b. The boy came across an old woman c. The boy set out to meet God
d. The boy arrived home and surprised his mother. e. The boy hugged the old woman. A. c-b-a-d-e
B. c-b-a-e-d
C. b-a-c-e-d
D. b-d-e-c-a
5. Which of the following best explains “underestimate” underlined in the last paragraph? A. Forget.
B. Praise
C. Ignore
D. Support
6. What is the author’s purpose in writing this text? A. To introduce a kind boy who helped an old woman.
B. To describe a moving story between a boy and an old woman. C. To inform us that the boy and the woman are God.
D. To remind us that little act of kindness can make a difference.
C
Night owls, people who stay up late and struggle to get out of bed in the morning, are more likely to die sooner than morning larks, the first study into their death rates has found.
New research by the University of Surrey and Northwestern University in the US found that people who naturally stay up late were 10 per cent more likely to die within the six-and-a-half-year study period compared to those who preferred the morning.
Researchers say that the ongoing stress of operating in a traditional 9-5 society was having a huge effect on millions of people and could be shortening their lives.
“This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored,” said Malcolm von Schantz, a professor of chronobiology at the University of Surrey. “We should discuss allowing evening types to start and finish work later, where practical. And we need more research about how we can help evening types deal with the higher effort of keeping their body clock in line with sun time”.
The research involved nearly 500,000 Brits aged between 38 and 73 and found that around nine per cent considered themselves evening people, while 27 per cent identified as morning types.
In the new study, Scientists found owls had higher rates of diabetes, psychological disorders and neurological disorders. But the team has previously shown that whether someone is an owl or a lark is half genetic and half environment, meaning there may be ways to keep body clock issues
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under control.
The team recommends that night owls can help themselves by trying to become exposed to light early in the morning and not at night. Keeping regular bedtimes, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and trying to do tasks earlier in the day can help to reset body rhythms.
The study was published in the journal Chronobiology International. 7. What docs the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 3 refer to? A. Night owls’ Scientists’
8. What can we know from Malcolm’s words? A. People who stay up late may die before age 7. B. Staying up late is no longer a public health issue. C. When people should start work will be discussed later. D. More research is needed to help solve the problem.
9. Which of the following is not suggested by the research team? A. Get up early.
B. Make full use of morning hours.
D. Go to bed at a fixed time.
B. Morning larks
C. Researchers’
D.
C. Get exposed to sunlight more often.
10. What is the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To tell the differences between two types of people. B. To introduce readers the result of a new research. C. To warn night owls of their bad genes and environments. D. To argue morning larks usually live longer than night owls. 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山处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What do the world’s most successful people all have in common? The researchers found that high achievers like Robert Moses turn out to be all alike:
Busy！Busy!
11 in a study of general managers in industry, John Kotter reported that many of them worked 60 to 65 hours per week-which translates into at least six 10-hour days. The ability and willingness to work difficult and tiring hours has characterized many powerful figures. Energy and strength provide many advantages to those seeking to build power.
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The difference between successful people and very successful people is that very successful people say “no” to almost everything. And that’s what gives them the time to accomplish so much. 13 . And focus means saying “no” to a lot of distractions（分散力）.
Know what you are
Ignore weakness and keep improving your strengths. Don’t waste time exploring skill areas where you have little competence. Instead, focus on-and build on-your strengths. 14
15 Wiseman created a “luck school” to test these ideas-and it was a success. In total, 80 percent of people who attended luck school said that their luck bad increased. On average, these people reported that their luck had risen by more than 40 percent. A. Just say no！ B. Ask for more time.
C. Strengths are exactly what you are good at. D. Achievement requires concentrations（注意力）
E. This means knowing who you arc and what you are good at. F. Does applying these principle（原则）to your life actually work? G. High achievers never stop working and they never lose a minute.
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。
I knew it was snowing before I opened my eyes. There was that special quiet in the air that comes when the city is heavily 16 with snow. My thirteen-year-old big brother, Lenny, came in and asked me if I wanted to go 17 with him in Madison Square Garden.
I had no time to 18 . I dressed myself in a hand-mc-down winter coat, put on the boots and 19 the clasps（搭扣）. Eventually, we 20 on the twenty-block journey in the snow.
The first twelve blocks weren’t 21 , but the long cross town street 22 to be terrible. The fierce winds made it almost impossible to 23 forward. I could no longer 24 my brother. My 25 was uncovered. My hands and feet ached with 26 .
We stopped in a doorway for a rest. Lenny took his hands out of his pockets and bent down
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to refasten the 27 metal clasps of my boots. 28 that Lenny had to take care of me, I stared straight ahead and 29 a man walking toward us through the snow.
I was unable to 30 how old he was but he was tall, thin, and had a gentle, 31 face. He wore no hat. There was a 32 around his neck, and his overcoat, like ours, was caked with snow. He kneeled down before me and wrapped his soft wine-colored scarf 33 around my head.
1don’t remember ice-skating that day, or how we got home. All my 34 holds is the snow, the 35 of a stranger, and my big brother, Lenny. 16. A. mixed
B. filled B. swimming
C. blanketed
D. surrounded
17. A. skating 18. A. kill
C. running
D. shopping D. waste D. broke
D. settled down D. heartbreaking
B. pass
C. spend
19. A. fastened 20. A. cut off 21. A. curious 22. A. proved 23. A. ride
B. opened C. wore
B. blocked out B. difficult B. failed
C. set out C. distant C. happened
D. promised
B. look
C. pull D. push
D. stay away from
24. A. keep track of 25. A. head 26. A. frost 27. A. small
B. keep up with
C. pay attention to
D overcoat
D. wind
B. neck
C. hat
B. cold B. great
C. snow
C. dirty D. icy
28. A. Scared 29. A. viewed 30. A. recognize 31. A. familiar 32. A. leather 33. A. calmly 34. A. life
B. Ashamed B. watched B. know
C. Surprised C. observed C. describe
D. Excited
D. saw D. tell
D. strange D. circle D. closely D. heart
B. pretty B. lace
C. handsome
C. scarf
B. roughly B. memory
C. tightly C. family
35. A. kindness B. modesty C. optimism D. determination
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。
One night, a mother and her daughter went out for dinner together. The mother was a heavy
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