According to a representative of Service Foods, complaints can occur when busy cooks serve substandard, low quality meats. As products sit in packaging in the meat case at the store, the meat can age out too much. The natural flavor disappears, and it can be replaced with an undesirable strange flavor. According to Service Foods, complaints from children are common when you serve substandard meats. Kids may not have the words to describe why they don’t like the meats, but they’re certainly willing to express their displeasure. By serving meats from Service Foods, complaints can be reduced. Service Foods meats are all natural and organic, meaning the meats have no chemicals or water or colorings that can change the taste. And the meats are flash-frozen right after cutting, so they won’t taste strange to your children.
If you’re facing different types of complaints, Service Foods may still be able to help you. Some families have mealtime boredom. The same meals, served in the same way, week after week, can be incredibly boring and hard to look forward to. When it comes to these complaints, Service Foods has the answer right on the web. Just go to http: //www. servicefoods.com and you'll find a long list of recipes to try. Some of these recipes are made in demonstration format, so you can watch the video and get step-by-step instructions on how to prepare the meals. By following these recipes from Service Foods, complaints relating to boredom can certainly be reduced.
While Service Foods knows complaints at mealtime can never be totally eradicated, as picky kids will always be picky kids with concerns, the company is doing everything possible to deal with the problem and get cooks the help they need.
12. According to the passage, mealtime complaints are most likely caused by ________. A. flash-frozen meats B. strange-taste food C. low quality meal D. poor quality meats 13. Service Foods can solve mealtime boredom by ______. A. serving flash-frozen meat
B. expressing children's complaints C. instructing different ways of cooking D. supplying natural food without chemicals
14. The underlined word “eradicated” in the last paragraph can be replaced with ______. A. covered B. removed C. reduced D. accepted 15. What will the readers probably do after reading the passage? A. Pay for Service Foods service. B. Buy organic meat from now on. C. Write recipes for Service Foods. D. Answer complaints on the web.
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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。
The iPon Generation
Today it is common to see people who walk about with coloured wires hanging from their ears wherever they go. They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what's happening around them. 16 Outside life is shut out. So are you one of them? For me, walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect. 17 What’s even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people, which says, “I’m not available for chatting at the moment.”
Suppose, you’re at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough, but a colleague suddenly turns up. At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration. 18 Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that “Go away!” signal.
19 It’s probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family. While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their “Yes. Mum. ”Problem solved.
Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty coloured wires hanging from our ears-but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument. We’ll be in a virtual(虚拟的) world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like. In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in. 20 And they are changing our social habits along the way.
In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It’s so strange-suddenly, I don’t feel like wearing my earphone anymore.
A. Our instruments are changing quickly． B. I also have wires hanging from my ears．
C. In the home situation, teenagers love these wires．
D. I don’t have to deal with the noise from the environment．
E. After all, I am listening to my favourite music and would rather not be disturbed． F. Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions.
G. They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal digital noise reduction systems．
第二部分 英语知识运用（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）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Wallet Back
This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way that I live my life. The ____21___in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work. I was taught by one of the most effective ___22___ of teaching, one that only people with lots of love can do.
“My wallet! Where is it？” were my first words___23___ I found my wallet was missing. I ____24___ my memory for a few good seconds, and then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library’s public ___25___!
Because the library was now __26__, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it. When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom. This was the first time I could remember ever ___27___ to see a clean restroom. As I walked out, I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the ___28____ fool in front of me.
I politely ___29____ the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday. “No.” That was that. I walked off with a sense of ____30____.
I __31___ what I would do if I had found a wallet containing sixty dollars, a phone card and many other irreplaceable ___32____things. Finally, I ___33___ accepted the fact that my wallet was gone.
A week later, I received a ___34____ in the mail. It was my wallet. And most ___35____, nothing was missing! But there was a little yellow sheet of paper folded up in one of the wallet pockets that had not been there before I slowly unfolded the paper, which ___36____ like this:
When we continue to help around, we will live in a larger and more rewarding world. This person didn’t even leave a return address. So I couldn’t ___37___whoever it was. From that day on, I __38__ myself that I will follow this ___39___ and help others and make them as ___40__ as I was when I opened that parcel！
21. A. leader B. writer C. teacher D. scholar 22. A. aids B. systems C. materials D. methods 23. A. once B. when C. before D. since 24. A. searched B. improved C. developed D. recorded 25. A. canteen B. lounge C. restroom D. showroom 26. A. closed B. deserted C. crowded D. occupied 27. A. hoping B. hating C. refusing D. preferring 28. A. grateful B. curious C. forgetful D. nervous 29. A. approached B. interviewed C. identified D. reminded 30. A. safety B. forgiveness C. satisfaction D. disappointment 31. A. described B. wondered C. discovered D. expressed 32. A. personal B. strange C. surprising D. reasonable 33. A. gladly B. naturally C. willingly D. painfully
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34. A. letter 35. A. sincerely 36. A. read 37. A. owe
38. A. supported 39. A. plan 40. A. shocked B. note
B. amazingly B. printed B. thank B. suggested B. course B. cautions C. package C. honestly C. explained C. admire C. improved C. regulation C. delighted D. suitcase D. obviously D. wrote D. inspire D. promised D. example D. optimistic
第二节（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，将答
案
填写在答题卡的相应位置。
Kenneth Williams is considered one of the greatest British comedy 41.________ (actor) of the twentieth century. His voice is an outstanding gift; it virtually defined him as a 42.________ (perform). Williams would often spend weeks deciding how a character should sound and this “voice” determined his approach to each role. 43._______ even after he had chosen his “voice”, he didn’t always stick to it. In the middle of 44._______ single performance, he would sometimes change the tone or speed of his speech, for 45._________ (great) comic effect. While still a beginner, he felt he should be given the freedom to do as he wished on stage and often 46.________ (ignore) his directors’ instructions. This greatly annoyed some directors, who refused 47.________ (work) with him. Sometimes, he would 48._________ (complete) ignore the script（台词）and make up his own lines during performance. However, he became extremely angry when other actors tried to do the same, 49._________ (argue) that they were simply not good at it. Williams loved to make his audience laugh. When performing a scene where there were few laughs, he would often make up his own jokes, 50.________ always entertained the audience, but sometimes also ruined the scene.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分） 第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
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