum in the class.

［2］“For the first time, we’ve been able to show in a real-life kind of situation that students did perform better when they were allowed to chew,”said Gil Leveille, director of the Wrigley Science Institute. Wrigley has gotten feedback from many of its gum customers who say chewing gum helps them stay focused.

［3］The researchers studied four math classes（108 students aged 13 to 16）.About one half got free Wrigley’s sugar-free gum to chew during class, homework and tests. They chewed at least one stick of gum 86 percent of the time they were in math class and 36 percent of the time they were doing homework. The other half_____________.

［4］After 14 weeks, the gum chewers had a 3 percent increase in their math scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills achievement test, a small but significant change. As a matter of fact, the gum chewers did get better final grades in the class than their non-chewing peers.

［5］Leveille said chewing gum helps reduce stress, so students can do their best work. And while he is aware that many schools have a dim view on students’ chewing gum in class, he hopes the findings may change that a bit.

［6］“It’s not a matter of chewing. It’s a matter of gum disposal（处理），”Leveille said, adding that it can be overcome by teaching proper disposal methods. If that failed, he joked, “We’ll have to provide the cleaners with scrapers（刮刀）”

1.What is the main idea of the passage？（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

2.In what way is chewing gum helpful according to the passage?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.（no more than 8 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

4.Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

Although he knows many schools are against students’ chewing gum, he expects that the research results will help improve the situation.

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

5.According to Leveille, why should schools deal with the problem in gum chewing?（no more than 10 words）

___________________________________________________________________________  ______  

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I took a look at the   41  full of what looked like hieroglyphs(象形文字) to me and began to   42  . I did the best that I could, and then left my   43  to put my paper in a pile(摞) on the front desk with a(n)   44  .
I returned to my seat and then an idea came to my mind. I   45  where the teacher was before I made my   46 . She was walking in the   47  of the room with her back turned. I left my seat and went back to the pile of test papers already handed   48  and when I picked up my paper I also   49  the paper right below it before returning to my seat. When I looked at the   50  paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the   51  girl in our class,   I copied her answers to my paper.
The next day the teacher handed back our papers turning them facedown on everyone’s desks. When I   52  my paper over, I was   53  to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl whose answers I had   54  and said to her, “That math test was difficult. I   55  it. I guess we need to study more.” Her   56  was, “Not me, I got every question   57  and got an A.”
The teacher knew. She never blamed me in front of the class and   58  me to keep my dignity(尊严). I made a   59  to myself never ever to cheat again. I would remember to always be   60  in the things I do. I never forgot that teacher who failed me when, really, I had failed myself.

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。

Test-taking tips

Do you sweat, check your pencil, and feel butterflies in your stomach as your teacher hands out the test paper? A lot of people feel anxious when it is time to take a test. Here are some tips for taking tests:

  1 .Your memory recall will be much better if you have had enough rest. In a scientific study, people who got enough sleep before taking a math test did better than those who stayed up all night studying.

Read the test through first. Once you have the test paper in front of you, read over the entire test, checking out how long it is and all the parts that you are expected to complete.  2 .If something seems unclear before you start, do not panic: ask the teacher.

Focus on addressing each question individually.  3 . Instead, answer the best way you can or skip over the question and come back to it after you have answered other questions.

Relax.  4 .Of course you can not get up and move around in the middle of a test, but you can wiggle (扭动) your fingers and toes, take four or five deep breaths. As we all know, It can be easy to forget things we know well. During a test, if you forget something and start to get tense, it suddenly becomes much more difficult to remember.

Finished already? Although most teachers will let you hand your test paper in early, it is usually a good idea to spend any extra time checking over your work.  5 .On the other hand, if you have 5 minutes until the bell rings and you are still writing, wind up whatever you are working on without panic.

完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

When I entered the classroom, our teacher announced we were going to have a math test. I took a look at the   41  full of what looked like hieroglyphs(象形文字) to me and began to   42  . I did the best that I could, and then left my   43  to put my paper in a pile(摞) on the front desk with a(n)   44  .

I returned to my seat and then an idea came to my mind. I   45  where the teacher was before I made my   46 . She was walking in the   47  of the room with her back turned. I left my seat and went back to the pile of test papers already handed   48  and when I picked up my paper I also   49  the paper right below it before returning to my seat. When I looked at the   50  paper I had taken, I discovered it was the work of the   51  girl in our class,   I copied her answers to my paper.

The next day the teacher handed back our papers turning them facedown on everyone’s desks. When I   52  my paper over, I was   53  to see an “F” on it. After class I went to the girl whose answers I had   54  and said to her, “That math test was difficult. I   55  it. I guess we need to study more.” Her   56  was, “Not me, I got every question   57  and got an A.”

