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1、专题1 4阅读理解After being born at the end of 1932,Mr Cameron Senior suffered a lot with both legsshortened below the knee and his feet twisted.He went under numerous operations to ease his pain,and eventually both limbs（下肢）had to be cut off.But despite his disability and later losing thesight in one eye,

2、Mr Cameron Senior still gained a successful career as a stockbroker（股票经名己人）.After moving to England from Scotland as a child,he married Mary and the couple raisedfour children at the family home in Peasemore,Berks.In an interview with The Daily Telegraph two years ago,the Tory leader described theex

3、perience of growing up with a father with a disability.He told how once they were on holiday inCornwall,he overheard someone rudely saying：That guys wearing fimny boots.MrCameron（英国前任首相卡梅伦）said he thought to himself,Thats odd,no one ever says that.In an ITV interview before the general election,Mr C

4、ameron said of his father,Hes anamazingly brave man because he was born with no heels-quite a disability.But the glass with himwas half-full,normally with something alcoholic,I think I got my sense of optimism fromMr Cameron also appeared with his parents at an event and said that they understood hi

5、s ideafor“A Big Society”.“They showed me how a big society could work every day I was growing up,“he said,Iknow what are my responsibilities.Mr Cameron Seniors disability is not thought to have playedany part in his death aged 77.Friends said he was“so proud,to see his son become Prime Ministerin Ma

6、y,and had visited 10 Downing Street and Chequers.However,the familys various holidayplans meant that he did not get to meet his latest granddaughter Florence,who was delivered to thePMs wife Samantha last month.语篇解读本文主要介绍了英国前任首相卡梅伦的父亲，一位身有残疾却凭着坚韧毅力取得非凡成就的股票经纪人。1.What is the passage mainly about?A.Th

7、e life and character of Mr Cameron Senior.B.A huge hero figure in the eyes of son.C.The newly elected Prime Minister.D.A disabled father and his career.2.In the text,the underlined part the Tory leader in Paragraph 3 refers to A.Mr Cameron SeniorB.The Daily TelegraphC.a leader in the governmentD.For

8、mer Prime Minister David Cameron3.When Mr Cameron heard the rude words,.A.he exploded with anger all of a suddenB.he thought the man was too foolishC.he was shocked and unable to understandD.he expected it a long time ago4.According to Mr Cameron,“A Big Society,means A.people take up their duties in

9、 the societyB.there are numbers of families in the societyC.much freedom will be offered to the peopleD.many events will take place in the future5.From the last paragraph we can know that.A.Florence was adopted by the PMs wifeB.the disability caused Mr Cameron Senior deathC.Mr Cameron Senior lived i

10、n 10 Downing StreetD.Mr Cameron Senior took a pride in having such a son二、Enrique Iglesias is a most successful singer!Born in 1975 in Madrid,Spain,Enrique is thechild of the famous singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique mother is a joumalist.His parents divorced in1978.Although Enrique lived with his mother

11、,she sent him to live with his father because ofconcerns about her sons safety.Enrique wanted to be a singer secretly,he didnt wish his father toknow that and didnt want to live under his shelter.He sought his dream on his own.Enrique released（发行）his first album“Enrique Iglesias5*in 1995.This album

12、had acollection of rock ballads（民谣）and five singles from it went straight to the top spots in Latinmusic.This album was followed by another“Vivir”in 1997.Three singles from this albumoccupied the top spots on the Latin charts yet again!Enrique also found himself nominated（提名）for the Favorite Latin A

13、rtist at the American Music Awards.By 1998,he had released his 3rdalbum,lCosas Del Amor.This year Enrique won the“Favorite Latin Artist.Bailamos“got himgreat fame.One of the songs in this album was also used in a movie.With the success of“Bailamos，Enrique now already had many loyal fans.The album,“E

14、nrique，was released in1999.The year 2001 brought more success for him.His album,“Escape had a few singles thatreached the top spots.Enrique became a household name.This album is his biggest successfulalbum so fhr.Hero and Dont Turn Off the Lights“soon turned Enrique into a super star.Hisnext release

15、 in 2002 was a Spanish album Quizas”.This album brought Enrique a“LatinGrammy Award for the Best Pop Vbcal Album.In 2007,he released another album Insomniac”and the song“Do You Know“became an instantly popular song.语篇解读 本文讲述了西班牙歌手安立奎 伊格莱希亚斯的个人经历。6.After his parents divorced,Enrique was sent to his f

16、athers because.A.he could be protected from some dangersB.he could learn singing from his talented fatherC.his mother would be able to focus on her careerD.his father could teach him how to behave correctly7.Enrique didnt tell his father about his dreaming of becoming a singer becausehe.A.wanted to

