After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said, ‘You have to let me in.’ ”
“Impressed--she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil--Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.
On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack.
“She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.”
Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying ‘Don’t do this.’ This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said.
1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that ________ .
A. Yale was her last choice
B. Marie Colvin was confident of herself
C. Yale must keep its promise to Marie Colvin
D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading
2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvin’s life?
a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed.
b. She was admitted to Yale University.
c. She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.
d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of London.
e. She began to take an interest in journalism.
A. d→e→c→a→b B. b→c→d→e→a
C. e→d→c→b→a D. c→b→e→d→a
3.From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin ________.
A. dislikes the choice of her daughter.
B. cares little about her daughter.
C. knows her daughter very well.
D. doesn’t fully appreciate her daughter.
4.What can be the best title of the text?
A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.
B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case.
C. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.
D. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.
书面表达
假如由你负责接待一个外国旅游团。请你拟定一篇发言稿向游客介绍南京。要点如下：
1.南京位于中国东南部，是江苏省省会(capital)，人口约500万。
2.南京有2400多年的历史，曾有10个朝代(dynasty)在此建都。
3.南京很美，有许多名胜(places of interest)，如玄武湖(the Xuanwu Lake)、鸡鸣寺(the Jiming Temple)、石头城(the Stone City)等，还有许多现代化的工厂和高大的建筑。
注意: 1. 文章的开头和结尾已给出；2.词数：100字左右。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Welcome to our city.
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I’m sure you will have a good time here. Thank you.
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Though great progress has made in science these years, there are still many people living in poor conditions. They make their lives by collecting and selling used thing. Their children cannot go to school because they have not enough money to send their children to there. Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now? The answer lies on the population explosion. A president of a developing country once said; "It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to 'produce' child without limit." Although this few words sound simple enough, they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(每空只填1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
I was always told that the three “P”s, patience, positive thinking and perseverance (毅力), were a sure path 1. success. But this advice does not always work as planned. My high school maths exam is one example. The exam, 2. was originally to be held in our classroom, 3. (change) to the library at the last minute. This, 4. , didn’t bother me because maths had always been my strongest subject. I patiently walked to the library, took my seat and did some deep breathing to help relax 5. . But my mood quickly changed when I saw 6. first question. I had no idea how to do it. I tried to stay positive and persevered 7. I finally found the solution. With the problem 8. (solve), I felt proud of my achievement. 9. (fortunate), I then noticed that I had just 10 minutes left 10. (complete) the rest!
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _________of the facts he observes. He doesn’t accept ideas which are not _________ on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only_________ for truth. He always _________ ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them. The rise of _________ science may perhaps be considered to _________ as far back as the _________ of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived _________ the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the middle_________to suggest that we must learn science _________observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself _________ many important discoveries. Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564-1642), was the greatest of several great men, _________ in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by _________ to show how many important _________ could be discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more _________ towards the earth than small ones, _________ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the _________ of the leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two _________ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo’s _________ of going direct to Nature, and proving our _________ and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.
1.A. use B. time C. speed D. trust
2.A. worked B. based C. lived D. written
3.A. reason B. cause C. advice D. result
4.A. thinks B. checks C. has D. learn
5.A. natural B. physical C. ancient D. modern
6.A. date B. keep C. look D. take
7.A. study B. time C. year D. birth
8.A. both B. each C. between D. Among
9.A. schools B. ages C. days D. Countries
10.A. in B. with C. on D. by
11.A. did B. made C. took D. gave
12.A. who B. when C. that D. where
13.A. ways B. degrees C. levels D. chance
14.A. truths B. problems C. people D. subjects
15.A. slowly B. rapidly C. lightly D. heavily
16.A. although B. because C. when D. If
17.A. place B. foot C. top D. ceiling
18.A. big B. small C. equal D. unequal
19.A. spirit B. skill C. theory D. discovery
20.A. plans B. opinions C. world D. Ability
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced(引诱)Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 1. . Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share.
On character
I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 2. .
On good design
That's been one of my mottoes---focus and simplicity .Simple can be harder than complex---You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
On his outlook
3. . Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.
On your working life
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 4. . If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
On the importance of death
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. 5.. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
A．It's very character building.
B．The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs.
C．This is not a one-man show.
D．And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
E．And yet death is the destination we all share.
F．It' s really hard to design products by focusing on groups.
G．Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.
