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I 听力(共两节，满分35分)(略)
II 英语知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The song “Happy birthday to you” is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake.
It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it without __21__. The song, with its__22__ title “Good Morning to You”, was written in 1893 by the two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. They were the daughters of a __23__Kentucky couple, who believed in female education at a time—the mid-nineteenth century—when it was still a __24__idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers. They were long involved in elementary education.
A birthday cake with __25__candles is also indispensable at one’s birthday party. It may derive,__26__ , from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck. After German bakers __27__the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages, a similar __28__was adopted for happiness at birthdays.
The candle-blowing-out custom may be associated with double meaning at birthdays. Some people believe that each birthday is another step toward the end, and what we __29__at birthday gatherings is not only our growth, but our transience. Thus, candles at birthdays are __30__of life and death, hopes and fears, increase and loss, and so on.
21. A. hesitationB. doubt
C. difficultyD. thought
22. A. modern B. early
C. originalD. latest
23. A. activeB. progressive
C. positive D. creative
24. A. nice B. terrible
C. novel D. practical
25. A. burning B. lit
C. lightening D. lighted
26. A. surely B. distantly
C. apparently D. gradually
27. A. created B. discovered
C. found D. invented
28. A. ceremonyB. custom
C. traditional D. habit
29. A. enjoy B. hold
C. festival D. celebrate
30. A. signalsB. signs
C. symbols D. logos
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为31-40的相应位置。
My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. I .__31__(make) plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. But before we moved in, problems started developing.
One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work .__32__ . The rest two of us lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn’t make it with the higher 33.__33__(month) rent payments. I started looking around.
I found .__34__apartment and the rent wasn’t bad. The place was noisy, but it was the best that I could afford for the time. However, one day .__35__I returned, I saw smoke .__36__(come) from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and my room was a burned mess. I was .__37__more out of a place to stay.
I finally gave up looking__38__ and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, spending as much on gas .__39__I would have on lodging. I almost host the will to study. It had been really .__40__bad semester.
III 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It’s just the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean. It is not. It’s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes — “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won’t get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
41. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?
A. The California Greens are covering their eyes.
B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles
C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells
D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc.
42. According to the passage, why the California Greens hold the idea “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.”?
A. They do not know those clean cars are likely coal-burning cars.
B. They do believe that the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean.
C. They tend to hold that electricity is a nice part of energy.
D. They tend to maintain that gasoline is a good way to run a vehicle.
43. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run __________.
A. not less than 25 miles.
B. more than 25 miles.
C. no less than 25 miles.
D. not more than 25 miles.
44. Compared with cars using gas, electric cars __________
A. do not burn fuel and more environmental.
B. are toxic and it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spot.
C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated
D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill.
45. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. Being green is good and should be encouraged in communications
B. Electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something.
C. Zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment.
D. Electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins.
B
When you close your eyes and try to think of the shape of your own body, what your imagine(or rather, what you feel) is quite different from what you see when you open your eyes and look in the mirror. The image you feel is much more vague than the one you see. If you lie still, it is quite hard to imagine yourself as having any particular size or shape.
When you move, when you feel the weight of your arms and legs and the natural resistance of the objects around you, the “felt” image of yourself starts to become clearer. It is almost as if it were created by your own actions and the feelings they cause.
The image you create for yourself has rather strange proportions: certain parts feel much larger than they look. If you have a hole in one of your teeth for example, if feels enormous, you are often surprised by how small it looks when you inspect it in the mirror.
Although the “felt” image may not have the shapes you see in the mirror, it is much more important. It is the image through which you recognize your physical existence in the world. In spite of its strange proportions, it is all one piece, and since it has a consistence right and left and top and bottom, it allows you to locate new feelings when they occur. It allows you to find your nose in the dark and point to a pain.
