2017届高考英语（重庆专用）二轮精练：选修8 unit1 A land of diversity单元测试

　　Unit 1 A land of diversity 单元测试（人教版选修8，重庆专用）

　　(满分：120分，时间：120分钟)

　　第一部分

　　英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)

　　一单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

　　从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　1．—Would you please help me fix my computer?

　　—________.

　　A．With pleasure

　　B．That's all right

　　C．That's right

　　D．My pleasure

　　解析　句意：——请你帮助我安装一下电脑好吗？——非常乐意。考查交际用语。A：非常乐意；B：没关系；C：那是对的；D：不客气。

　　答案　A

　　2．—Did you catch the early bus this morning?

　　—No.It had left the stop________I arrived there.

　　A．as soon as

　　B．as the time

　　C．by the time

　　D．during the time

　　解析　by the time，each time，every time，immediately，the moment等词或短语常用作连词，引导时间状语从句，因主句用过去完成时，故用by the time。

　　答案　C

　　3．—Can you see the Jinsha Museum from________you are standing?

　　—Yes，and it's really well designed.

　　A．where

　　B．which

　　C．the place

　　D．here

　　解析　where引导从句并在从句中作状语。which和the place不能作状语；here不能引导从句。

　　答案　A

　　4．—Can you join us in the party this evening?

　　—Well，that depends on________I can have my report done before then.

　　A．whether

　　B．where

　　C．when

　　D．how

　　解析　考查名词性从句的连接词。句意：我是否能参加今晚的派对取决于我能否在晚会前写完报告。depends on后的宾语从句含有“是否”之意，空白处应填连接词whether。

　　答案　A

　　5．The position，however，________you are applying，is not quite a well­paid one.

　　A．that

　　B．which

　　C．for which

　　D．to which

　　解析　句意：然而你申请的这个职位并不是一份报酬很好的工作。apply for申请。

　　答案　C

　　6．I will mark________everything you say.It is helpful to the English learners.

　　A．up

　　B．down

　　C．out

　　D．off

　　解析　mark down表示“记下”，符合题意。mark up表示“加价”；mark out表示“画线标出”；mark off表示“分隔出；隔开”。

　　答案　B

　　7．________is no possibility________she can finish the task in two hours.

　　A．There；that

　　B．It；that

　　C．There；whether

　　D．It；whether

　　解析　考查固定句型：There is no possibility that...。句意：她不可能在两个小时内完成这个任务。

　　答案　A

　　8．Many students listened to the lecture，but I wondered how much work they took________.

　　A．out

　　B．up

　　C．off

　　D．in

　　解析　take out表示“取出”；take up表示“从事，占用”；take off表示“起飞；脱下”。take in此处表示“吸收，理解”。

　　答案　D

　　9.Football is a________of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking.

　　A．mixture

　　B．thought

　　C．time D．action

　　解析　句意：足球是敏锐的头脑和艰苦训练的结合，而不只是说出来的。mixture“混合，混合体”，与句意吻合。

　　答案　A

　　10．The agreement indicates that the two companies will ________with each other again.

　　A．team up

　　B．turn up

　　C．look up

　　D．pick up

　　解析　team up with“与……合作或一起工作”，为固定搭配。turn up出现；露面；look up向上看；pick up捡起。

　　答案　A

　　11．It suddenly________to the detective that the millionaire was probably murdered by his own daughter.

　　A．happened B．occurred

　　C．thought

　　D．took place

　　解析　由空格后的to可知，选B。occur to 一个想法突然呈现……。

　　答案　B

　　12．The information­office at the station________that all trains were running about one hour behind time.

　　A．advertised

　　B．declared

　　C．determined

　　D．promised

　　解析　句意：车间信息处称所有火车晚点一小时。declare意为“宣称、宣布”； advertise资讯发言人为广告宣传； determine意为“下决心， 决定”； promise意为“承诺”。

　　答案　B

　　13．We've offered her the job, but I don't know________she'll accept it.

　　A．where

　　B．what

　　C．whether

　　D．which

　　解析　考查名词性从句。句意：我们已经为她提供了这份工作，但我不知道她是否会接受。选项中whether表示是否，引导宾语从句，where表示地点；what往往在名词性从句中指“……的事或物”；which表示“哪一个”。

　　答案　C

　　14．Jane is slow but her brother，on the contrary，is quick at________the point of an argument.

　　A．catching

　　B．grasping

　　C．seizing

　　D．holding

　　解析　考查动词辨析。句意：简反应比较慢，可是相反，她的弟弟却能很快抓住论点，grasp“抓住，理解”符合句意。

　　答案　B

　　15．________increases every year as natural habitats disappear.

　　A．The amount of endangered species

　　B．The quantity of endangering species

　　C．The number of endangered species

　　D．The majority of endangering species

　　解析　句意：随着自然界动物居所的消失，濒危物种的数量每年也在增加。endangered species意为“濒危物种”，endangered表示被动，不能换成endangering，因为v.­ing形式表主动。the amount of修饰不可数名词，所以选项A不对；the quantity of和the majority of虽可修饰可数名词，但其中的endangering不对，故选C。

　　答案　C

　　二、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面两篇短文，掌握大意，然后从16～35各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　(A)

　　I graduated from a small public school in Michigan.One day，Mr.Ledy，our football coach，asked me to play football.I couldn't help__16__：me，play football？I was six feet tall and was not much over a hundred pounds in weight.I thought that they might just need another fool to increase the number of the players.However，he was persistent(坚持的)and__17__I joined the football team.That turned out to be one of my best decisions as a kid.

　　Our worst game ever was the one against Crystal Falls.They beat us 56 to 6.Yeah！That was a football not a basketball__18__.We played them again when we were seniors.They__19__us again but the score was much more__20__，30 to 20.

　　Coach Ledy would not let that__21__again.He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back.And we did so in the last game we played before__22__.I had scored 6 points alone in the game.Coach Ledy praised me.It was a huge honor for me.

　　Was I a football hero？Ha！Ha！No，I couldn't__23__it without our team.The thing I learned through football was__24__.We won as a team and we__25__as a team.

　　I think Mr.Ledy would be proud of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic record at the University of Michigan.I'm__26__to him as I would not have today's honor without him.I'll fight life's final war with pain to win the victory；I'll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I'll__27__on working hard so as not to let him down.

　　16．A.shouting

　　B．screaming

　　C．laughing

　　D．applauding

　　解析　根据后文的描述可知，作者认为自己不是踢足球的料，所以当足球教练Mr.Ledy劝他踢足球时他禁不住“笑”起来。

　　答案　C

　　17．A.immediately

　　B．secretly

　　C．personally

　　D．finally

　　解析　Mr.Ledy一直坚持要作者踢足球，结果作者“最终”加入了足球队。

　　答案　D

　　18．A.game

　　B．team

　　C．story

　　D．score

　　解析　此句中的that代指前面的比分56 to 6，故选score。

　　答案　D

　　19．A.won

　　B．met

　　C．beat

　　D．fought

　　解析　根据后面的again可知，Crystal Falls球队再次打败了作者的球队，故用beat。win后面通常不跟人作宾语，故排除。

　　答案　C

　　20．A.accessible

　　B．comfortable

　　C．sensitive

　　D．acceptable

　　解析　这次的比分和上一次比起来是“可以接受的”。

　　答案　D

　　21．A.happen

　　B．succeed

　　C．spread

　　D．develop

　　解析　Ledy教练不会让那种惨败再次“发生”。

　　答案　A

　　22．A.liberation

　　B．closing

　　C．graduation

　　D．school

　　解析　根据前面的seniors以及the last game可知，作者的球队在“毕业”前的最后一场比赛中打败了Crystal Falls球队。

　　答案　C

　　23．A.take

　　B．manage

　　C．solve

　　D．explain

　　解析　manage it是固定搭配，意为“做得到，成功”，符合语境。

　　答案　B

　　24．A.courage

　　B．devotion

　　C．teamwork

　　D．contribution

　　解析　本段论述了团队的重要性，因此此处表示作者通过足球学会了“团队合作”。

　　答案　C

　　25．A.united

　　B．appeared

　　C．prepared

　　D．lost

　　解析　根据前面的won可知，此处应填lost，前后呼应。

　　答案　D

　　26．A.pleased

　　B．grateful

　　C．hopeful

　　D．loyal

　　解析　根据语境，作者“感谢”教练让他踢足球。

　　答案　B

　　27．A.take

　　B．put

　　C．rely

　　D．keep

　　解析　为了不让教练失望，作者决心要“继续”努力奋斗。

　　答案　D

　　(B)

　　The World Health Organization__28__that more than four million people die each year from the__29__of smoking tobacco.That number is increasing.

