根据some of our most creative minds __42___ to leave fears behind as adults.可知，这里说到的是一直缠绕着成年的查尔斯·达尔文，夏洛特·勃朗特和马塞尔·普罗斯特。故选C。
46．考查动词。A. looked观看；B. exposed暴露；C. read阅读；D. hide隐藏。根据Recently I read about an essay of study on successful businessmen可知，现在，我们中有些人比其他人更自然的解读我们的恐惧。故选C。
47．考查副词。A. closely紧密地；B. secretly秘密地；C. roughly艰难地；D. reluctantly不乐意地。根据下文的read them closely可知，我们中有些人比其他人更能解读我们的恐惧。故选A。
48．考查名词。A. businessmen商人；B. author作者；C. readers读者；D. others其他人。根据Recently I read about an essay of study on successful businessmen可知，是我看到的论文中的作者发现这些人都有个习惯，叫做“未雨绸缪”，故选B。
49．考查动词。A. changed改变；B. suffered from遭受；C. shared分享；D. sought寻找。根据which meant that these people, instead of得知，作者发现这些人都有这个习惯，分享这个习惯。故选C。
50．考查动词。A. understanding理解；B. reporting报道；C. dismissing解散，不予考虑；D. writing写作。根据read them closely可知，这些人不回避自己的恐惧。故选C。
51．考查动词。A. hated痛恨；B. hid隐藏；C. abandoned抛弃；D. studied学习，研究。根据instead of ___50___ their fears得知，不是回避恐惧，而是认真解读并研究恐惧。故选D。 52．考查动词。A. translated翻译；转化；B. transferred转让；转移；C. transmitted传输；传播；D. transplanted移植。然后把恐惧转换成准备和行动。translate…into转化为。故选A。 53．考查形容词。A. over超过，结束；B. ruined被摧毁；C. declining正在下降；D. ready准备好的。根据So that way可知，这样，如果最坏的事情发生了，他们的企业也有所准备。故选D。
54．考查动词。A. tried努力，试着；B. hesitated犹豫；C. failed失败；D. allowed允许。也许如果我们都试着解读自己的恐惧，try to do意为“试着，设法”。故选A。 55．考查形容词。A. delicious美味的；B. precious珍贵的；C. conscious有意识的；D. suspicious怀疑的。根据our favorite works of literature可知，我们的恐惧能和我们最喜欢的文学作品一样给我们珍贵的东西。故选B。
第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
56．C 57．D
【解析】试题分析：文章介绍了一个四星级的度假别墅－－ 康沃尔自助度假别墅。
56．Ｃ细节理解题。根据文章的It is ideally located to explore and enjoy all that Cornwall has to offer.可知此处很是轻松与方便。故选Ｃ。
57．Ｄ细节理解题。根据文章的Cider Cottage sleeps five in a lovely countryside setting, with all home
comforts.故选Ｄ。
B
【解析】在过去的几千年里，我们看到了物种的一些进化。本文就人类是否是进化的主要驱动者讲述了两种观点。
58．推理判断题。根据第二段But these well-documented changes are limited to particular populations, so the evidence for recent evolution of our entire species, remains not much.可知，本段两个事例是为了说明整个人类物种的进化还不充足，故选C。
59．推理判断题。根据第三段Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans argue that humans have controlled evolution — not just in our own species but virtually in all species可知，《进化自我》的作者认为人类控制着其他物种的进化，控制着其它生命的未来。故选A。
60．推理判断题。根据第二段We’ve seen some evolution in our species over the past few millennia(千年), but it was detected by reconstructing history from DNA sequences.以及第三段The authors of “Evolving Ourselves” disagree. Not only, they claim, are we evolving faster than ever, but we’re doing it to ourselves. Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans argue that humans have controlled evolution — not just in our own species but virtually in all species可知，本文就人类是否是进化的主要驱动者展开论述。故选C。
C 【解析】本文是一篇新闻报道。美国的大企业越来越大，而许多新创企业在婴儿时代就濒临死亡，这是因为美国现有的政治制度和不断提高的各种法规都给新创企业设置了很多障碍，但未来美国的经济可能要依赖于那些创新型的企业。
61．推理判断题。根据第六段Mature, successful corporations can employ ex-lawmakers with connections, distribute campaign contributions and even write regulations for themselves. They are also more likely to want to protect steady revenue streams than revolutionize their industry.可知，较大和较老的公司也更愿意保护稳定的收入来源。故选B。
62．推理判断题。根据倒数第三段第一句As such, the rise of a well-connected oligarchy (寡头政治) that protects big business at the expense of small business, and the established over the new, is opposite to American ideals.最后一段最后一句Policy must breed our new and small businesses or see the as-yet undreamed of innovations that could be our bright future die in infancy.可知，牺牲小企业是违背美国理想的，以及政策必须培育新的小企业或看到从未想过的创新，而这些创新可能在婴儿期就会死亡，可以推断出今后国家经济可能依赖于那些创新的企业。故选B。 63．推理判断题。根据第二段A study last month by the Brookings Institution found that the proportion of older firms has grown steadily over several decades,以及第四段This is partly an unintended issue of resources-established companies can cope with new costs more easily—but it’s also deliberate. For instance, big insurance companies got a seat at the table to help write Obamacare, but less politically powerful firms—like medical device manufacturers-got squeezed.可知，较大和较老的公司掌握各方面的资源。故选A。
64．推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句Policy must breed our new and small businesses or see the as-yet undreamed of innovations that could be our bright future die in infancy.（政策必须培育新的小企业或看到从未想过的创新，这些创新可能是我们夭折的光明未来，）可以推断出关于较小公司的发展，作者是关心的态度。A. contented 满意的；B. confident自信的；C. concerned关心的；D. convinced确信的。故选C。
D
65．B 66．D 67．C 68．C 69．B 70．A 【解析】试题分析：本文是一篇记叙文。讲述的是作者养了一只已到19岁的猫Merlin，Merlin给了作者带来生活中安慰和温暖。年老的Merlin因身上只剩下少数的红细胞而即将病逝。Merlin在听到作者的赞许和鼓励后就重新站起来，和作者告别。
