attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.
33. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to ________.
A. live a better life B. look for better methods C. change ways of living
D. accept technology and advance steadily
34. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to________.
A. tools C. barriers products ________.
A. lack great accuracy B. lack the personal touch C. are of high value D. are quite welcome
答案与解析
33．D 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“...people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.”可知，当人们愿意接受技术并能稳步推进时，进步是有利的。A、C两项是进步给人们带来的好处，B项答非所问，也不能选。
34．A 词义猜测题。根据后面的例子 mobile phones and ipads 可猜出 gadgets 指的应该是交流的“工具”。
35．B 细节理解题。根据第三段第五句“However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products.”可知，机器制造的产品缺少人的接触。
B. messages D. skills
35. Compared with homemade handicrafts, machinemade
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。
For some people, choosing which sports to play throughtout high school is hard because they have never really played an organized sport before and aren't sure what they'll enjoy most. __36__ __37__ If you're great at soccer but would rather play football because you think it's more fun, then give it a go(just make sure it's cool with mom and dad)!
Sports are meant to be fun. __38__ What's the worst that can happen? If you get cut, you can always try another sport. And sports like track don't typically cut participants from the team. You can still participate even if you're not in the team for the competition.
Some sports, like lacrosse or field hockery, require every person on the field to be working well together. __39__ Sports like tennis, track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and wrestling are all sports where individual performances are tallied(计分)into team scores. __40__ However, for the most part it's possible to win a solo event in these sports and still have your team lose or vice-versa(反之亦然)．
No one knows you better than you do. Maybe you enjoy the spotlight. Maybe you get annoyed by the way teammates act. Luckily, there are many individualized sports to choose from.
A．No matter what your problem is, you have to make the decision that is best for you.
B．Sure, certain people perform much better than others but superstars don't necessarily make a good team!
C．Many people are attracted to team sports.
D．Of course there are exceptions, like relays in track and swimming.
E．For others it's tough because their friends don't like to play the same sports.
F．Besides swimming, try canoeing, fishing, sailing, skiing, and, if you're feeling particularly daring, surfing.
G．If there is a sport you really enjoy but you aren't sure if you can make the team, try out anyway.
答案
36～40 EAGBD
第三部分：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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she __41__ play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. __42__ she loved her parents and her family, she desired to live in such a house and __43__ all day about how wonderful and exciting __44__ must feel to live there. At the age when she gained some __45__ skill and sensibility(识别力)，she __46__ her mother for a bike ride __47__ the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, __48__ her keeping close to the house and not __49__ too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew __50__ where she was heading! __51__ the hill and across the valley, she rode to the __52__ of the golden house. __53__ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path __54__ to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she __55__that all the windows were __56__ and rather dirty. So __57__ and heart-broken, she didn't go any further. She __58__， and all of a sudden she saw an amazing __59__. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she __60__ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!
41．A.might C．would 42．A.Unless C．Since 43．A.dreamed C．asked 44．A.this C．it
45．A.different C．musical 46．A.begged C．invited 47．A.inside C．through 48．A.insisting on C．arguing about 49．A.traveling
B．should D．must B．Although D．But B．worried D．shouted B．that D．which B．scientific D．basic B．blamed D．paid B．outside D．along B．relying on D．wondering about B．running
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