17、try a new singing styleB.hated his father for his carelessnessC.didnt want to benefit from his fathers fameD.planned to give his father a surprise when he succeeded8.Which of the following albums has a song adopted in a movie?A.Vivir”.B.”Bailamos.C.Enrique Iglesias”.D.”Cosas Del Amor”.9.The third pa

18、ragraph is developed mainly by.A.following the order of his albums9 influenceB.analyzing the style of his albumsC making comparisons of his albumsD.following the order of time10.What would be the best title for the passage?A.Enrique Iglesias Lucky LifeB.Biography of Enrique IglesiasC.Enrique Iglesia

19、s Secret to SuccessD.Enrique Iglesias5 Wonderful Singing Skills三、Its hard to find Alice Munro in the media.Even after she won the 2013 Nobel Prize inLiterature,the Canadian writer just appeared for a quick interview and then dropped out ofsight.On Dec 29th,she still didnt seek the spotlight when she

20、 was named one of the five Womenof the Year by the Financial Times.In Munros eyes,ordinary lives always hide larger dramas.So she records what we casuallythink of as the everyday actions of normal people.She often focuses on life in her hometown,asmall village in Ontario which she is most familiar w

21、ith.She writes about the ordinary things in thevillagetrees in the Ontario wilderness,poor country schools and long last illnesses.Above alLshe talks about girls and women who have seemingly ordinary lives but struggle against dailymisfortune.She has a special talent for uncovering the extraordinary

22、 in the ordinary.These are ordinarypeople,ordinary stories,but she has the magic.Her precise language,depth of detail and the logicof her storytelling have made her stories inviting.Runaway,one of Munros representative works,is a good example of her writing style.Oneof the stories centers on the lif

23、e of an ordinary woman Carla,who lives in a small Canadian townwith her husband Clark.The story slowly forms a picture of Carla,trapped in a bad marriage,herunhappiness building into desperation until she decides to flee.The story of Carla is a story of thepower and betrayals of love.It is about los

24、t children and lost chances that we can all find inlife.There is pain beneath the surface,like a needle in the heart.Since she published her first collection of short stories in 1968,Munro has won many awards,with the Nobel Prize being her biggest honor.On Oct 10lh,2013,the Nobel Prize committee nam

25、edMunro the“master of the contemporary short story”.语篇解读 本文介绍了 Alice Munro及其创作风格。11.We learn from Paragraph 1 that Alice Munro.A.didnt get on well with the mediaB.was surprised at winning the Nobel PrizeC.didnt value the title of Women of the YearD.remained modest though very successful12.Many of Al

26、ice Munros works.A.center on the happy life of country womenB are about betrayals of love and violenceC.focus on everyday life of ordinary peopleD.are romantic stories set in her hometown13.What makes Alice Munros stories fascinating according to the text?A.The complicated plots.B.Her rich imaginati

27、on.C.The humorous language.D.Her writing techniques.14.In her representative work Runaway,Carla.A.tries to run away from her husbandB.is a faithful wife to her husbandC.leads a happy life with ClarkD.loses all hopes for a better life15.What is the text mainly about?A.Alice Munro and her hometown.B.A

28、lice Munro and her writing style.C.Alice Munros representative works.D.The awards Alice Munro won.四、Since 2011,the former railway engineer has been driving around the city every single day,looking for abandoned tar（柏油）and gravel（碎石）on roadsides.He collects the material and usesit to fill potholes（坑洼

29、），at times spending his own pension money to do it.Tilak,earning himselfthe nickname“road engineer，doesnt restrict himself to his neighborhoodhe patches up everypothole he can find in the city.After working for the South Central Railway in India for 35 years,I retired in October 2008and spent some t

30、ime off in 2009,also traveling to the US to meet my son,“Tilak told the localmedia.4tIn January 2010,I came back and took up a job as a consultant in a software agency.“I was driving to my first day of office when I ended up splashing dirty mud water on schoolchildren after my car fell into a pothol

31、e on the road,”he recalled/Then a few more accidentsfollowed at various places.He kept explaining to the police that these accidents wouldnt haveoccurred if the roads had been smooth.But then he witnessed a major accident that changedeverything.Tilak decided to take charge of matters himself.46After

32、 that,I quit my job and for the nextyear till June 2012,I spent my pension money in fixing roads,“he said.Tilaks wife was worried about his health and called his son to talk some sense into him.Butthe son was so impressed that he ended up helping Tilak instead,by setting up a website andFacebook pag

33、e.As more and more residents got to know of it,they began to show up and helpTilak fix the citys potholes.Today,they even have a helpline where people can call to complainabout potholes in their areas.Tilaks son also managed to get the government on their side.Tilak doesnt accept donations,but he en

