The dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival. \high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his family.
The 35-year-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago, and he has now settled in Urumqi.
The 1,776-km line, which passes through Qinghai province and is the country's first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region, came into service on Dec 26.
\normally drive home for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season,\Liang said. \can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes, so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip.
More than 600,000 passengers traveled on the line during its first month, and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak season.
The existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiang's development. All passenger trains will gradually shift to the new link, leaving the old one to be used for goods. As a result, Xinjiang's annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million. The line passes through areas that experience high winds, and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dry sands of the Gobi Desert.
The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad, said Ma Xizhang, director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway project's management department in Xinjiang. 24. How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before?
A. about 12 hours. C. About 18 hours.
B. About 6 hours.
D. About 24 hours.
25. What’s the main advantage of the new high-speed railway?
A. It takes more time to go to Urumqi to Lanzhou.
B. It will be more convenient for people all over the country to Xinjiang. C. All the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivals.
D. It helps to improve Xinjiang’s development. 26. From the passage we can learn _______.
A. Xinjiang’s annual goods ability can increase nearly four times
B. the new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroad C. the high-speed railway lines can’t be built across the bone-dry sands D. the old railway lines can only carry goods now
27. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The new high-speed railway line is good for all people to go home. B. The new high-speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goods. C. Taking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to Lanzhou.
D. Businessmen seldom went home for Spring Festival before.
C
What are American high schools like? Well, I’m happy to tell you what I know.
When I started school here, it had already been a week since the school opened. At this school, freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful trip, which would have been the best time to get to know my classmates. I was really sad. I wished I’d known about it earlier.
Despite the disappointment, however, I gradually adapted to my new life and school.
There is a space in the basement of the teaching building where students chat and meet each other. As we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates, the school wants us to get to know each other there. Students usually come to school early, sit in that space and have fun. Around the space, there are many lockers for students to leave their books in, so that students do not have to carry a heavy schoolbag everywhere.
It really surprises me that we have almost no textbooks. We only have textbooks for World History and Algebra 2 and they are big and heavy, like bricks. For other classes, we only need binders (活页夹) with paper in them. Without textbooks, students learn things freely and actively. For example, my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her mind at the time. We never know what we will learn.
Another difference between American schools and Chinese schools is that American schools care about students’ morality more than their academic studies. For example, if you do not finish your homework, you will just be asked to do it later, but if you cheat or lie, you will get a warning or even be kicked out.
I think that most students here are good at schoolwork as well, but compared to Chinese students, they can make learning a more joyful experience. I think we should take the good points from our two different kinds of education to perfect our approach to studying. 28. What was the writer sad for? A. He was late for school.
B. He missed the trip at the beginning of school. C. He didn’t know anyone.
D. American students looked down upon him.
29. Why do students go to the basement of the teaching building?
A. To attend class. B. To share a classroom. C. To have fun. D. To meet teachers. 30. How do teachers in the US teach the students?
A. However they want to. B. They use bricks.
C. Some use textbooks; some teach freely. D. They always teach as required. 31. According to the passage, in American high schools, ________.
A. you are likely to be kicked out if you cheat
B. you’ll be punished if you do not finish your homework
C. students are better at school work than Chinese students D. students care much about the grades they get
D
Zheng Pengyu: Interest is the best teacher. Classrooms that weren’t fixed could give students the chance to explore their interests. At the same time, they would be able to learn on their own because they would have to make their own decisions. All in all, the new system would be a good chance to inspire students’ passion for studying.
Sun Yao: Despite its benefits, I’m worried about whether the new system would work. Going to different classrooms would take up a big part of our break time and we would have less time to relax after class. Also, not all schools could offer so many diversified classes.
Shi Zhenghan: I support students learning in different classes. It would solve the problem of some students thinking the classes are too easy while some think they are too difficult. Teachers could also teach more effectively. What’s more, friendships built while in different classes might be a pleasant surprise.
Zhou Qingqing: In my opinion, studying in different classrooms might affect students’ psychological (心理的) development. They might find it difficult to develop deep and strong friendships with other students if they had to change classrooms constantly. They would also lose their sense of belonging to a certain class.
Hu Qile: I applaud the idea. It would help teachers set up special teaching plans for different classes. For students, making choices by themselves could encourage them to be responsible. Changing classrooms could also help relive the boredom of doing the same dull routine (惯例) every day.
Wang Xiaoqian: The new system might help with students’ individual development, but I still prefer the current system. Studying in one fixed classroom, students with different academic levels can help each other. Spending your senior middle school years with the same classmates is an unforgettable experience.
32. According to Sun Yao, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A. The new system will work if great measures are taken. B. All the schools can’t afford so many diversified classes. C. Students will have more time to relax. D. He supports the system because of its benefits. 33. Among the following people, who prefers the new system?
A. Sun Yao
B. Hu Qile
C. Zhou Qingqing
D. Wang Xiaoqian
34. What is the passage about?
A. Schools should offer diversified classes to students. B. Students find it difficult to develop friendship. C. Different opinions about changing classroom.
D. Changing classroom can help with students’ individual development. 35. Which of the following can best replace the word ―applaud‖ in paragraph 5? A. hate
B. oppose
C. favor
D. benefit
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。
Some people make you feel comfortable when they are around. You spend an hour with them and feel as if you have known them half your life. 36 .
Here are several skills that good talkers have. If you follow the skills, they’ll help you put people at their ease, and make friends with them quickly.
First of all, good talkers ask questions. 37 . One well-known businesswoman says, ―At business lunches, I always ask people what they did that morning. It’s a common question，but it will get things going.‖ From there you can move on to other matters—sometimes to really personal questions. 38 . Second, once good talkers have asked questions, they listen to the answers .This point seems clear, but it isn’t. Your questions should have a point and help to tell what sort of person you are talking to. And to find out, you really have to listen carefully and attentively.
39 . If someone sticks to one topic, you can take it as a fact that he’s really interested in it. Real listening also means not just listening to words, but to tones of voice. If the voice sounds dull, then, it’s time for you to change the subject.
Finally, good talkers know well how to deal with the occasion of parting. If you’re saying goodbye, you may give him a firm handshake and say, ―I’ve really enjoyed meeting you.‖ 40 . Let people know what you feel, and they may walk away feeling as if they’ve known you half their life.
A. Real listening at least means some things. B. You can become a popular person.
C. Almost anyone, no matter how shy he is, will answer a question. D. And how he answers will let you know how far you can go. E. If you want to see that person again, don’t keep it a secret. F. It’s polite to listen to others with a smile. G. These people have something in common.
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
来源学处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Ricardo Semler became boss of his father's business Semco in Brazil at the age of 21. Ricardo worked like a(an) 41 man, from 7：30 am to midnight every day. One afternoon, while he was visiting a factory in New York, he 42 . The doctor told him if he 43 like that, he would find a new home in hospital. Semler got the 44 . He changed the way he 45 . In fact, he changed the ways his 46 worked, too.
He let his workers take more 47 so that they would be the ones worrying when things went wrong. He 48 them to set their own salaries， 49 their own working hours and he cut all the jobs he thought were 50 , like receptionists and secretaries.
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