If the “felt” image is damaged for any reason—if it cut in half or lost, as it often is after a stroke which wipes out your recognition of one entire side—these tasks become almost impossible. What is more, it becomes hard to make sense of one’s own visual appearance. If one half of the “felt” image is wiped out or injured, the patient stops recognizing the affected part of his body. It is hard for him to find the location of feelings on that side, although he feels the doctor’s touch, he locates it as being on the undamaged side.
46. In which of the following situations is your image of yourself most vague?
A. When you look into a mirror.
B. When you are in bed with your eyes closed.
C. When you are standing.
D. When you are walking.
47. When you concentrate on the image of a certain part of your body, that part seems ________.
A. smaller than usual
B. smaller than any other part of the body
C. larger than it really is
D. larger than any other part of the body
48. Why is the “felt” image important?
A. Because it is larger than one’s body.
B. Because it is smaller than one’s body.
C. Because it replaces all other feelings.
D. Because it provides a useful framework for locating feelings.
49. The underlined phrase “these tasks” in the last paragraph does NOT mean “__________”.
A. locating new feelings
B. cutting the image in half
C. recognizing one’s physical existence in the world
D. pointing to one’s nose in the dark
50. What is the best title for the passage?
A. One’s real image and felt image
B. One’s felt image is not real
C. The advantages and disadvantages of one’s felt image
D. The functions of one’s felt image
C
It often happens that a number of applicants with almost identical qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.
There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selection procedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly subjective decision. As often as not, employers do not choose the best candidate, they choose the candidate who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a sound assessment of each candidate’s likely performance. The main argument in favor of the interview—and it is, perhaps, a good argument—is that an employer is concerned not only with a candidate’s ability, but with the suitability of his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secretary provided she has a pleasant personality.
It is perhaps true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assessable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the more intangible things, such as personality, character and social ability. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants for jobs, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees. Candidates who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful; direct and straightforward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be at either end of the spectrum(范围；系列) of human behavior. They are either very shy or over-confident. They show either a lack of enthusiasm or an excess of it. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over-polite or rudely abrupt.
51. We can infer from the text that an employer tolerates his secretary’s occasional mistakes, if the latter is ____________________.
A. talkative ____ B. cheerful
C. optimistic __D. enthusiastic
52. According to the text, people argue over the interview as a selection procedure mainly because they have different _____________________.
A. standards for competence
B. purposes in the interview
C. outlooks of value
D. work experiences
53. The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate ___________________________.
A. the ways to positively impress the interviewers
B. connections between work ability and personality
C. the strong points interviewers might highly value
D. a link between success and interview and personality
54. Who might be most interested in the last paragraph?
A. The would-be bosses.B. The applicants.
C. The interviewers. D. The training centers.
55. What is the author’s attitude towards the interview as a selection procedure?
A. Positive B. Sympathetic
C. Objective D. Dismayed
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列应用文：
A. EF Britain College dedicates support for international students. The small, informal tutorial system, together with on-going English language support makes sure that students achieve their full potential. Specialized pre-sessional English language courses are also available.
B. Rave-bounce College specializes in broadcasting and media. It has a reputation for providing imaginative and dynamic courses and for encouraging creativity and a spirit of enterprise, which is valued by employers.
C. The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has aimed, throughout its long history, to produce creative and successful artists, designers and architects.
D. London South Bank University has particular specialties in health, computing, engineering, applied science, and estate management, business studies, social sciences and the humanities.
E. John Leeds College provides the full-time courses for students aged 16~19. They are suitable for all abilities and concentrate on “general” rather than “professional” education. A very large proportion of the College’s students follow a two year Advanced Level program which prepares them for entry to degree courses at universities.
F. Grandfield University’s unique postgraduate focus and emphasis on applied rather than theoretical research is valued by industrial and commercial sponsors. To prove it, industrial contract research income is higher than that of all other universities.
请阅读以下申请者的信息， 然后匹配申请者和她（他）拟要申请的学校：
56. Veronica Lillian has been fond of drawing since she was a child. She wants to take up design and join one of the international design houses like Armani, Versace and Donna Karan.
57. Wanda William is a senior three student who can speak English well. Her parents are moving abroad due to a new job assignment.