　　WHO officials expect one hundred and fifty million people to die from tobacco use in the next twenty years.Seven in ten of those__30__will be in developing countries.These numbers are frightening.

　　In the United States，about forty­seven million adults__31__smoke.American health experts say tobacco use is the leading preventable__32__of death nationwide.This year，more than four hundred and thirty thousand Americans will die of diseases__33__to smoking.

　　It is not easy to stop smoking__34__.However，doctors say you probably will live longer if you do stop smoking.You will feel and look better.You also will protect the health of family members who__35__your smoke.

　　28．A.estimates

　　B．suggests

　　C．informs

　　D．tells

　　解析　estimate意为“估计”，suggest为“建议，暗示”，inform是“通知，告知”，因死亡数据只是一个大概数据，故应用A。

　　答案　A

　　29．A.affects

　　B．effects

　　C．affecting

　　D．affected

　　解析　此处应缺少名词，故排除D项，A、C项词性错误，故应选B项effects。

　　答案　B

　　30．A.deaths

　　B．people

　　C．women

　　D．men

　　解析　根据上文可知此处指死亡比例，故选A。句意：因吸烟死亡人数的十分之七来自于发展中国家。

　　答案　A

　　31．A.current

　　B．currently

　　C．often

　　D．always

　　解析　currently为副词，为“时下，目前”之意。

　　答案　B

　　32．A.reason

　　B．cause

　　C．excuse

　　D．result

　　解析　cause为导致某事结果的直接诱因，reason指说明某事的理由，excuse借口，result结果。

　　答案　B

　　33．A.link

　　B．connected

　　C．linked

　　D．because

　　解析　link to与……有关，分词短语作后置定语，connected to是两物相连接。

　　答案　C

　　34．A.really B．permanently

　　C．temporary

　　D．immediately

　　解析　根据上下文意义可知，此处作者指永久性戒烟。temporary临时性的。临时性、立刻戒烟都是可能的，不符合文意。

　　答案　B

　　35．A.meet

　　B．avoid

　　C．breathe

　　D．inject

　　解析　如果你戒烟，你会感到身体舒服，也会保护吸入你烟的家人。inject注入，注射。

　　答案　C

　　第二部分

　　阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　The “Occupy Wall Street” movement gained more support on Wednesday as unions and students joined in, speaking out against Wall Street greed and economic inequality.

　　With the protests developing from a group of young people's camping out near the New York Stock Exchange on Sept.17 to large­scale movements across the country and around the world, people can't help asking：What has led to “ Occupy Wall Street” ?

　　Usually, rebellious movements can be easily set off by depression and recession(衰退). Three years after the severe economic crisis, the U．S. economy now is stuck again.

　　Protesters are not satisfied with the present economic situation since unemployment rate is above 9 percent and economic growth has slowed.The housing market is still struggling for a recovery three years after the bubble burst. People are losing their houses even after they have paid a large amount of mortgage(抵押)．It is getting difficult for young people to find jobs.

　　People fear that a similar crisis like the one in 2008 may be already on its way.

　　It is Wall Street that possesses the most riches, filled with greed and corruption. It is Wall Street greed that, at least partly, led to the financial crisis and economic recession in 2008.

　　It is Wall Street's “fat cats” who take taxpayers' aid money as their own big bonus.

　　With the growing economic crisis around the world, people realize that Wall Street is responsible for it.

　　So they try to target people who created the crisis.

　　The majority of the protesters are young people under 30. Many of them are unemployed.Some are students with mountains of loans.

　　Some are hard­working people about to lose their houses.

　　They are complaining that the hard­working middle class is getting poor, while Wall Street stays wealthy.

