that jazz is not black and write anymore. It ’s actually color, and it ’s actually digital. ”
Moran says one of the problems with jazz today is that the entertainment aspect of the music has been lost. The music can ’“t be presented today the way it was in 1908 or 1958. It has to continue to move, because the way the world works is not the same, ”says Moran.
Last year, Moran worked on a project that arranged Fats Waller ’s music for a dance party, “just to kind of put it back in the mind that Waller is dance music as much as it is concert music,”says Moran. “For me, it ’s the recontextualization. In music, where does the emotion( 情感 ) lie? Are we, as humans, gaining any insight( 感悟 ) on how talk about ourselves and how something as abstract as a Charlie Parker record gets us into a dialogue about our emotions and our thoughts? Sometimes we lose sight that the music has a wider context, ”says Moran, “so I want to continue those dialogues. Those are the things I want to foster. ” 24. Why did UNESCO set April 30 as International Jazz Day?
A. To remember the birth of jazz. B. To protect cultural diversity.
C. To encourage people to study music. D. To recognize the value of jazz.
25. What does the underlined word “ that ”pairnagraph 3 refer to?
A. Jazz becoming more accessible. B. The production of jazz growing faster. C. Jazz being less popular with the young. D. The jazz audience becoming larger.
26. What can we infer about Moran ’s opinion on jazz?
A. It will disappear gradually. B. It remains black and white. C. It should keep up with the times. D. It changes every 50 years.
27. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Exploring the Future of Jazz B. The Rise and Fall of Jazz C. The Story of a Jazz Musician D. Celebrating the Jazz Day
D
A build-it-yourself solar still （蒸馏器） is one of the best ways to obtain drinking water in areas where the liquid is not readily available. Developed by two doctors in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it water collector. Unfortunately, you must carry the necessary equipment with you, since it
’s an excellent
’s all but impossible to
find natural substitutes. The only components required, though, are a 5＇ 5＇ sheet of clear or slightly milky plastic, six feet of plastic tube, and a container
— perhaps just a drinking cup — to catch the water. These pieces
can be folded into a neat little pack and fastened on your belt.
To construct a working still, use a sharp stick or rock to dig a hole four feet across and three feet deep. Try to make the hole in a damp area to increase the water catcher ’s productivity. Place your cup in the deepest part of the hole. Then lay the tube in place so that one end rests all the way in the cup and the rest of the line runs up out — the side of the hole.
Next, cover the hole with the plastic sheet, securing the edges of the plastic with dirt and weighting the sheet center down with a rock. The plastic should now form a cone(
’s — and
圆锥体 ) with 45-degree-angled sides. The low point
of the sheet must be centered directly over, and no more than three inches above, the cup.
The solar still works by creating a greenhouse under the plastic. Ground water evaporates ( 蒸发) and collects on the sheet until small drops of water form, run down the material and fall off into the cup. When the container is
full, you can suck the refreshment out through the tube, and won ’t have to break down the still every time you need a drink.
28. What do we know about the solar still equipment from the first paragraph? A. It ’s delicate. C. It ’s complex .
29. What does the underlined phrase A. The tube. C. The hole.
B. It ’s expensive. D. It ’s porta.ble
“the water catcher
B. The still. D. The cup.
” in paragraph 2 refer to?
30. What’s the last step of constructing a working solar still? A. Dig a hole of a certain size. C. Weight the sheet
’s cente.r down
B. Put the cup in place.
D. Cover the hole with the plastic sheet.
.
31. When a solar still works, drops of water come into the cup from A. the plastic tube C. the open air
B. outside the hole
D. beneath the sheet
第二节 (共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
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。
If anyone had told me three years ago that I would be spending most of my weekends camping, I would have laughed heartily. Campers, in my eyes, were people who enjoyed insect bites, ill-cooked meals, and uncomfortable sleeping bags. They had nothing in common with me.
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The friends who introduced me to camping thought that it meant to be a pioneer. 37 We slept in a tent,
cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom. This brief visit with Mother Nature cost me two days off from work, recovering from a bad case of sunburn and the doctor son ’s food poisoning.
I was, nevertheless, talked into going on another fun-filled holiday in the wilderness.
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Instead, we
had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. My nature-loving friends had remembered to bring all the necessities of life.
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We have done a lot of it since. Recently, we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with
a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains.
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It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that
you find your way in style.
A. This time there was no tent. B. Things are going to be improved.
C. The trip they took me on was a rough one.
D. I was to learn a lot about camping since then, however. E. I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping. F. After the trip, my family became quite interested in camping. G. There was no shade as the trees were no more than 3 feet tall.
32.A 根据前文 We slept in a tent, cooked over an open fire, and walked a long distance to take the shower and use the bathroom 可知作者第一次露营时住帐篷，露天生火做饭，走很远的距离去洗澡、上厕所，条件很艰
苦，而后文中 Instead, we had a pop-up camper with comfortable beds and an air conditioner. 说明作者第二次露 营有床有空调。 A 选项 This time there was no tent 比较好，符合语境。故选
A 。
这次“没有帐篷了 ”暗示作者进行了第二次露营，而且条件
33.F 根据后文 we bought a twenty-eight-foot travel trailer complete with a bathroom and a built-in TV set. There is a separate bedroom, a modern kitchen with a refrigerator. The trailer even has matching carpet and curtains. 可知 作者一家为了露营买了房车，里面设备齐全，说明作者一家人是喜欢露营的。
F 选项 After the trip, my
family became quite interested in camping( 那次露营之后，我的家人开始对露营感兴趣 )符合语境，故选 F。
34.E 根据后文 It must be true that sooner or later, everyone finds his or her way back to nature. I recommend that you find your way in style.可知作者希望每个人能找到适合自己的回归自然的方法学科 知作者回归自然的方式就是露营。
@网，而根据前文可
我必须得承
E。
E 选项 I must say that I have certainly come to enjoy camping.(
认我真的开始享受露营 )既是对文章第一段中作者态度转变的一个总结，也很好地衔接了后文。故选
第三部分 语言知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分)
第一节
完形填空 (共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)
A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的 项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this my
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41
process and found something that has changed
at college for the better: I discovered ASL — American Sign Language( 美式手语 ).
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any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my
I never felt an urge to friends. The discover my
The
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44 45
languages were enough in all my interactions( 交往). Little did I know that I would for ASL.
began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club
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their translation
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me.
of a song. Both the hand movements and the very of communicating without speaking
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What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ___51___ more.
After that, feeling the need to learned how to
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. This newness just left me
further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club ’s meetings. I only 54
progress, I
the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my
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those meetings and learn all I could.
was excited. I then made it a point to
The following term, I
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an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was
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, if there had been any talking, it would have 60
way of communication it opens. C. natural C. major C. learn C. body C. goal C. story C. recited C. dream C. embarrassed C. course C. saying C. express
57 . I soon 59
us
realized that the silence was not unpleasant.
to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the 35. A. searching 36. A. progress 37. A. choose 38. A. official 39. A. love 40. A. meeting 41. A. recorded 42. A. idea 43. A. disturbed 44. A. end 45. A. showing 46. A. exercise
B. planning B. experience B. read B. foreign B. concern B. trip B. performed B. amount B. supported B. past B. acting B. explore
D. formal D. opinion D. create D. spoken D. request D. task D. discussed D. reason D. attracted D. distance D. wanting D. explain
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