58. Rosa Mayer will finish her undergraduate education this year. As jobs are difficult to find, she decides to have further study.
59. Marx Philips is a German. Although he is poor in English, he wants to study in Britain.
60. Gary Anderson wants to be a successful businessman in the future. Now he is working hard in order to realize his dream.
IV 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，作为交流生你在美国一所中学就读高中，一天晚上你接到你美国朋友Peter的电子邮件，他咨询你如何使用手中的钱。请你根据他的电子邮件给他回一封电子邮件。Peter的电子邮件内容如下：
[写作内容]
1. Peter父亲的安排没错；
2. 应该先买自己急需的一些用品；
3. 可以留一小部分用于购买看电影和音乐会票等；
4. 还可以拿出一部分捐赠给一些慈善机构
5. 祝他万事如意
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
注意：短文的开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
Very glad to know you are 16 years old now. “Happy birthday to you!” would had been offered to you at the party if I had been told earlier.
…
Wish you all the best in your new schooling.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求一篇150字左右的英语短文。
Nowadays, the pressures on schools and teachers are often passed on to students and parents. Students are tested more and assigned more homework. In the past 25 years, homework assignments have risen by 51% according to a 2008 study at the University of Michigan. That is an average of 12 extra hours of homework per week!
Excessive homework often leaves no time for students to have fun or do something for themselves. Many parents spend at least three hours every night going through their children’s work.
However, the governments’ efforts to cut the home work burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions. Ironically, though teachers have been widely criticized for piling on homework, it is sometimes parents who ask for more work for their children! When teachers don’t give homework, some parents will go to the school and complain. They want teachers to assign homework every day as a means of making sure teachers do their job and the children have work to do.
[写作内容]
你们班级打算就“ Homework ”这一主题召开一次班会。并发给每人一份上面的英文短文，你和同学都积极响应，并打算就这一主题发表各自的看法。 请你准备写一份发言稿，内容要点包括：
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你的看法和认识，内容包括：
(1)你认为家庭作业对中学生来说有必要吗？为什么？
(2)你如何看待作业负担的问题。
[写作要求]
1. 在作文中可以使用自己的亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
参考答案
完形填空：21~25 ACBCA26~30 BDBDC
语法填空：31. had made32. instead33. monthly34. another35. when36. coming37. fire38. once39. as40. the
阅读理解：41~45 DADBB46-50 BCDBD51~55 BADBC
信息匹配：56~60 CEFAD
基础写作：(one possible version)
Dear Peter,
Very glad to know you are 16 years old now. “Happy birthday to you!” would have been offered to you at the party if I had been told earlier. First, I’d like to say what your father arranges is right and reasonable. First think about if you NEED anything, like a new cell, digital camera, etc. If you don’t need anything, think about what you WANT! Maybe some new clothes, DVDs / CDs, tickets to a concert or a movie, or a little of everything. What’s more, maybe you can even donate a little to a charity you love!
Wish you all the best in your new schooling. Surely, you deserve to succeed.
Yours,
Li Hua
读写任务：(one possible version)
Homework
Today, both students and parents are suffering from excessive homework. However, while the government is trying to relieve students’burden, some parents complain about the small amount of homework and ask for more.
Personally, I don’t think the function of homework can be ignored. Homework is a means for teachers to find out whether or not their students understand the lessons. What’s more, practice makes perfect. The more questions they practice, the less painful they feel during exams. To some extent, minimizing the amount of homework may encourage students to be lazy.
However, excessive homework is harmful. Students cannot enjoy their leisure time which is occupied by countless assignments and sometimes they have to copy homework from each other in order to finish it on time. All work and no play make John a dull boy. Students should have more time for leisure activities like reading and sports.
On balance, homework is necessary for students but the amount must not be a burden for students.
(本试题由广州大学附属中学肖鹏老师拟制)
责任编校蒋小青
II 英语知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~30各题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The song “Happy birthday to you” is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake.