　　William Cohan,

　　author of

　　Money and

　　Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the

　　World, wrote recently that Wall Street not only learned nothing from the 2008 crisis, they are also trying to kill all reforms that might “break this dangerous cycle in which bankers get very rich while the rest of working people suffer from their mistakes”．

　　【语篇解读】 “占领华尔街”运动自2011年9月开始以来迅速从华尔街蔓延到

　　整个美国，甚至波及其他国家。本文作者分析了“占领华尔街”运动发起的原因。

　　36．What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A．The cause of the“Occupy Wall Street”movement.

　　B．The demand of the protesters of the“Occupy Wall Street”movement.

　　C．The popularity of the“Occupy Wall Street”movement.

　　D．The development of the“Occupy Wall Street”movement.

　　解析　主旨大意题。通读本文可知，本文主要分析了“占领华尔街”运动发起的原因。故A项最具有概括性。

　　答案　A

　　37. According to the second paragraph, what set off the“Occupy Wall Street”movement?

　　A．The housing market.

　　B．The bad economic situation.

　　C．The mortgage.

　　D．The high unemployment rate.

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Usually，rebellious movements can be easily set off by depression and recession(衰退)．”及“Protesters are not satisfied with the present economic situation” 等信息可知目前美国不景气的经济形势引发了“占领华尔街”运动。

　　答案　B

　　38. People are afraid that________.

　　A．the bankers will become greedier

　　B．the movement will not get enough support

　　C．Wall Street learned nothing from the 2008 economic crisis

　　D．another economic crisis is likely to happen

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“People fear that a similar crisis like the one in 2008 may be already on its way.”可知人们担心类似2008年的经济危机再度发生。故D项正确。

　　答案　D

　　39．We can learn from the passage that Wall Street is the symbol of________in the USA.

　　A．civilization

　　B．power

　　C．wealth

　　D．fashion

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第三段对华尔街的描述可知华尔街拥有美国最多的财富，是美国财富的象征，故C项正确。

　　答案　C

　　B

　　“You're going to the United States to live? How wonderful！You're really lucky！”

　　Does this sound familiar? Perhaps your family and friends said similar things to you when you left home.

　　But does it seem true all the time? Is your life in this new country always wonderful and exciting? A great many facts show that it's not easy for newcomers to adjust to life in a new culture.

　　They have to experience culture shock.

　　What causes culture shock? Maybe the weather is unpleasant.

　　Perhaps the customs are different.

　　Perhaps the public service systems such as the telephone，post office, or transportation are difficult to figure out and you make mistakes.

　　The simplest things seem difficult.

　　The language may be difficult.

　　The food may seem strange to you.

　　If you don't look similar to the natives, you may feel strange.

　　You may feel as if everyone is watching you.

　　In fact, you_are_always_watching_yourself.

　　Everyone experiences culture shock in some form or another.

　　But culture shock comes as a surprise to most people.

　　A lot of the time, the people with the worst culture shock are the people who never had any difficulties in their own countries.

　　They were active and successful in their community (社区).

　　They had hobbies or pastimes which they enjoyed. When they come to a new country, they do not have the same positions or hobbies as they already had in their countries.

　　They find themselves without a role, almost without an identity.

　　They have to build a new selfimage.

　　Culture shock produces a feeling of disorientation (晕头转向), which may be homesickness, imagined illness, or even paranoia (妄想症).

　　When people feel the disorientation of culture shock, they sometimes feel like staying inside all the time.

　　They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment.

　　They want to create an escape within their room to give themselves a sense of security.

　　This escape does solve the problem of culture shock for the short term, but it does nothing to familiarize the person more with the culture.

　　Familiarity and experience are the long term ways to settle the problem of culture shock.

　　【语篇解读】 在人们看来，移居海外是件非常幸运的事情，然而由于气候、风俗、

　　语言等方面的差异而造成的“culture shock”是件令人头痛的事情，文章向我们介绍了新移民们应该如何适应这些差异。

　　40. Who is the passage mainly for?

　　A．The family and friends of those who came to the US.

　　B．Those who have got rid of culture shock.

　　C．People who have just moved to a foreign country.

　　D．People who can easily adjust to their life in the US.

