I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull.
I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a novel. Attending a It takes confidence to make a new start ---- there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. Novel Writing MA courage gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words.
You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, ―Well, I’m writing a novel, but I’m not quite sure if I’m going to get there.‖ My confidence dived, Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside.
Then I met an agent(代理商) whoa said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel.
The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and –a-half years no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck—of fate, really. When you set out to do something different, there’s no end in sight, offered me a book deal- that published turned out to be the one I once worked for.
so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contact(合同) of the publisher – to be a published writer ----- is unbelievably rewarding(有报酬的).
49. What does the underlined part in paragraph 1 mean?
A. I was waiting for good fortune. B. I was trying to find an admirable job. C. I was being aimless about a suitable job. D. I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. A. to finish the writing course. B. to realize her own dream C. to satisfy readers’ wish D. to earn more money.
51. How did the writer feel halfway with the novel?
A. Disturbed
B. Ashamed
C. Confident
D. Uncertain.
52. What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph?
A. It pays to stick to one’s goal. B. Hard work can lead to success. C. She feels like being unexpectedly luck.
D. There is no end in sight when starting to do something.
D.
In a recent announcement, Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.
Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new ￡ 60 program, known as edX. ―Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,‖ Harvard President Drew Faust said during a meeting to announce the plan.
MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years the makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.
The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.
MIT president Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT
50.The author decided to write a novel ____________.
hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.
“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said. Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.
The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-benefit(非盈利的)organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided ￡30 million to start the program. They also plan to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful. 53. According to this text, edX is ______________. E
Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted(预测) in reaction to climate changes, which could have long damaging Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living Increased carbon dioxide(CO2) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while ―Predicting species’ reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,‖ said the researchers of several U.S. universities. effects on food chains and ecosystems. patterns, scientists say.
higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns of growth.
They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the finding from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated(低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
―Across al species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance – for both leafing and flowering – that results The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said. Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis(光合作用) to produce sugar from temperature increases, ‖ they said.
A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWare B. a free computer program by MIT and Harvard. C. a Harvard -MIT platform of free online courses D. a free program online for universities worldwide. A. Universities have been trying online courses. B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered. C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online. D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX. A. Get ready for the difficulties B. Get ready for this educational change. C. Get prepared to complete the online courses. D. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses. A. It is first offered as part of the edX learning program. B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program. C. It is a Stanford to recognize online learners’ achievement. D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT
54. What is said about online education in the text?
55. The underlined part in the text probably means ―____________‖.
56. What can be said about MITx according to the text?
from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world’s average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃every ten years since So far, efforts to cut emission(排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating 1979.
up beyond 2℃ this century --- a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to draught, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels. 57. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分） ---- What seems to be the problem? ---- 61 ---- How long have you been like this? ---- 62 ---- Yes, I also feel lightheaded.
---- Can you think of anything you ate Saturday that might have caused it? ---- All I can think of is the fish I had. It didn’t taste quite right.
---- 63 Now I’ll give you some medicine. Take it and you should be feeling better soon. ---- 64 .
-----You should stick to eating lighter foods.
A. plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems. B. The increasing speed of flowering beyond scientists’ expectation. C. Climate change leads to the change of food production. D. Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather. A. plants’ flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing B. there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents. C. scientists should improve the design of the experiments
D. the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change. A. they can prove the climate change clearly B. they are very important in food chains.
C. they play a leading role in reducing global warming D. they are growing and flowering much faster than before A. It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979 B. Its change will lead to weather extremes. C. It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1900 D. It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.
58. We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that _____________.
59. Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because ________________.
60. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?
A. What’s that? B. That might be it. C. Thank you, doctor. D. Any other problem. E. I have a running nose. F. Have you seen a doctor? G. I have a terrible stomachache.
第Ⅱ卷（非选择题 共50分）
第三部分 写作（共两节 满分50分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个沟（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（／）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词。并也用斜线划掉。 此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。 此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。 注意：原行没有错的不要改 Dear Mom,
Mother’s Day is coming. I’m sorry that I am abroad
Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you
66.________________ 67.________________
68.________________ 69.________________ 70.________________ 71.________________ 72.________________ 73.________________ 74.________________
75.________________
And can’t send your flowers, so I’m writing to you.
Before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell You loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not Only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good I may often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you.
Hope you good health and much happiness every day!
Your little girl,
Jennifer
Person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though
第二节 书面表达
假如你是大学一年级新生李华。开学之初，你的英语老师Ms.Li希望了解每位同学的英语学习情况，并征求教学建议。请安以下要点用英语给她写一封信。
1. 对英语学习的认识； 2. 自己目前的英语水平； 3. 自己英语学习存在的主要问题； 4. 对英语教学的两点建议； 注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 信的开头和结尾已给出。 Dear Ms.Li,
I’m very happy to have you as our English
tearcher._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thank you!
Li Hua
英语参考答案 1—5 BDDAC 6---10 BDCDB 11---15 AACAC 21—25 ADCDA 26—30 BBCAD 31—35 ABCAD
41—45 ACADD 46—50BBACB 51—55 DACAB
61—65 GDBCA
Dear Mom, Mother’s Day is coming. I’m sorry that I am abroad And can’t send your flowers, so I’m writing to you. Mom, I know I have never expressed my thank to you Before. But on today, at this special time, I just want to tell You loudly: I love you, Mom! Thank you so much by not Only giving me life, but also teach me how to be a good Person. Thank you for all you had done for me. Mom, though I may ^often say it, I do love you. Nobody can take your part in my heart. Whenever I am, I will always love you. Hope you good health and much happiness every day! Your little girl, Jennifer
16—20 DBDBA 36—40 BCDCD 56—60 CBCBD
66. √ 67.you 68.thanks 69.on 70.for
71.teaching 72.have 73.not
74. wherever 75. Wish
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