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第1题
Why do I want to go to college? No one has ever asked me 11 a question. But many times I have asked myself. I have 12 a whole variety of reasons. 13 important reason is that I want to be a better man. Many things make human beings different 14 or better than or even superior to animals. One of the most important things is 15. If I fail to receive higher education, my education 16. As I want to be a fully 17 man, I must get a well-rounded education, which good colleges and universities are supposed to 18. I know one can get educated in many ways, but colleges and universities are 19 the best places to teach me how to educate myself. Only when I am well-educated, will I be a better human being and 20 fit into society.
11、A.quite
B.so
C.such
D.another
12、A.come up with
B.agreed with
C.been fed up with
D.got on well with
13、A.Most
B.The most
C.More
D.Much
14、A.to
B.around
C.between
D.from
15、A.education
B.weather
C.temperature
D.science
16、A.finished
B.don’t finish
C.will not finish
D.has finished
17、A.develop
B.developed
C.developing
D.experience
18、A.improve
B.graduate
C.hear
D.provide
19、A.between
B.among
C.inside
D.outside
20、A.can good
B.may better
C.be able to better
D.able to best
第2题
Improvement in reading efficiency has several major benefits. We need reading skills to benefit from the wealth of information that is now available in printed form. Most people get the rough outlines of their daily news from television and radio. However, the printed word still provides the in-depth coverage of topics that really produces well-informed people. Reading is also a great source of entertainment for many people. For students, it is the primary method of studying.
The time you now spend reading can be made much more productive by increasing your reading rate. For some people this will mean that they can obtain more information in the same length of time. For others it will mean that time now devoted to reading can be used in other more interesting and profitable ways.
To determine how fast you are reading, you first have to get some idea of the number of words in a given passage. Then you simply divide the number of words by the number of minutes it takes to read. That will give your rate in words per minute.
1、The passage is taken from.()
A、a story book
B、a news report
C、a report on a scientific research
D、a book on reading
2、Which of the following statements is NOT a benefit from reading according to the passage?()
A、Reading will help readers get more information
B、By reading readers will have an in-depth coverage of daily news
C、Students must read so that they can master knowledge
D、Improvement of reading helps readers get outlines of daily news
3、This passage mainly discusses.()
A、different kinds of reading
B、the importance of improving reading skills and how to calculate reading rate
C、reading as a source of entertainment
D、different ways to improve reading speed
4、"reading efficiency" in Paragraph 2 means.()
A、the average reading rate
B、the ability of reading fast with a good understanding
C、reading materials readers like
D、reading habits
5、Reading speed can be calculated by.()
A、counting how many words a reader has read
B、dividing the total number of words a reader read by the time he spends on reading
C、timing how many minutes a reader has read
D、asking help from the teacher
第3题
The orange pumpkin is harvested at this time of year and is hollowed out, a funny face cut into it, and a candle placed inside as a decoration in the window.City folks, nowadays, sometimes use paper pumpkins for decorations.
Some years ago, the holiday was celebrated by dressing up in strange and frightening costumes and playing tricks on one's neigh bars and friends, such as ringing door bells, throwing bits of corn on the window panes, and in other ways making minor disturbances.
More recently, children come to the door to have friends and neighbors admire their costumes and guess who they are behind the false faces and receive treats of candies, fruits or cookies.They say, “Trick or Treat”, meaning, “I will play a trick on you if you do not give me a treat.” More recently, this practice has even developed into a significantinternational activity.Instead of or along with candies, children collect money for UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund).This special collection of money by children for needy children throughout the world is known as “UNICEF Trick or Treat”.Begun only recently, it results in several million dollars each year contributed to UNICEF.The collection box is orange, reminiscent of the pumpkin.
26.What does Halloween originate from? ()
A.A children's day.
B.A trick or treat.
C.A religious day.
D.A day for UNICEF.
27.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about how the children celebrated the Halloween some years ago? ()
A.Dressing up in strange and frightening costumes
B.Playing tricks on one's neighbors'friends
C.Throwing bits of corn on the window panes
D.Breaking the neighbors'windows
28.Which of the following may NOT be used in the Halloween celebration? ()
A.Pumpkins
B.Candles
C.Costumes
D.Flowers
29.Why do children collect money in the Halloween? ()
A.They love money.
B.They want to get enough money to buy candies for themselves.
C.The adults are willing to give them money.
D.They want to help other children.
30.What is the symbol of Halloween?()
A.Pumpkin
B.Candle
C.Laughter
D.Money
第4题
A.lt can make beautiful music
B.lt can sing songs
C.lt can talk freely
D.lt can not only talk using sign language but “write” sing
第5题
A.look after
B.take after
C.run after
D.be after
第6题
A.use pictures
B.make up sentences
C.memorize the spelling
D.guess meaning from context
第7题
A.Only recently did people realizethe harmfulness of noise
B.Noise pollution is the worst kind of pollution we suffer from
C.People are now trying to find ways to make noise as low as possible
D.The writer thinks that it is almost impossible for people to avoid noise
第8题
Section B – TWO questions ONLY to be attempted
The independent board of governors (an independent oversight body comprised of local residents, parents and other concerned citizens) of the state-funded Chambon school for 11–16 year old children met to consider its most recent set of public examination results. A key responsibility placed upon the school’s governors is the delivery, to its local government authority, of a report on exam performance in a full and timely manner. A report on both the exam results and the reasons for any improvement or deterioration over previous years are required from the governors each year. Accordingly, this annual meeting on exam performance was always considered to be very important. Although the school taught the national curriculum (a standard syllabus taught in all schools in the country) as required of it, the exam results at Chambon had deteriorated in recent years and on this particular occasion, they were very poor indeed. In order to address the weaknesses in the school, Chambon’s budget had increased in recent years and a number of new teachers had been employed to help improve results. Despite this, exam performance continued to fall. A recent overspend against budget was funded through the closure of part of the school library and the sale of a sports field.
One member of the board of governors was Sally Murol. She believed that the local government authority might attempt to close Chambon school if these exam results were reported with no convincing explanation. One solution to avoid this threat, she said, was to either send the report in late or to select only the best results and submit a partial report so the school’s performance looked better than it actually was. There is no central computerised exam results service in the country in which Chambon is located by which the local authority could establish the exam performance at Chambon school.
A general feeling of the governors’ meeting was that perhaps the school needed some new leadership and it was time to remove the existing headteacher. Mr Besse had been in the role for many years and his management style. was thought to be ineffective. He was widely liked by staff in the school because he believed that each teacher knew best how to manage their teaching, and so he tried not to intervene wherever possible. Mr Besse had sometimes disagreed with the governors when they suggested changes which could be made to improve exam performance, preferring to rely on what he believed were tried and tested ways of managing his teaching staff. He was thought to be very loyal to longstanding colleagues and had a dislike of confrontation.
Required:
(a) Explain, using evidence from the case, the characteristics which identify Chambon school as a public sector organisation and assess how its objectives as a public sector organisation have not been met. (10 marks)
(b) Explain the roles of a board of governors in the governance of Chambon school and discuss, in the context of Sally Murol’s suggestion, the importance of transparency in the board of governors dealings with the local government authority. (9 marks)
(c) Discuss the potential advantages to Chambon school of replacing the headteacher in seeking to address its problems. (6 marks)
第10题
A.many
B.much
C.the most
D.more