A. green fingers B. dark horse C. good Samaritan D. sacred cow
第二节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，
并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do you see what I see?
A basket sits my front door. It’s my daughters’ shoe basket, and it’s 36 over with sneakers, flip-flops, rain boots, snow boots, Crocs for around the house, and Merrells for hikes in the woods. When I look at the 37 on page 68, that basket is all I can see. Some of the girls 38 there couldn’t ―bring an extra pair of shoes to the photo shoot 39 it rains,‖ as we’d 40 . In their families, shoes are 41 among siblings. What they wore was all they had.
The girls are refugees from war-torn countries like Syria, Rwanda, Congo, and Sudan who have legally 42 in Chicago. Twenty-six-year-old Blair Brettschneider started a(n) 43 to help them with 44 from their English to their résumés.
Some of the girls in this picture have 45 bombs and lost 46 . We have welcomed them to our shores and told them to 47 and start a new life in a place where they will be safe. They have had to 48 to all the seriousness, silliness, and scrutiny that is an American high school while 49 the role of caretaker for their families— 50 siblings, translating the mail, 51 relatives to doctors’ appointments. So I look at this picture, and I see the 52 . I also see something 53 ordinary. I see girls who giggle and whisper. They do cartwheels(侧翻筋斗) on the 54 and take selfies with their smart phones. I look at the picture, and I see girls who are indescribably 55 to be here, and that makes me also grateful to be American. What do you see? 36. A. turning
B. rolling
C. spilling
D. flowing D. photograph D. shown D. in case D. suggested D. kept D. resettled D. system
37. A. cartoon B. quote 38. A. pictured 39. A. so that
C. chart
B. described B. in that
C. illustrated C. even if C. demanded C. distributed
40. A. anticipated B. indicated 41. A. shared
B. worn
42. A. worked B. studied C. remained C. program
43. A. experiment B. design
44. A. something B. anything
C. nothing C. detected
D. everything D. discovered D. families D. go around D. respond D. taking up D. teasing D. accompanying D. unexplained D. hopefully D. spot D. grateful
45. A. exploded B. fled 46. A. teachers
B. relatives
C. boyfriends C. go ahead C. react C. taking to
47. A. go through B. go by 48. A. adjust 49. A. taking over 50. A. minding 51. A. sending
B. apply B. taking on B. reminding
C. punishing C. assisting C. miserable C. surprisingly C. lawn C. excited
B. conveying
52. A. mysterious B. extraordinary 53. A. happily 54. A. crossroads 55. A. confident
B. sadly B. street B. content
第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
United Kingdom Visa and Passport Requirements Australian British Canadian Other EU USA Passports: To enter the United Kingdom, a passport valid for the duration of stay is required by all nationals referred to in the chart above, except (1) EU nationals holding a valid national ID card. Visas: Visas for the United Kingdom are not required by nationals referred to in the chart above for stays Passport required Yes N/A Yes 1 Yes Return ticket required Visa required No N/A No No No No N/A No No No of up to six months. Types and cost: Standard Visitor visa: ￡87; long-term visit visa: ￡330 (two years); ￡600 (five years); ￡752 (10 years). Transit: Some nationals (but not those listed above) require a transit visa. The Direct Airside Transit visa costs ￡32 and allows you to change flights in the UK, but you must not pass through immigration control and must leave within 24 hours. The Visitor in Transit visa costs ￡59 and allows you to go through border control, but you must leave the UK within 48 hours. Long-term transit visas are available to frequent travelers. Working days: The length of time taken to process visa applications depends on the nationality of the applicant and the country where you're applying. Generally, you can expect a decision within three weeks. 56. According to the requirements, visitors who apply the UK visa and passport _______. A. have to possess the EU membership and hold return tickets B. must apply visas for the UK for stays within six months C. are asked to require a transit visa and leave with 48 hours D. can usually receive a definite reply within three weeks
57. If a Chinese goes to the UK for a one-day business conference, how much will he pay for visas at least? A. ￡32
B. ￡59
C. ￡87 D. ￡146
B
Most Cancer Is Out of Our Control
LIFESTYLE OR BAD LUCK? IT DEPENDS ON THE CANCER
BASAL-CELL CARCINOMA
The most common skin cancer is triggered by exposure to UV
rays. LUNG
Smoking, and the carcinogens in tobacco smoke, are the main drivers of lung cancer. LIVER
Risk of this cancer
increases with age and heavy alcohol use.
We think we know what causes cancer: smoking, the sun’s UV rays, tumor-causing genes we inherit from Mom and Dad. But these factors alone can’t explain why cancer in its many forms is poised to edge out heart disease as America’s No.1 killer within the next few years. That rise has sparked a spate of research into how much of cancer is within our control and how much of it is simply a roll of the genetic dice.
Now, in an eye-opening study published in Science, researchers report that the majority of cancer types are the result of pure chance, the product of random genetic mutations(突变) that occur when stem cells—which keep the body chugging along, replacing older cells as they die off—make mistakes copying the cells’ DNA.
Cristian Tomasetti at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that the more stem cells there are in certain kinds of tissues and the more often they divide, the more likely that tissue is to develop cancer over a person’s lifetime. About 65% of cancers are the result of these DNA mistakes made by stem cells. Only a small proportion of a tissue’s cells are stem cells, which are essentially templates(范本) for making more tissue. The catch is that this kind of DNA copying is also the process behind cancer, which is triggered by cells that pick up mutations in their genes when they divide. The element of chance does not, however, mean you should stop wearing sunscreen or take up smoking.―My biggest fear is that people will do nothing. The opposite is true,‖ says Tomasetti, who stresses that while we may not be able to prevent all tumors, we can focus on early detection and taking advantage of lifesaving treatments like chemotherapy and radiation, among other
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