From age eight to eleven, I attended a primary school in Bath, England. It was a(n)  21  school composed of(由…组成) four classes with about 25 children in each class according to     22 . For the most part, one teacher was responsible for teaching all subjects to the children in their class.  23  , sometimes the headmaster would come in and spend an hour or so,  24  some subject in which he was especially  25 . The headmaster’s name was Mr. Ronald Broackes.  26   he was quite strict about rules within the school, he had a sense of humor and would   27   telling the children small stories that would make us laugh. He was a very fair man and had a great influence on many of the children. In my own   28  , I found that he took a great interest in me and he quickly discovered that I enjoyed   29  . He would often stop me as I was going to class and produce a piece of paper from his pocket, often with a puzzle  30  on it. The puzzles were usually mathematical or logical(逻辑的 ). As time went on, they slowly got more  31 , but I loved them. Not only that, they kindled(点燃)within me a  32  of mathematics and problem-solving that stays with me to this  33  . They also served to show me that intellectual activity was  34   when the correct answers were found, but perhaps more importantly it was great   35  .To this day I can remember Mr. Broackes’ joyous cry of “Well done!” whenever I got a problem  36 .This simple interaction with a man whom I  37   greatly has had a deep effect on my life. I shall forever be grateful for that. Mr. Broackes died just two weeks after the   38   that I had won the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Unfortunately, I had no   39   to speak with him before he died. I learnt later that he had heard of my   40   and I will always hope that he realized the deep effect he had made on my life.

If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery, a small reward like a sticker(贴画) for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said.

? Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That’s because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College London who worked on the study. Verbal praise, such as “Brilliant! You’re a great vegetable taster”, did not work as well.

? The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. The children were also willing to eat more of the vegetables—either carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peas—in laboratory taste tests, the study said.

? Researchers randomly assigned (分派) 173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where Parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”.

? Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day for 12 days. Soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables—and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround(转机) also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once-disliked vegetable three months later.

? Why didn’t the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents’ words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.

1.The purpose of writing the passage is?????? .

A. to show the procedure of an experiment on children’s diet

B. to introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetables

C. to explain why children hate to eat vegetables

D. to present a proper way of verbal praise to parents

2.The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_______”.

A. shoot from behind the back

B. make a fire in the backyard

C. produce an unexpected result

D. achieve what was planned

3.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Most children are born to dislike carrots or celery.

B. Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables.

C. Oral praise works quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables.

D. It remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat vegetables.

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Children like rewards, not verbal praise.

B. Parents should give up verbal praise.

C. Children are difficult to inspire.

D. Parents should praise their children in a sincere tone.

---- Could I have a word with you?

---- Sorry, I am busy ______. Shall we do it later?

A. at the moment     B. for a moment        C. on the moment       D. in a moment

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A very important world problem---- in fact, I tend to say it is the most important of all the great world problems which face us at present time----is the rapidly increasing pressure of population on land and on land resources.
It is not so much the actual population of the world but its rate of increase, which is the most important. It works out to be about 1.6 percent net annual increase. In terms of numbers this means something like 40 to 55 million additional people very year. Canada has a population of 20 million, rather less 6 months’ climb in world population. And there are 10 million people in Australia. So, it takes the world less than three moths to add to itself a population, a population of that vast country. Let us come to our own crowded country---- England and Wales; 45--50 million people---- just about a year’s supply. By this time tomorrow, and every day, there will be added to the earth about 120, 000 extra people---- just about the population of the city of York.
I am not talking about birthrate. This is net increase. To give you some idea of birthrate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second three babies are born somewhere in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You cannot speak quickly enough to keep pace with the birthrate.
This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By 2010 A. D., unless something desperate happens, there will be as many as 7,000, 000, 000 people on the surface of this earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime.
1．The topic for the passage is _________.
A．The Lack of Land Resources   B．Population Explosion
C．Your Lifetime         D．The Birthrate
2．According to the author, _________ is the most important for population pressure.
A．the net increase rate B．the birthrate
C．the enormous amount of world population  D．the population explosion in Australia
3．It can be learned from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A．in more than 6 months, to the world population 20 million will be added
B．three months later, to the population in the world 10 million will be added
C．in less than three months, to the world population 10 million will be added
D．one year later, the population of England and Wales will be doubled
4．Which of the following is TRUE?
A．After 24 hours, 120 thousand babies were born
B．The birthrate is 180 babies every minute.
C．During a year, about 45 million people are born.
D．After a day, York will have 120, 000 extra people.
5．“…something desperate happens” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by _________.
A．the world wars break out B．people are in despair
C．birth control policy is adopted
D．people realize the seriousness of the population problem

(2013·高考四川卷)“Look，it’s Baldy！”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱) because of the___on my head，it was___horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old，I suffered serious____after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors____to save my life.“Holly’s very____to be alive，”they told Mum and Dad.“But she’ll be___with scars on her head，and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a child，I cared much about my scars，so I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn’t，people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me，they never____understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was____to a children’s burns camp，where children like me can get any help.There，I____14?year?old Stephanie，whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so____that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn’t____what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else，Holly，”she____me.“And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great____it！” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something____.So weeks later，at my 13th birthday party，____by her bravery，I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.

Now，I am____of what I look like and much happier，because I have realized it is your personality(个性)that decides who you truly are.

1.A.hat? B．scarf

C．scars? D．cuts

2.A.still? B．just

C．never? D．seldom

3.A.hunger? B．cold

C．defeats? D．burns

4.A.rushed? B．led

C．invited? D．forced

5.A.learned? B．fought

C．returned? D．decided

6.A.happy? B．lucky

C．lonely? D．poor

7.A.pressed? B．occupied

C．left? D．painted

8.A.possibly? B．usually

C．finally? D．nearly

9.A.Although? B．Since

C．If? D．Before

10.A.correctly? B．roughly

C．easily? D．really

11.A.promoted? B．introduced

C．reported? D．carried

12.A.met? B．recognized

C．remembered? D．caught

13.A.honest? B．strong

C．active? D．young

14.A.write down? B．agree with

C．pass on? D．listen to

15.A.promised? B．encouraged

C．ordered? D．calmed

16.A.in? B．for

C．without? D．beyond

17.A.similar? B．strange

C．hard? D．important

18.A.allowed? B．required

C．guided? D．inspired

19.A.hide? B．give

C．keep? D．put

20.A.sick? B．aware

C．tired? D．proud