30. From the passage, we can know ______.
A. the writer really loves to eat everything on sticks B. there is always a restaurant on every corner of China
C. it’s hard to find prawn crackers or sweet and sour pork in Australia D. the writer seldom gets hungry in China because of so much delicious food
C
Do you find it hard to learn math and history? A recent study carried out by scientists from University of London, may be of help to you. They found that teenagers could get higher marks in math if they studied in the morning and better grades in history if they were taught in the afternoon.
The researchers did a study at a secondary school in Bulgaria over nine years. The results showed that when teenagers had math classes earlier in the day, they scored on average (平均) 7 percent higher in tests than when taught in the afternoon. Lower-ability students did worst when they were studying math in the afternoon.
In history, students taught in the afternoon scored on average 6 percent higher than when they were taught in the morning. However, it doesn’t work for other subjects such as languages or geography.
Velichka Dimitrova, leader of the study, said the findings show that we do better at different times of the day.
“In the morning, our brains are better and fresher, so we are better at doing something that repeats a lot like problem solving, where we require more speed and attention,” Dimitrova told The Telegraph.
“In the afternoon, it seems that this process (过程) slows down. On the other hand, history is better suitable for the afternoon, when we are more creative and open to discussion,” she said.
Subjects such as foreign languages require both memory and repetition (重复), and they also need people to be creative. This is perhaps why the time of day has no influence on learning.
Time-of-day effects such as those are believed to be connected to the body clock. This is the system in our bodies that controls when we need to sleep. Some schools in the US and UK have tried out later school starting times for teenagers, whose body clocks change as they grow into adults.
Dimitrova believes schools should take this chance to improve students’ performance just by changing their timetables.
31. According to the study, students taught in the morning do better in ______. A. history A. age
B. English B. hobby
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C. geography C. body clock
D. math
D. learning habit
32. It is believed that the time-of-day effects have something to do with a student’s ______.
33. History is better suitable for the afternoon because ______. A. it is an easy subject for students to learn B. we are more creative and open to discussion C. our brains are better and fresher in the afternoon D. it’s easier to pay more attention to the work we are doing 34. Dimitrova is sure that ______.
A. it is better to learn history and math in the morning
B. changing timetables properly can improve students’ performance C. different times of a day have some influence on learning languages
D. it makes no difference for lower-ability students to learn math in the afternoon 35. What is the main idea of the passage? A. The good advice on managing a school. B. The importance of learning history and math.
C. The good ways to get higher scores in history and math. D. The influence of timetables on history and math learning.
D
I’m not the kind of mother who normally brushes and styles her daughter’s hair, and my daughter has never liked sitting quietly long enough for me to do it.
But today, I put a chair outside and let my daughter Sally sit on it. She was sitting high with her eyes closed, skin still wet from the shower, and her messy hair behind her back.
I realized she was taking in every touch from my hands. It was the last time for a week that our bodies would connect. Today, I would send Sally away for a week of summer camp. She didn’t ask to go. This was all my idea. She’s nearly 12, and I notice that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day.
Living on a farm without any neighbors, I’ve chosen a life that is quieter than a usual family’s. But instead of requiring space away from me, Sally has increasingly depended on me.
What worries me most is that she has become a “mini-me”. She follows my hobbies, my dreams, and my opinions. And that was why I pulled her to the summer camp, a nearby wilderness (荒野) camp called Hawk Circle.
After we ate, I drove Sally to Hawk Circle. Once there, we got a tour of the grounds and were introduced to other campers. Sally stood by the group of children, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join a game of soccer. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she told me, holding my hand tightly (紧紧地).
I pulled away and walked up to one of the camp’s workers. “Excuse me,” I said loudly, “I’d like to introduce you to my daughter. Maybe you could help her meet a few of these kids.” He came over to talk to Sally, and I kissed her and then I disappeared before she realized I was
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gone.
On my way home, I felt a piece of my soul had been taken from my body. I began to shake. The tears (泪水) came down my face. It took every bit of my strength to keep driving forward.
When I arrived home, I calmed down and reminded myself why I chose this path. I thought to myself, “I want Sally to have a chance to find herself, out of my shadow. I don’t want to see only myself in my child. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real personality.”
After 12 years of being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the first time. 36. Sally would be away from her mother for ______. A. a day A. nervous
B. a week B. happy
C. a month C. excited
D. a year D. amazed
37. From Paragraph 6, we can know Sally was very ______.
38. What did the mother do when the daughter asked her to stay for a while? A. She left at once without saying a word. C. She brushed and styled her daughter’s hair. A. 影子
B. 保障
B. She agreed to stay with her. D. She helped her get help and then left. C. 困境
D. 联系
39. What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “shadow” in Paragraph 9? 40. What’s the true meaning of the last sentence in the passage? A. The mother hasn’t met her daughter before. B. The mother doesn’t know her daughter very well. C. The mother has lived with her daughter for 12 years. D. The mother wants to teach her daughter to be herself.
非选择题（共50分）
四、填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
A）根据括号中所给的汉语写出单词，使句子意思完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为41—45的相应位置上。
41. Luckily, she was chosen to play the lead ▲ (角色) in a famous play. 42. It’s very dangerous to go ▲ (穿过) the street when the traffic light is red. 43. Although my grandfather is in his ▲ (九十), he still plays Taichi every morning. 44. Last weekend, the Greens gathered together to ▲ (庆祝) the birth of a new baby. 45. It is ▲ (明智的) to check whether the flight time has changed before you leave for the airport.
B）根据句子意思，用括号中所给单词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为46—50的相应位置上。
46. — I am sorry to keep you ▲ (wait) on such a cold morning.
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— It doesn’t matter. I’ve just arrived.
47. The gentleman stood up ▲ (polite) when the lady entered the room.
48. ▲ (learn) more about the history of Nanjing, you can visit some local museums. 49. It’s stupid to always tell the ▲ (true) in friendship. Sometimes white lies are needed. 50. I can hear the girl ▲ (read) English every morning. That’s why she is good at the subject.
C）根据对话内容，从下面方框中选择适当的单词或短语填空，使对话内容完整正确，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为51—55的相应位置上。 seems especially interesting have to different kinds of A: Have you heard of sharing bikes? They are quite popular in Nanjing these days.
B: Yes. Many people like to ride them, 51 on sunny weekends. This new type of public service is supposed to protect our environment and encourage people to exercise. A: There are 52 sharing bikes. Which kind do you like best? B: Ofo. I think it is easier to ride.
C: Sounds 53 ! How can I ride a sharing bike? I also want to try it. A: First, you need to download an APP to your mobile phone. And you 54 pay 99 or 299 yuan of deposit (押金) before you use the bike.
B: When you find a bike on the road, you open the APP and scan the code (扫码) to unlock the bike.
C: It 55 not very difficult to me. Next time I will also take a bike-sharing trip. 五、阅读填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
A) 阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后第56—65小题的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为56—65的相应位置上。
注意：每个空格只填一个单词。 ．．．．
We’ve probably all met someone who likes to show off about where he or she has been. To some people, traveling is all about how many places one has been to. But luckily, the old “been there, seen that” mode is changing.
Last year’s travel trend (趋势) was “experiential travel”. This is where tourists look for ways to get to know local culture and meet local people so they feel less like an outsider.
So what about this year? Can creative tourists get even more out of their traveling experience?
Transformative travel
Transformative (起改变作用的) travel is much like “experiential travel”, but takes it a step further.
It usually goes through three steps – you go to a place that has a very different background
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