The teacher knew. She never blamed me in front of the class and   58  me to keep my dignity(尊严). I made a   59  to myself never ever to cheat again. I would remember to always be   60  in the things I do. I never forgot that teacher who failed me when, really, I had failed myself.

1.                A．blackboard      B．paper          C．book D．picture

2.                A．think           B．cry            C．worry    D．sleep

3.                A．seat           B．classroom       C．partner   D．teacher

4.                A．joy            B．sigh            C．idea D．problem

5.                A．believed        B．found          C．ignored   D．checked

6.                A．research        B．mind           C．move D．comment

7.                A．front           B．middle         C．back D．outside

8.                A．out            B．in             C．over D．on

9.                A．saw            B．left            C．remembered  D．included

10.               A．extra          B．new           C．clean D．difficult

11.               A．tallest          B．oldest          C．prettiest   D．smartest

12.               A．got            B．turned         C．put   D．took

13.               A．shocked        B．angry          C．happy D．excited

14.               A．copied         B．read           C．marked   D．examined

15.               A．knew          B．made          C．failed D．lost

16.               A．reply          B．attitude        C．opinion   D．purpose

17.               A．ready          B．right           C．done D．good

18.               A．told           B．reminded       C．allowed   D．advised

19.               A．speech         B．joke           C．wish  D．promise

20.               A．honest         B．friendly        C．careful    D．hopeful

－Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

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。
Test-taking tips
Do you sweat, check your pencil, and feel butterflies in your stomach as your teacher hands out the test paper? A lot of people feel anxious when it is time to take a test. Here are some tips for taking tests:
  1 .Your memory recall will be much better if you have had enough rest. In a scientific study, people who got enough sleep before taking a math test did better than those who stayed up all night studying.
Read the test through first. Once you have the test paper in front of you, read over the entire test, checking out how long it is and all the parts that you are expected to complete.  2 .If something seems unclear before you start, do not panic: ask the teacher.
Focus on addressing each question individually.  3 . Instead, answer the best way you can or skip over the question and come back to it after you have answered other questions.
Relax.  4 .Of course you can not get up and move around in the middle of a test, but you can wiggle (扭动) your fingers and toes, take four or five deep breaths. As we all know, It can be easy to forget things we know well. During a test, if you forget something and start to get tense, it suddenly becomes much more difficult to remember.
Finished already? Although most teachers will let you hand your test paper in early, it is usually a good idea to spend any extra time checking over your work.  5 .On the other hand, if you have 5 minutes until the bell rings and you are still writing, wind up whatever you are working on without panic.

 －Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

－Mary, how did your Math test go?
 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

－Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

---Mary, how did your Math test go?
---I had thought I ______, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

1. A.
   should have failed
2. B.
   couldn’t have failed
3. C.
   might have failed
4. D.
   shouldn’t have failed

---Mary, how did your Math test go?

---I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

1. A.
   should have failed
2. B.
   couldn’t have failed
3. C.
   might have failed
4. D.
   shouldn’t have failed

－Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

－Mary, how did your Math test go?

 －I had thought I _________, but in fact I came in the top 10% in my class.

A. should have failed                          B. couldn’t have failed

C. might have failed                           D. shouldn’t have failed

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题 2分，满分10分）

—Welcome to our interview, Mr. Smith.

—  1.

—So, you're an Australian theater actor, but you've just come back from making a film in Los Angeles.

—That's right.

—  2.

—Well, I was working in a play in Sydney and the director of the film came to see it. Actually, she came to see another actor in the play.

—I see. And then what happened?

—3. 

—I see. But how about you?

—And my dressing room was next to his, so after she'd talked to him, she talked to me.

—And what did she say to you?

—She said, "Why don't you fly to Los Angeles and we'll give you a screen test. '

— 4.

—I said, "Yes, of course!" So I went to Los Angeles and did a screen test. Then I flew back to Sydney and carried on with the play. 

—  5. 

—When she rang, I was sleeping. Anyway, I stopped doing the play and flew to Los Angeles again.

Everyone knows that the French are romantic, the Italian are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Or do they? Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?
At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (实业家) in the UK found that 70 percent felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public .
Britain is hostile to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy (嫉妒) . As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were “unloved, unwanted and misunderstood”. Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green-eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money. Some were given a little, others a great deal. Those given a little money were given the chance to destroy the large amounts of money given to others—but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.
This seems to prove the entrepreneurs were right to complain. But there is also conflicting evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently reported that the UK was now the world’s fourth largest economy .That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy , either .
“It’s not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a Professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems arrogant (傲慢) or unfair or which separates them from their roots .”
Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the problem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires. But instead of being happy they complain that nobody loves them. It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.
【小题1】What does the underlined “it” in the second paragraph refer to?

A．Jealousy is Britain’s national character

B．British entrepreneurs are not fairly treated

C．the scientists are Warwich University did a successful test

D．the British dislike the entrepreneurs because they do not behave properly