65．B细节理解题。根据第三段I wanted to pick up that warm bundle of loving fur and nestle him.和第四段Merlin was my comfort especially at times when I wondered if God was listening.可知，Merlin给了Ron的妻子安慰和温暖。故选B。 66．D细节理解题。根据第五段Although Merlin was 19 years old, a senior in the age of a cat, he didn’t look or act that way.第十二段I said, “Merlin, You are Beautiful and You are Gorgeous, do you hear me?” Ron的妻子认为Merlin是长寿的、美丽的、甘愿奉献的。故选D。 67．C推理判断题。根据第七段Ron said if Merlin was still alive the next morning then he would take me to the vet.可判断Ron答应了妻子如果Merlin活过晚上，就带妻子来Vet看望Merlin。故选C。
68．C推理判断题。根据第十二段Feeling driven to prayer I yelled, “God this isn’t good enough. I need to see my Merlin the way I remember him, I need a miracle and I need it now!”可判断作者尝试将Merlin唤醒。故选C。 69．B推理判断题。根据最后一段On Merlin’s last day, God proved he heard me when he granted a miracle.可知当我们深爱着自己喜欢的人或动物，那么上帝就不会让我们失望。故选B。 70．A文章大意题。根据文章最后一段That miracle gave me time to say goodbye.可知这篇文章最合适的题目是被许诺的奇迹。
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
71．exposed
72．account/ consideration 73．existent
74．necessary/ essential 75．understanding/ idea 76．behave
77．stress/ emphasis 78．minor/ unimportant 79．appeals 80．slight
【解析】在当今日益多元化的社会中，营销人员有更多的选择。各种各样的电子和印刷媒体可以用不同的语言对话消费者群体，现在市场营销人员开始考虑文化框架转换的因素。 71．考查动词。根据The new work built on past research showed the values of subjects changed when they were surrounded by stimuli from different cultures.可知，文化框架转换指的是当面临全新的环境时，人们从一种文化心态转向另一种文化心态的移位现象。be exposed to（暴露于），故填exposed。
72．考查名词。根据Now, marketers have another factor to consider when deciding where to advertise and in what language. A paper. Do bilinguals have two personalities? A special case of cultural frame switching published by researchers at the University of Texas可知，现在市场人员考虑文化框架转换的因素，take…into account/ consideration是固定短语，意为“考虑到……”，故填account/ consideration。
73．考查形容词。Since the Spanish/ English bilingual results seem to be in agreement with testing of monolingual Spanish and English speakers可知，使用西班牙语和英语的双语结果似乎与使用西班牙或英语的单语者是一致的。be动词后用形容词，故填existent。 74．考查形容词。根据language-specific testing of bilingual subjects may not be essential to get an idea of what kind of cultural frame switching might occur in other bilingual combinations.得知，双语科目的特定语言测试可能不是必要的。故填necessary/ essential。
75．考查名词。根据Rather, comparing known personality differences for each language/ culture would give an indication of the differences bilingual individuals would exhibit.可知，相反，比较每个语言/文化的已知个性差异可以对双语个体会表现出的差异给出提示，可以用近义词give a better understanding/idea来表示，故填understanding/ idea。
76．考查动词。根据Rather, comparing known personality differences for each language/ culture would give an indication of the differences bilingual individuals would exhibit.可知，可以对双语个体会表现出的差异给出提示，exhibit在这是“展览；显示；提出（证据等）”的意思，故填behave。 77．考查名词。根据I think it would be a mistake to over-emphasize this phenomenon over other …可知，不应过分强调文化框架转换，put stress/ emphasis on意为“强调”，故填stress/ emphasis。
78．考查形容词。根据Besides, the language-driven cultural frame switching may not make much difference to many products or services.可知，语言驱动的文化框架转换对很多产品影响不大，形容词修饰名词，故填minor/unimportant。
79．考查动词。根据If the product does attract one cultural personality more, though, it may make sense to exploit that difference of the other decision criteria are more or less equivalent.可知，假如一个产品更吸引某种文化个性，那这种区别就值得采用。attract=appeal to，故填appeals。 80．考查形容词。根据The researchers point out that the differences aren’t great. Even if slight, though, the differences are noticeable.可知，研究人员发现不同语言对个性的影响小但是值得引起注意，故填slight。
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
81. Possible version:
The fable shares with readers a story about two sheep, both of whom choose cooperation rather than competition in order to have access to the fresh grass of different sides.
As a matter of fact, the fable mirrors that different attitudes may bring about different results. As an old saying goes, union means power. A chopstick breaks easily, while a bunch of them does not. Cooperation is therefore the best policy in any case because it can lead to a win-win situation, where both sides can gain benefit by virtue of joint efforts.
In my daily life, I often cooperate with my classmates when playing basketball, taking part in running races or going in for community-service activities. I learn a lot from my classmates and friends by following their advice. Meanwhile, I also do my part to help them in return. It is teamwork that helps us secure numerous victories.
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