　　解析　文章向我们介绍了来到异国他乡，应如何克服“culture shock”，适应新环境的问题，也就是说是写给那些刚移居国外的人的。

　　答案　C

　　41. The underlined part “you are always watching yourself”(in Paragraph 3)means________.

　　A．you are always feeling homesick

　　B．you are always worried too much about yourself

　　C．you are always looking at yourself in the mirror

　　D．you are always nervous about meeting other people

　　解析　由上一句“You may feel as if everyone is watching you.”可以看出这种感觉是因为对自己过度担心而造成的。

　　答案　B

　　42. Which of the following would be a case of culture shock for newcomers?

　　A．They have trouble using public telephones.

　　B．Their positions or hobbies stay the same.

　　C．They are active and successful in the new community.

　　D．They have got used to the life in the new country.

　　解析　细节理解题。由第三段中的“Perhaps the public service systems such as the telephone...”可得出答案。

　　答案　A

　　43. Which of the following may cause newcomers to lack a sense of security?

　　A．A new identity.

　　B．Local food.

　　C．A new self image.

　　D．Strange environment.

　　解析　细节理解题。由倒数第一段中的“They want to protect themselves from the unfamiliar environment. They want to create an escape within their room to give themselves a sense of security.”可知答案。

　　答案　D

　　C

　　New York City consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens，the Bronx and Staten Island.The population is about 7.5 million living in Manhattan. Manhattan，the center of the city，is on an island between the Hudson River and the East River. Most of the famous buildings such as the Empire State and the United Nations and other skyscrapers are in Manhattan. Some of its districts are Broadway，which has many theaters and cinemas; Fifth Avenue, with stores and apartments; Greenwich Village，where many artists and writers have lived；and Central Park，with a small zoo and a skating rink. From Manhattan you have to cross to the other boroughs through a tunnel or over a bridge. The bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island is the longest in the world.

　　New York is the second largest port in the world and it has two airports: Kennedy International for international flights and La Guardia for ：flights inside the USA.Its temperature goes from very cold in winter ( sometimes twenty degrees below zero) to very hot in summer (sometimes 40 centigrade). The people who live there come from all over the world and speak many different languages：there are 324 Germans and 390,000 Poles as well as people from Greece，Scotland，Ireland，Hungary，Italy and Romania.People call one district “Little Italy” and another “Chinatown”．

　　【语篇解读】 这是一篇介绍美国纽约市的短文。文中比较详细地介绍了纽约的几个组成部分，特别是曼哈顿岛上的一些著名的大街和建筑。

　　44．What do we know about Manhattan?

　　A．Manhattan is in the east of the city of New York.

　　B．There are lots of high­rises in Manhattan.

　　C．Manhattan is not a place for artists to live in.

　　D．Manhattan is connected to the other parts of New York by way of highways.

　　解析　从Most of the famous buildings such as the Empire State and the United Nations and other skyscrapers are in Manhattan可以看出在这个地方有许多高楼大厦，所以B是正确的。

　　答案　B

　　45．If you want to see wonderful plays，you should go to________.

　　A．the Fifth Avenue

　　B．Central Park

　　C．BroadwayD．the Empire State Building

　　解析　由第一段Some of its districts are Broadway，which has many theaters and cinemas；Fifth Avenue，with stores and apartments可以看出C是正确选择。

　　事实上知道美国地理的人也知道美国的百老汇是一个著名的演艺界表演的地方。

　　答案　C

　　46．According to the passage，which bridge is the longest in the world?

　　A．The bridge between Manhattan and Brooklyn.

　　B．The bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn.

　　C．The bridge between Manhattan and Staten Island.

　　D．The bridge between Broadway and Brooklyn.

　　解析　从The bridge from Brooklyn to Staten Island is the longest in the world.可以看出B是正确的。

　　答案　B

　　47．One district of New York is called Chinatown because________.

　　A．it is part of China and is administered by the Chinese government

　　B．the main citizens there are mainly from Chinatown

　　C．it is a district that has a large number of Chinese people

　　D．it is a district that is famous for China making

　　解析　唐人街所以如此命名是因为这里的中国人居住比较集中而已。

　　答案　C

　　D

　　Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city­but kept both their names.

　　Winston­Salem is one of them.

　　It's a mid­sized city in what's called the plateau(high land)，between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina.The Winston part is a relatively new place, founded early this century.