It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it without __21__. The song, with its__22__ title “Good Morning to You”, was written in 1893 by the two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. They were the daughters of a __23__Kentucky couple, who believed in female education at a time—the mid-nineteenth century—when it was still a __24__idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers. They were long involved in elementary education.
A birthday cake with __25__candles is also indispensable at one’s birthday party. It may derive,__26__ , from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck. After German bakers __27__the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages, a similar __28__was adopted for happiness at birthdays.
The candle-blowing-out custom may be associated with double meaning at birthdays. Some people believe that each birthday is another step toward the end, and what we __29__at birthday gatherings is not only our growth, but our transience. Thus, candles at birthdays are __30__of life and death, hopes and fears, increase and loss, and so on.
21. A. hesitationB. doubt
C. difficultyD. thought
22. A. modern B. early
C. originalD. latest
23. A. activeB. progressive
C. positive D. creative
24. A. nice B. terrible
C. novel D. practical
25. A. burning B. lit
C. lightening D. lighted
26. A. surely B. distantly
C. apparently D. gradually
27. A. created B. discovered
C. found D. invented
28. A. ceremonyB. custom
C. traditional D. habit
29. A. enjoy B. hold
C. festival D. celebrate
30. A. signalsB. signs
C. symbols D. logos
第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为31-40的相应位置。
My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. I .__31__(make) plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. But before we moved in, problems started developing.
One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work .__32__ . The rest two of us lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn’t make it with the higher 33.__33__(month) rent payments. I started looking around.
I found .__34__apartment and the rent wasn’t bad. The place was noisy, but it was the best that I could afford for the time. However, one day .__35__I returned, I saw smoke .__36__(come) from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and my room was a burned mess. I was .__37__more out of a place to stay.
I finally gave up looking__38__ and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, spending as much on gas .__39__I would have on lodging. I almost host the will to study. It had been really .__40__bad semester.
III 阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It’s just the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean. It is not. It’s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes — “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won’t get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
41. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?
A. The California Greens are covering their eyes.
B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles
C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells
D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc.
42. According to the passage, why the California Greens hold the idea “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.”?
A. They do not know those clean cars are likely coal-burning cars.
B. They do believe that the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean.
C. They tend to hold that electricity is a nice part of energy.
D. They tend to maintain that gasoline is a good way to run a vehicle.
43. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run __________.
A. not less than 25 miles.
B. more than 25 miles.
C. no less than 25 miles.
D. not more than 25 miles.
44. Compared with cars using gas, electric cars __________
A. do not burn fuel and more environmental.
B. are toxic and it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spot.
C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated
D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill.
45. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A. Being green is good and should be encouraged in communications
B. Electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something.
C. Zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment.
D. Electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins.
B
When you close your eyes and try to think of the shape of your own body, what your imagine(or rather, what you feel) is quite different from what you see when you open your eyes and look in the mirror. The image you feel is much more vague than the one you see. If you lie still, it is quite hard to imagine yourself as having any particular size or shape.
When you move, when you feel the weight of your arms and legs and the natural resistance of the objects around you, the “felt” image of yourself starts to become clearer. It is almost as if it were created by your own actions and the feelings they cause.
The image you create for yourself has rather strange proportions: certain parts feel much larger than they look. If you have a hole in one of your teeth for example, if feels enormous, you are often surprised by how small it looks when you inspect it in the mirror.
Although the “felt” image may not have the shapes you see in the mirror, it is much more important. It is the image through which you recognize your physical existence in the world. In spite of its strange proportions, it is all one piece, and since it has a consistence right and left and top and bottom, it allows you to locate new feelings when they occur. It allows you to find your nose in the dark and point to a pain.
If the “felt” image is damaged for any reason—if it cut in half or lost, as it often is after a stroke which wipes out your recognition of one entire side—these tasks become almost impossible. What is more, it becomes hard to make sense of one’s own visual appearance. If one half of the “felt” image is wiped out or injured, the patient stops recognizing the affected part of his body. It is hard for him to find the location of feelings on that side, although he feels the doctor’s touch, he locates it as being on the undamaged side.
