teacher will say “ 80’’ in front of the whole class. Students and
teachers also communicate through email, Facebook or Twitter after class. They chat about studies and life experiences.
Teachers are like our parents and our friends. So we should respect our teachers.
75.A) studies B) subjects C)stories D)suggestions 76.A) what B) which C))who D)how 77.A) often B) sometimes C) almost D)hardly 78.A) express B) explain C) expect D)excuse 79.A) takes out B)turns out C) comes out D)puts out 80.A) OK B) thanks C) sorry D)yes
A. Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每
空格限填一词，首字母已给）（14分）
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant that seizes Western food? If so, do you remember what the menu looked like? Western restaurant menus are quite different from Chinese restaurant menus. But how are they different?
Most Western restaurant menus do not have as many p ______ 81 as Chinese ones do. In some fancy Western restaurants, the menus might not have any pictures at all.
But most Western menus show a list of ingredients for each dish.
If you order a burger, the menu might tell you that the burger has cheese, ketchup and mustard 0Y 末).The menu can also tell you how the food is cooked---for example, w 82 it is fried or steamed.
Western restaurants use many different methods to design their menus and make them
more a 83 . In fact, there is a whole industry called “menu engineering”，according to the BBC. Menu engineers are experts at designing menus. Their menus can i 84 sales and influence customers’ thoughts.
A well-designed menu can encourage customers to eat certain dishes. It can e __________ 85 make them believe that your restaurant’s food is of higher quality, thought they might haven’t eaten the food.
For example, using descriptive (描述性的)words l 86 “juicy” or “cheesy” can help
dishes sell better. Instead of just writing “steak” in their menu, a restaurant might write “sizzling steak”. This makes the steak sound more delicious.
Also, it is k 87 that people pay the most attention to items placed at the top of a page. This is the best place for dishes that you want to promote.
As you can see, menus are not just simple lists of food!
D.Answer the questions (根据以下内容回答问题)（12分）
When taking an elevator, do you often push the “Close” button? You hope by pushing it, the elevator door will close faster. But what if the button is actually fake(假的)？
Karen Penafiel is the executive director(执行董事）of the US’ National
Elevator Industry. She said that elevators’ “close” buttons are a complete trick， at least in the US, and that doors will not close any faster despite how hard you push.
In the 1990s the Americans with Disabilities Act (《美国残疾人法案》） was passed in the US. It means all elevators have to stay open long enough to
allow disabled people to enter. Only US firefighters and elevator workers can really use the buttons with special keys.
But the buttons aren’t completely useless. According to psychologists(心、理学家)，fake buttons can make you feel better. They give you a sense of control that can help reduce stress. That’s why some other buttons in our lives are fake, too,
■For example， many offices in the US have fake thermostats(温控器).People may feel better when they think they can control the temperature in their workspace.
You were told that traffic light buttons could help make the traffic signals change faster. But they may not really work either.
However, even when people know these little “white lies” , they still push fake buttons. As long as the doors finally close, it seems worthy,
John Kounios is a psychology professor at Drexel University in the US. He told The New York Times that he always pushes the traffic light buttons. “After all, I’ve got nothing else to do while waiting. So why not push the button on the off chance that this one will work?”
88. The “close” buttons of the elevators in the US don’t really work, do they? 89. What do people hope when they push the “close” button in an elevator?
90. Who can really use the “close” buttons of elevators in the US according to the passage? 91. Why do the fake buttons make people feel better?
92. What other examples does the passage show that fake buttons aren't completely useless?
93. Will you push the fake buttons next time when you take the elevator or wait at the traffic lights? Why or why not?
VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)
Write at least 60 words on the topic “Imagine 2020”（以“畅想 2020 年”为题，写一篇不少于60个词的短文，标点符号不占格）
未来已来，请发挥你的想象力，畅想2020年你的生活中会有哪些令人欣喜的变化。 (注意：短文中不得出现任何人名。校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分。) The following is for reference only (以下表达仅供参考)
enjoy
be more convenient not...any longer
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