　　It's home to the nation's biggest open­air tobacco market.

　　The giant R J．Reynolds Tobacco Company's head­quarters is in Winston­Salem, and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds' best­known cigarette brands.

　　Fast­growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem，so in 1913, people in the area­voted to combine them into a single place.

　　From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it's called today, is the interesting and unusual part of town.Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians greatly valued women's work and brainpower.

　　In fact, one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for young women—the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772—is still in operation.

　　Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area.These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th—century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston­Salem.

　　The historic community is booming again. Just as R J. Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about $15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.

　　【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍美国Winston­Salem这座城市。

　　48．From the passage we can know that________.

　　A．Winston­Salem is the name of a city

　　B．Salem is home to the tobacco market

　　C．The city Winston­Salem has two names

　　D．oId Salem is the name of a tobacco brand

　　解析　推理判断题。根据文章第一段及第二段的第一句话可知Winston­Salem是由两个独立的乡镇联合起来发展而成的一个城市，因此是个城市名。

　　答案　A

　　49．It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that________.

　　A. the two cities benefited each other

　　B．Salem developed faster than Winston

　　C．R J．Reynolds Company has moved into Salem

　　D．the combination meets the wishes of the people

　　解析　推理判断题。根据so in 1913，people in the area voted to combine them into a single place可知，Winston和Salem 合并是这个地区的人们投票表决的结果，满足了这些人的愿望。

　　答案　D

　　50．The city Salem is special for its________.

　　A．boarding school

　　B．lifestyle and tradition

　　C．respect for brainpower

　　D．religious belief

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第四段They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories.

　　The Moravians greatly valued women's work and brainpower.

　　In fact, one of the nations oldest boarding schools tor young women­the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772—is still in operation可知应选B，A、C、D都只说明了其中一个方面。

　　答案　B

　　51．The underlined word “rehabilitate” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“ ________”．

　　A．reconstruct

　　B．evaluate

　　C．enlarge

　　D．decorate

　　解析　词义猜测题。根据These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th­century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston­Salem.可知，画线部分意为“重建”。

　　答案　A

　　E

　　As we know，the very first World Expo，the Great Exhibition of 1851，took place in the Crystal Palace in London，UK.Ever since then，the goals of World Expos have been both high­minded as well as commercial.Visitors are able to explore the world outside of their everyday experience—outside cultures，new scientific advancements，and new inventions.World Expos have excited and inspired more and more people in the world.

　　On December 3,2002，the Bureau of International Expositions(or call it BIE) announced that Shanghai will host Expo 2010.The BIE had received bids from five cities to host Expo 2010.Among the 5 nice cities，the BIE chose Shanghai at last！It's really an exciting news for not only Shanghainese，but also all of Chinese people.

　　The Expo Site lies along both sides of the Huangpu River.There are many countries' and regions' theme pavilions，among which China's pavilion is called the Crown of the East.Brazil will decorate its Expo pavilion like a green “Bird's Nest”，the nickname for the National Stadium in Beijing that hosted the opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympic Games，with the theme “Pulsing Cities：Feel the Life of Brazilian Cities.” The USA Pavilion will showcase sustainability，teamwork，health，struggle and achievements.Russia will decorate its pavilion for the 2010 World Expo like a fairy­tale world，showing a comfortable city as seen through children's eyes.They pavilion theme is “New Russia：city and citizen.”

　　Look at its profiles carefully.The title is “The 2010 World Exposition，Shanghai，China”．And the theme is “better city，better life.” OK，let's guess who is the image representative？Yeah，you're right，Yao Ming!

　　This is the emblem.The emblem，depicting the image of three people—you，me，him/her holding hands together，symbolizes the big family of mankind.Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世”(meaning the world)，the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which showcases the diversified urban cultures of the world.

　　Shanghai Expo is the first comprehensive World Expo held in a developing country.And it is also the first one that takes “the city” as its theme，hoping that it can push forward the city development and help bring about a better urban living environment，just like the theme：better city，better life.

　　The organizers of Shanghai Expo expect that the Expo can attract up to 70 million passengers or visitors from around the world and bring about a total investment of 450 billion yuan，which is more than that of the Beijing Olympic Games.So it will be the largest in the history of World Expo.

　　52．What can the visitors enjoy on the Expo according to the text above?

　　A．Foreign cultures.

　　B．New scientific advancements.

　　C．New inventions.

　　D．All the above.

　　解析　细节理解题。文章第一段提到了在世博会上可看到“外来文化，新的科学进步，新发明”。故答案为D。

　　答案　D

　　53．When did Shanghai get the right to host World Expo?

　　A．In 1851.

　　B．In 2002.

　　C．In 2008. D．In 2010.

　　解析　细节理解题。文章第二段指出了上海获得举办权的时间为On December 3,2002。

　　答案　B

　　54．According to the text，we can infer that children will be very interested in ________.

　　A．China's pavilion

　　B．Brazil's pavilion

　　C．America's pavilion

　　D．Russia's pavilion

　　解析　推理判断题。文章第三段的倒数第二句提到俄罗斯馆的设计理念“……以儿童的眼光”(...through children’s eyes)，由此可推断答案。

　　答案　D

　　55．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．All of the World Expos' goals only focus on the high­minded cultures.

　　B．Brazil's pavilion will showcase sustainability，teamwork，health，and struggle and achievements.

　　C．Liu Xiang and Yao Ming are The 2010 World Expo's image representatives.

　　D．All the countries that have ever held the World Expos are the developed ones.

　　解析　推理判断题。文章倒数第二段第一句说“上海世博会是第一次在发展中国家举行的全面世博会”，由此推断出答案。

　　答案　D

　　四、写作 (共两个写作任务，满分35分)

　　写作一(满分15分)

　　请根据以下提示，并结合生活学习实际，用英语写一篇短文。

　　You cannot control what happens to you，but you can control your attitude towards what happens to you，and in that，you will be mastering change rather than letting it master you.(你不能控制发生在你身上的事，但你可以控制你对事情的态度，你这样做，就会掌控变化，而不会让变化左右你。)

　　注意：1.无需写标题，不得照抄英语提示语；

　　2．除诗歌外，文体不限；

　　3．文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

　　4．不少于60词。

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　　I still remember the day when I got the lowest score in a physics exam and was laughed at by some classmates.Discouraged as I felt at that time，I made up my mind not to lose face again.Instead of distraction，I became active in class and did extra exercises out of class.Whenever I had difficulties，I overcame my shyness and turned to my teacher and my classmates for help.Finally I was able to improve my physics a lot，which increased my confidence so much that I took greater interest in study and worked harder than before.After some time，I became one of the top students in my class.

　　My experience tells me that it is not what has happened to us，but how we react to it that matters.When something happens，the only thing in our power is our attitude towards it.

　　写作二(满分20分)最近，校园安全成为人们广泛关注的话题，为确保师生安全，你校决定禁止外人进入校园。为此，学校在学生中做了一次“家长该不该进校园及其原因”的调查。调查结果如下图所示：

　　根据上图信息，请以“Should parents be banned from entering campus？”为题，用英语写一篇不少于80词的短文。要求如下：

　　1．简要描述图中的信息(包括人数比率、观点及原因)；

　　2．谈谈你的看法。

　　注意：文章的标题和开头已给出(不计入总词数)。

　　Should parents be banned from entering campus?

　　Recently，campus security has become a hot issue.To ensure security，strangers are banned from entering campus by our school，and a survey has been made among the students about whether parents should be included.

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　　Should parents be banned from entering campus?

　　Recently，campus_security_has_become_a_hot_issue.To_ensure_security，strangers_are_banned_from_entering_campus_by_our_school，and_a_survey_has_been_made_among_the_students_about_whether_parents_should_be_included.

　　According to the survey,60% of the students think parents should be included because it is a rule everyone should obey.Another 25% subscribe to the view that there is no need for the ban as their beloved parents couldn't be a danger to anyone.However，the rest think the guards can make a proper decision depending on certain situations.

　　Personally，I agree with the first.As the saying goes，to forestall is better than to amend.Proper measures should be taken before it's too late.As for parents，they have some other ways to keep in touch with their children，like making calls or asking for teachers' help.All in all，campus security calls for everyone's concern and cooperation.