46. In which of the following situations is your image of yourself most vague?
A. When you look into a mirror.
B. When you are in bed with your eyes closed.
C. When you are standing.
D. When you are walking.
47. When you concentrate on the image of a certain part of your body, that part seems ________.
A. smaller than usual
B. smaller than any other part of the body
C. larger than it really is
D. larger than any other part of the body
48. Why is the “felt” image important?
A. Because it is larger than one’s body.
B. Because it is smaller than one’s body.
C. Because it replaces all other feelings.
D. Because it provides a useful framework for locating feelings.
49. The underlined phrase “these tasks” in the last paragraph does NOT mean “__________”.
A. locating new feelings
B. cutting the image in half
C. recognizing one’s physical existence in the world
D. pointing to one’s nose in the dark
50. What is the best title for the passage?
A. One’s real image and felt image
B. One’s felt image is not real
C. The advantages and disadvantages of one’s felt image
D. The functions of one’s felt image
C
It often happens that a number of applicants with almost identical qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.
There are many arguments for and against the interview as a selection procedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly subjective decision. As often as not, employers do not choose the best candidate, they choose the candidate who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a sound assessment of each candidate’s likely performance. The main argument in favor of the interview—and it is, perhaps, a good argument—is that an employer is concerned not only with a candidate’s ability, but with the suitability of his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secretary provided she has a pleasant personality.
It is perhaps true to say, therefore, that the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assessable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the more intangible things, such as personality, character and social ability. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants for jobs, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees. Candidates who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful; direct and straightforward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be at either end of the spectrum(范围；系列) of human behavior. They are either very shy or over-confident. They show either a lack of enthusiasm or an excess of it. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over-polite or rudely abrupt.
51. We can infer from the text that an employer tolerates his secretary’s occasional mistakes, if the latter is ____________________.
A. talkative ____ B. cheerful
C. optimistic __D. enthusiastic
52. According to the text, people argue over the interview as a selection procedure mainly because they have different _____________________.
A. standards for competence
B. purposes in the interview
C. outlooks of value
D. work experiences
53. The purpose of the last paragraph is to indicate ___________________________.
A. the ways to positively impress the interviewers
B. connections between work ability and personality
C. the strong points interviewers might highly value
D. a link between success and interview and personality
54. Who might be most interested in the last paragraph?
A. The would-be bosses.B. The applicants.
C. The interviewers. D. The training centers.
55. What is the author’s attitude towards the interview as a selection procedure?
A. Positive B. Sympathetic
C. Objective D. Dismayed
第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
首先，请阅读下列应用文：
A. EF Britain College dedicates support for international students. The small, informal tutorial system, together with on-going English language support makes sure that students achieve their full potential. Specialized pre-sessional English language courses are also available.
B. Rave-bounce College specializes in broadcasting and media. It has a reputation for providing imaginative and dynamic courses and for encouraging creativity and a spirit of enterprise, which is valued by employers.
C. The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has aimed, throughout its long history, to produce creative and successful artists, designers and architects.
D. London South Bank University has particular specialties in health, computing, engineering, applied science, and estate management, business studies, social sciences and the humanities.
E. John Leeds College provides the full-time courses for students aged 16~19. They are suitable for all abilities and concentrate on “general” rather than “professional” education. A very large proportion of the College’s students follow a two year Advanced Level program which prepares them for entry to degree courses at universities.
F. Grandfield University’s unique postgraduate focus and emphasis on applied rather than theoretical research is valued by industrial and commercial sponsors. To prove it, industrial contract research income is higher than that of all other universities.
请阅读以下申请者的信息， 然后匹配申请者和她（他）拟要申请的学校：
56. Veronica Lillian has been fond of drawing since she was a child. She wants to take up design and join one of the international design houses like Armani, Versace and Donna Karan.
57. Wanda William is a senior three student who can speak English well. Her parents are moving abroad due to a new job assignment.
58. Rosa Mayer will finish her undergraduate education this year. As jobs are difficult to find, she decides to have further study.
59. Marx Philips is a German. Although he is poor in English, he wants to study in Britain.
60. Gary Anderson wants to be a successful businessman in the future. Now he is working hard in order to realize his dream.
IV 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作（满分15分）
假定你是李华，作为交流生你在美国一所中学就读高中，一天晚上你接到你美国朋友Peter的电子邮件，他咨询你如何使用手中的钱。请你根据他的电子邮件给他回一封电子邮件。Peter的电子邮件内容如下：
[写作内容]
1. Peter父亲的安排没错；
2. 应该先买自己急需的一些用品；
3. 可以留一小部分用于购买看电影和音乐会票等；
4. 还可以拿出一部分捐赠给一些慈善机构
5. 祝他万事如意
[写作要求]
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
[评分标准]
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
注意：短文的开头和结尾已为你写好。
Dear Peter,
Very glad to know you are 16 years old now. “Happy birthday to you!” would had been offered to you at the party if I had been told earlier.
…
Wish you all the best in your new schooling.
Yours,
Li Hua
第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求一篇150字左右的英语短文。
Nowadays, the pressures on schools and teachers are often passed on to students and parents. Students are tested more and assigned more homework. In the past 25 years, homework assignments have risen by 51% according to a 2008 study at the University of Michigan. That is an average of 12 extra hours of homework per week!
Excessive homework often leaves no time for students to have fun or do something for themselves. Many parents spend at least three hours every night going through their children’s work.
However, the governments’ efforts to cut the home work burden of primary and middle school students have drawn mixed reactions. Ironically, though teachers have been widely criticized for piling on homework, it is sometimes parents who ask for more work for their children! When teachers don’t give homework, some parents will go to the school and complain. They want teachers to assign homework every day as a means of making sure teachers do their job and the children have work to do.
[写作内容]
你们班级打算就“ Homework ”这一主题召开一次班会。并发给每人一份上面的英文短文，你和同学都积极响应，并打算就这一主题发表各自的看法。 请你准备写一份发言稿，内容要点包括：
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你的看法和认识，内容包括：
(1)你认为家庭作业对中学生来说有必要吗？为什么？
(2)你如何看待作业负担的问题。
[写作要求]
1. 在作文中可以使用自己的亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
参考答案
完形填空：21~25 ACBCA26~30 BDBDC
语法填空：31. had made32. instead33. monthly34. another35. when36. coming37. fire38. once39. as40. the
阅读理解：41~45 DADBB46-50 BCDBD51~55 BADBC
信息匹配：56~60 CEFAD
基础写作：(one possible version)
Dear Peter,
Very glad to know you are 16 years old now. “Happy birthday to you!” would have been offered to you at the party if I had been told earlier. First, I’d like to say what your father arranges is right and reasonable. First think about if you NEED anything, like a new cell, digital camera, etc. If you don’t need anything, think about what you WANT! Maybe some new clothes, DVDs / CDs, tickets to a concert or a movie, or a little of everything. What’s more, maybe you can even donate a little to a charity you love!
Wish you all the best in your new schooling. Surely, you deserve to succeed.
Yours,
Li Hua
读写任务：(one possible version)
Homework
Today, both students and parents are suffering from excessive homework. However, while the government is trying to relieve students’burden, some parents complain about the small amount of homework and ask for more.
Personally, I don’t think the function of homework can be ignored. Homework is a means for teachers to find out whether or not their students understand the lessons. What’s more, practice makes perfect. The more questions they practice, the less painful they feel during exams. To some extent, minimizing the amount of homework may encourage students to be lazy.
However, excessive homework is harmful. Students cannot enjoy their leisure time which is occupied by countless assignments and sometimes they have to copy homework from each other in order to finish it on time. All work and no play make John a dull boy. Students should have more time for leisure activities like reading and sports.
On balance, homework is necessary for students but the amount must not be a burden for students.
(本试题由广州大学附属中学肖鹏老师拟制)
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