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1、 5. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一卷第二局部阅读理解共两节，总分值60分第一节 共15小题；每题3分，总分值45分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AThe Cambridge Science Festival Curiosity Challenge Dare to Take the Curiosity Challenge! The Cambridge Science Festival （CSF） is pleased to inform you of the sixth annual Curiosity Challe

2、nge. The challenge invites, even dares school students between the ages of 5 and 14 to create artwork or a piece of writing that shows their curiosity and how it inspires them to explore their world.Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows

3、 what they are curious about. To enter the challenge, all artwork or pieces of writing should be sent to the Cambridge Science Festival, MIT Museum, 265 Mass Avenue, Cambridge 02139 by Friday, February 8th.Students who enter the Curiosity Challenge and are selected as winners will be honored at a sp

4、ecial ceremony during the CSF on Sunday, April 21st. Guest speaker will also present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be A. An exhibition guide. B. An art show review. C. An announcement. D. An official report.BPassenger pigeons旅鸽once flew over much of the United States in unbelievable n

5、umbers. Written accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries described flocks群so large that they darkened the sky for hours.It was calculated that when its population reach its highest point, there were more than 3 billion passenger pigeons a number equal to 24 to 40 percent of the total bird populatio

6、n in the United States, making it perhaps the most abundant birds in the world. Even as late as 1870 when their numbers had already become smaller, a flock believed to be 1 mile wide and 320 miles （about 515 kilometers） long was seen near Cincinnati.Sadly, the abundance of passenger pigeons may have

7、 been their undoing. Where the birds were abundant, people believed there was an ever-lasting supply and killed them by the thousands. Commercial hunters attracted them to small clearings with grain, waited until pigeons had settled to feed, then threw large nets over them, taking hundreds at a time

8、. The birds were shipped to large cities and sold in restaurants.By the closing decades of the 19th century, the hardwood forests where passenger pigeons nested had been damaged by Americans need for wood, which scattered驱散the flocks and forced the birds to go farther north, where cold temperatures

9、and spring storms contributed to their decline. Soon the great flocks were gone, never to be seen again.In 1897, the state of Michigan passed a law prohibiting the killing of passenger pigeons, but by then, no sizable flocks had been seen in the state for 10 years. The last confirmed wild pigeon in

10、the United States was shot by a boy in Pike County, Ohio, in 1900. For a time, a few birds survived under human care. The last of them, known affectionately as Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden on September 1, 1914.24. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, passenger pigeons _. A. were

11、 the biggest bird in the world B. lived mainly in the south of America C. did great harm to the natural environment D. were the largest population in the US25. The underlined word “undoing probably refers to the pigeons_. A. escape B. ruin C. liberation D. evolution26. What was the main reason for p

12、eople to kill passenger pigeons? A. To seek pleasure. B. To save other birds. C. To make money. D. To protect crops.27. What can we infer about the law passed in Michigan? A. It was ignored by the public. B. It was declared too late. C. It was unfair. D. It was strict.CA typical lion tamer （驯兽师） in

13、peoples mind is an entertainer holding a whip （鞭子）and a chair. The whip gets all of the attention, but its mostly for show. In reality, its the chair that does the important work. When a lion tamer holds a chair in front of the lions face, the lion tries to focus on all four legs of the chair at the

14、 same time. With its focus divided, the lion becomes confused and is unsure about what to do next. When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.How often do you find yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you hav

15、e something you want to achiever （e.g. lose weight, start a business, travel more） only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best, the people who want to improve

16、 their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we feel like we cant focus or that were focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.It doesnt have to be that way. Anytime you fi

17、nd the world waving a chair in your face, remember this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel ready is one of the habits of successful people. If you have somewhere you want to go, something you want to accomplish, someone you want to becom

18、etake immediate action. If youre clear about where you want to go, the rest of the world will either help you get there or get out the way.28. Why does the lion tamer use a chair?A. To trick the lion. B. To show off his skill.C. To get ready for a fight. D. To entertain the audience. 29. In what sen

19、se are people similar to a lion facing a chair?A. They feel puzzled over choices. B. They hold on to the wrong things.C. They find it hard to make changes. D. They have to do something for show.30. What is the authors attitude towards the experts mentioned in Paragraph 3? A. Tolerant B. Doubtful C.

20、Respectful D. Supportive31. When the world is “waving a chair in your face, youre advised to_. A. wait for a better chance B. break your old habits C. make a quick decision D. ask for clear guidanceDAs more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other la

21、nguages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization （UNESCO）. In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a numb

22、er of organizations- UNESCO and National Geographic among them have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect. Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in

23、that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, looking and raising a family in a village in Nepal. Documenting the Tangmi language and culture is just a starting point for T

24、urin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record. At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials- i

25、ncluding photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes- which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection. Now, through the two organizations that he has founded-the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project- Turin has started a campaign to make s

26、uch documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected.Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be s

27、aved and reconnected with speech communities.32. Many scholars are making efforts to _.A. promote global languagesB. rescue the disappearing languagesC. search for language communitiesD. set up language research organizations.33. What does “that tradition in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Having first reco

28、rds of the languagesB. Writing books on language searching C. Telling stories about language usersD. Linking with the native speakers34. What is Turins book based on?A. The cultural statics in India.B. The documents available at Yale.C. His language research in Britain.D. His personal experience in

29、Nepal.35. Which of the following best describe Turins work?A. Write, sell and donate.B. Record, repeat and reward.C. Collect, protect and reconnect.D. Design, experiment and report.第二节共3小题，每题3分，总分值15分根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 The jobs of the future have not yet been invented, 36 By

30、helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no matter what the future holds. 1. Curiosity Your children need to be deeply curious. 37 Ask kids, “What ingredients （配料） can we add to make these pancakes even better next time and then try them out. Did those ingredients make the panca

31、kes better? What could we try next time? 2. Creativity True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. 38 There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity. 3. Interpersonal Skills Understanding how others feel can be a challenge for kids. We know what is going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps