一、 选择题 1.
At the railway station, the mother waved goodbye to her daughter until the train was _______. A. out of sight B. out of reach C. out of order D. out of place
参考答案： A。
解析：该题考查考生对题干中句子含义的理解以及对介词短语的掌握情况。
句意：“在火车站，母亲一直挥手同女儿告别直到火车远到看不见。故正确答案为A。 B. “out of reach” “手不能及，非某人能力所及”； C. “out of order” “出故障，工作不正常”； D. “out of place” “不在适当的地方，不适当的”
2. —I failed in the driving test again .Sorry to let you down. —_________?I’ve helped you practice enough.
A. So what. B. How come. C. Any reason. D. Why not. 参考答案： B
交际用语。How come意为“怎么回事？（怎么会这样呢？）”。 3. ---- Why did the dinner party start so late last night?
---- It was _________ that caused the host to serve dinner an hour later than usual.
A. our being late B. we being late
C. we were late D. because we were late 参考答案： A 略
26. Every time she was in trouble, she went to him for help, as he said he ___ do anything for her. A. should B. must C. would D. might 参考答案： C 略
33. ------I’d like to call you at 10 o’clock next Friday morning _________ . ------ I’m afraid I _________ an important exam.
A. if it is convenient to you; will have attended B. if it is convenient to you ; will be attending C. if you are convenient; attend D. if you are convenient; am attending 参考答案： B 略
6. Many people have donated that type of blood; however, the blood bank needs _____. A. some B. less C. much D. more 参考答案： D 略
7. My friend Jack was the first person I knew ______an iPhone 5S. A. using B. to use C. used D. having used 参考答案：
B
8. _______ I went to the South Lake in Hanzhong, I was deeply impressed with its beautiful scenery.
A. For the first time B. The first time C. At first D. It was the first time 参考答案：
B
9. Mr．Green doesn’t understand___________ made his son so happy this morning． A．what was it B．why it was that C．how that was D．what it was that 参考答案：
D
10. ---Helen sat up late watching TV. ---No wonder ________ she looks so tired. A. what B. that C. whether D. when 参考答案： B
35. ---She might complain about you to your manager. ---_______? I know I am in the right.
A. What for B. Why not C. What’s up D. So what 参考答案： D 略
12. He was not promoted. _____, he was dismissed.
A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Instead D. Nevertheless 参考答案：
C
13. Although the wind has ____, the rain remains steady, so you still need a raincoat． A．turned up B． gone back C． died down D． blown out
参考答案： C
14. 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。 1. stop A. lose B. woman C. shock D. rose 参考答2. breathe A. thick B. southern C. mathematics D. method 案： 3. ground A. house B. country C. group D. cough 4. center A. ocean B. decide C. cause D. socialist CBABD 5.
animal A.
ache B.
anything C.
advance D.
Anxious 15. ---
Good morning，Doctor Brown’s office．
---Hello, this is Tom Smith． Could you please tell Doctor Brown I ? My car start．
A．was delayed, doesn’t B．will be delayed, won’t C．am delayed, didn’t D．would delay, mustn’t 参考答案： 34． B
考查动词的时态和情态动词用法。从语境看，第一空用一般将来时表示对将来情况的预测，第二空用won’t/wouldn’t表示无可奈何的感觉，“偏不，就是不”。
【解析】略 二、 新的题型
16. 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。 Empathy
Last year, researchers from the University of Michigan reported that empathy, the ability to
understand other people, among college students had dropped sharply over the past 10 years. __71__ Today, people spend more time alone and are less likely to join groups and clubs.
Jennifer Freed, a co-director of a teen program, has another explanation. Turn on the TV, and you’re showered with news and reality shows full of people fighting, competing, and generally treating one another with no respect. __72__ There are good reasons not to follow those bad examples. Humans are socially related by nature. __73__ Researchers have also found that empathetic teenagers are more likely to have high self-respect. Besides, empathy can be a cure for loneliness, sadness, anxiety, and fear.
Empathy is also an indication of a good leader. In fact, Freed says, many top companies report that empathy is one of the most important things they look for in new managers. __74__ “Academics are important. But if you don’t have emotional (情感的) intelligence, you won’t be as successful in work or in your love life,” she says.
What’s the best way to up your EQ (情商）? For starters, let down your guard and really listen to others. __75__ To really develop empathy, you’d better volunteer at a nursing home or a hospital, join a club or a team that has a diverse membership, have a “sharing circle” with your family, or spend time caring for pets at an animal shelter.
A. Everyone is different, and levels of empathy differ from person to person.
B. That could be because so many people have replaced face time with screen time, the researchers said.
C. “One doesn’t develop empathy by having a lot of opinions and doing a lot of talking,” Freed says.
D. Humans learn by example—and most of the examples on it are anything but empathetic. E. Empathy is a matter of learning how to understand someone else—both what they think and how they feel.
