【正文】 rs from Sheffield and Warwick Universities in England discovered the answer ___3___. They used a super puter to observe the shellmaking process while a new shell was ___4___. Then they found one protein called OC17 that is ___5___ for forming eggshell. This is only found inside a chicken’s body, which is proof that the ___6___ came first. The team was ___7___ looking at how animals and birds make eggshells but suddenly made their surprising ___8___. The big question now is where chickens came from. The ___9___ is from dinosaurs.The research team said eggshells are one of nature’s most ___10___ creations. Professor John Harding from the team told reporters: “Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself, but it can also be ___11___ in designing new materials.” Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong. Even the most uptodate materials ___12___ by the world’s top engineers cannot produce anything as ___13___ as an eggshell. Professor Harding added that ___14___ eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry. “Nature has found wonderful ways that ___15___ for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology — we can learn a lot from them.” he said.1. A. strangest B. best C. oldest D. closest 2. A. puzzle B. fact C. history D. opinion 3. A. on purpose B. by chance C. without hesitation D. at work 4. A. breaking B. changing C. disappearing D. forming 5. A. necessary B. easy C. kind D. impossible 6. A. egg B. eggshell C. chicken D. dinosaur 7. A. obviously B. originally C. thoughtfully D. surprisingly 8. A. invention B. mistake C. statement D. discovery 9. A. answer B. research C. road D. egg 10. A. mon B. ridiculous C. funny D. amazing 11. A. interesting B. helpful C. normal D. correct 12. A. bought B. cut C. designed D. carried 13. A. brilliant B. ordinary D. small 14. A. finding B. watching C. studying D. making 15. A. happen B. work C. wait D. look 第二節(jié) 語法填空(共10小題；每小題15分,滿分15分) 閱讀下面短文,按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空,并將答案填寫在答題卷標號為16～25的相應位置上。請將答案填涂在答題卡標號為46～50的相應位置上。第二節(jié) 讀寫任務 (共1小題,滿分25分) 閱讀下面的短文,然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。[寫作要求] 1. 作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事,也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子。 For one thing, it provides relaxation after tiring schooling. For another thing, with a gap year spent in other places or countries, students can experience foreign culture, broadening their horizon. 語法填空評分要求：題號賦分可能的答案題號賦分可能的答案16were carried21distant1分are / was / is carried17that22which18description23the1分descriptions19it24but20going25on / upon。[評分標準] ‘ 概括準確,語言規(guī)范,內(nèi)容合適,語篇連貫。A trend for gap years is to participate in international education programs that bine language study, homestays, munity service, and independent study. In 2010, gap year travel has increased among school, college and university leavers, as this is seen as an attractive choice for future career development.[寫作內(nèi)容] 1. 以約30詞概括上文的主要內(nèi)容。[寫作要求] ； 。AWhile I was in my 4th month of pregnancy (妊娠期) with my second child, we were preparing for a trip to Louisiana, where Marshall’s family live, to celebrate Jane’s 2nd birthday. Two days before we were to leave, we got the shocking news that I was going to lose the baby. Not knowing when this would happen, we decided to continue with our trip.Since Marshall’s family lives on a 600acre cattle farm, you often find that you have a lot of time to yourself to think when you are there. That is precisely what I did not want to do at this time. I told Marshall that I needed to get a good book to get lost in while I was there. I told him I heard the Harry Potter books were good, so he went out and got the first one for me.During that trip, I totally got lost in the book, which was of great help during a time when I needed a distraction to forget about the sadness. In the book, I noticed the name “Seamus”. I vaguely remembered it was pronounced “Shamus” and I liked the sound of that. I mentioned it to Marshall and he liked it too. Toward the en