34、courages people to join in the physical work.He hopes that with media attention,he caninspire a change in the attitude of the general public.He believes that the“nothing-can-be-done”attitude is what limits a lot of people in the city,and he wants that to change.语篇解读 文章主要讲述了 Tilak在印度中南部铁路工作了 3 5 年，退休

35、回到家后继续用自己的钱修复破坏的公路的事。16.What was Tilaks mission?A.To get paid little for his work.B.To buy tar and gravel to fix roads.C.To recycle materials to mend roads.D.To get financial help from the government.17.What made Tilak take up the job to fix roads?A.Love for children.B.A strong sense of social respo

36、nsibility.C.A passion to make contributions to society.D.Eagerness to return to work.18.What is the right description about Tilak?A.He began to fix roads from his retirement.B He took up the job as a consultant for 3 years.C.He extended his mission to other neighbors.D.He was once a railway engineer

37、 working in the US.19.What does Tilak encourage people to do?A.Take action to make a difference.B.Quit their jobs to serve their neighbors.C.Fill potholes to be another 4troad doctor”.D.Take part in the physical work but not brain work.20.What may be the best title of the passage?A.The Thing That Ev

38、eryone Should Have一Warm HeartB.The Strongest Support Is from Family MembersC.The Retirement Is Not the End of CareerD.The Respectable Man Is Worthy of His NameRoad Doctor五、Do you ever wish for a little more time to do everything you need to do?Well,on July 1yoiril be getting it-but only one more sec

39、ond.On July 1 at exactly 7：59：59 a.m.Beijing time(or on June 30 at 23：59：59 UTC,Coordinated Universal Time),the worlds atomic(原子的)clocks will pause for a single second,or,more precisely,change to the unusual time of 7：59：60,according to .Theaddition of a leap second（闰秒），announced by the Paris Observ

40、atory,is to keep our clocks in timewith the slowing of Earths rotation（旋转）and astronomical time as measured by the sun.Just one extra second could cause big problems and affect the way computers and websiteswork,however.When the last leap second was added back in 2012,more than a few websites hadsom

41、e trouble.As reported by Phys.org,popular sites like the community website Reddit crashedwhen the leap second was added.For Reddit,the problem was eventually found to be with a Linux system that got confusedwhen it checked the network time and found an extra second.Speaking to Wired about the proble

42、m back in 2012,Linux creator Linus Torvalds commented：“Almost every time we have a leap second,we find something.It5s really annoying,because itscoded弋码）that is almost never used,and thus not tested by users under their nonnal conditions.Companies have had to think of their own solutions,and Googles

43、 leap smear may be thebest-known example.As company engineer Christopher Pascoe explains in a blog post,companiesusually try to fix the problem by turning back the clocks by one second at the end of the day sothat they play that second again.However,Pascoe believes this creates problems.He asked：”Wh

44、at happens?Does e-mail thatcomes in during that second get stored correctly?”Google has a solution：Cut the extra second into milliseconds and then pul these liny amountsof time into the system throughout the day.This means that when it became time to add an extrasecond at midnight,says Pascoe/Our cl

45、ocks have already taken this into account over the courseof the day.For many companies without Googles money,however,the leap second will likely stillcause some crashes.Don?t worry,thoughat least it wont last long!语 篇 解 读 本文主要介绍了“闰秒”带来的影响及其解决方案。1.Why do we need to add a leap second?A.The worlds atom

46、ic clocks are set to do so.B.To keep in time with the worlds computers.C.To keep atomic clocks in time with the slowing of Earths rotation.D.To record the changes to astronomical time.2.What happened to the website Reddit when the leap second was added in 2012?A.It crashed because of a virus attack.

47、B Its network time added two extra seconds.C.All of the code in its Linux system went wrong.D.One of its software systems got confused and the site broke down.3.What does the underlined word something“refer to in the 5th paragraph?A.The code not working properly.B.The extra second.C.The problem.D.No

48、rmal conditions.4.How do companies usually deal with the problem of the extra second?A.By shutting down computers at the end of the day.B.By stopping receiving emails that come in during that second.C.By turning the clocks back by one second at the end of the day.D.By cutting the extra second into m

49、illiseconds throughout the day.5.Whats Christopher Pascoes attitude toward Googles solution to the problem?A.Unfavorable.B.Doubtful.C.Approving.D.Cautious.六、Soaping up your hands may do more than just get rid of germs.lt may wash away the innerconfusion you feel right after being forced to make a ch

50、oice between two appealing choices,according to a new study.The study builds on past research into a phenomenon known as theMacbeth effect”.It turns out that Shakespeare was really onto something when he imagined Lady Macbethtrying to clean her conscience（良心）by rubbing invisible bloodstains from her