F. Good social skills—including empathy—are a kind of “emotional intelligence” that will help you succeed in many areas of life.
G. Having relationships with other people is an important part of being human—and having empathy is decisive to those relationships. 参考答案：
BDGFC
17. Public Speaking Training
Get a coach
___36___，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training that’s right for you.
Focus on positives
Any training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you aren’t doing well.___37___, so good public speaking training should develop those instead of telling you what you shouldn’t do.
___38___
If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it’s going to give you lots of dos and don’ts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what you’re going to be talking about.___39___ . As far as we’re concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.
You are a special person not a clone
Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. ___40___. Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone you’re not. A. You aren’t like anybody else B. You already do lots of things well C. Turn your back on too many rules D. Practise speaking whenever possible
E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough F .The one thing you don’t want is for them to fall asleep
G. So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse
参考答案：
36. E 37. B 38. C 39. G 40. A
这是一篇说明文。文章讲述了进行公共演讲的训练要点。你可以找到一个教练帮助你进行公众演讲训练，也可以参加公众演讲训练课，并且指出应该找到适合自己的培训机构。 【36题详解】
根据下一句ready to offer you public speaking training and courses（准备为你提供公开演讲训练和课程）可知开头说的是与public speaking（公开演讲）有关的问题，E项：Whatever the presentation，public speaking is tough．无论什么样的演讲，公开演讲都很难。符合文意，故选E。 【37题详解】
本题位于段中，通过上下文得出选项。后一句so good public speaking training should develop those与空格形成因果关系，所以空格中应表达\"你已经做得很好了\"的含义，B项：You already do lots of things well你已经做了很多事情了。符合文意，故选B。 【38题详解】
本题位于段首，为整段的主旨大意。本段第一句中提到lots of dos and don'ts，walk away!可知如果有的培训将太多的条条框框的话，要对条条框框说不，C项：Turn your back on too many rules背弃太多的规矩。符合文意，故选C。 【39题详解】
从前句Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about，可知后一空与前一空形成因果关系，脑子里装满了条条框框只会使情况变得更糟。G项：So trying to force a whole set of rules into it will just make things worse．因此试图将一整套规则强行纳入其中只会使事情变得更糟。符合文意，故选G。
【40题详解】
小标题为You are a special person not a clone（你是一个特别的人而不是一个克隆人）以及treat you as a special one，with your own personal habits（把你当作一个特殊的人，用你自己的习惯）可以得出答案You aren't like anybody else（你是与众不同）。故选A。
三、 阅读理解
18. If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ meeting of a story which works well because the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St.
Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps (重踩) over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” The new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a remark about the inedible (难吃的) canteen food or the chairman’s bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will be angry at an outsider (外人) making negative remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats (替罪羊) like the Post Office or the telephone system.
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include a few casual remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s the delivery that causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor. 41.To make your humor work, you should . A.take advantage of different kinds of audience B.make fun of the disorganized people
C.address different problems to different people D.be helpful in solving your listeners’ problems
42.The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are . A.impolite to new arrivals B.very proud of their godlike role
C.superior to others
D.very busy even during lunch hours
43.It can be inferred from the text that public services . A.have benefited many people B.are the focus of public attention C.are an inappropriate subject for humor
D.have often been the laughing stock
44.To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered . A.in well worded language B.as awkwardly as possible C.in exaggerated statements
D.as naturally as possible
45.The best title for the text may be “ ”. A.Use Humor Effectively
B.Various Kinds of Humor
C.Add Humor to speeches D.Different Humor Strategies
参考答案：
CBDDA
41.C 细节题。由第1段可知,要想说话幽默那你就必须了解你说话的对象,站在他们的立场去讲话才能引起共鸣,这样的笑话才有效果,故答案为C项。
42.B 推断题。作者在第2段提到,他是在一次护士大会上听到这个故事的,并指出听众对医生都有同样的看法,由此可知,接下来要举的例子反映了护士对医生的看法。在该例子中,穿白大褂的上帝非常自以为是,骄横无理,有时候他以为自己是个医生,言外之意是在护士眼里,医生们自我感觉像上帝一样,故答案为B项。
43.D 推断题。公共服务行业是指邮局、电话局之类,由第3段末句可知,嘲笑他们是没有任何问题的,即他们已成为了大众的笑柄,故答案为D项。
44.D 推断题。综合第4段内容,参照其中作者所使用的形容词natural, casual, relaxed, unforced等可以看出,作者实际主张“尽可能轻松随意地”讲幽默故事,那样才能取得自然的效果,故答案为D项。 45.A 主旨题。文章开头就交代了本文的主旨,即如何用幽默来使人发笑,接下来第2段通过举例说明了什么是恰当的幽默,随后的几段也都是关于如何使用幽默以及使用幽默时的注意事项,由此可知,本文最恰当的题目应该是A项。
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