【正文】 e Function of Telomeres C. Violence Makes Children Aging D. DNA Influences Children’s Growth 【答案】 12. B 13. A 14. D 15. C 【解析】 本文主要講述暴力不僅對孩子的身體有長久的影響，還會(huì)引起 DNA 變化，導(dǎo)致過早老化 。 C A device that stops drivers from falling asleep at the wheel is about to undergo testing at Department of Transport laboratories and could go on sale within 12 months. The system, called Driver Alert, aims to reduce deadly road accidents by 20%—40% that are caused by tiredness. Airline pilots can also use it to reduce the 30% of all piloterror accidents that are related to fatigue. Driver Alert is based on a puterized wristband (腕帶 ). The device, worn by drivers or pilots gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering wheel (方向盤 ). A sensor in the wristband detects this pressing action and measures the time between the sound and the driver’s response. Tiredness is directly related to a driver’s response time. Usually, a watchful driver would use about 400 milliseconds to respond, but once that falls to more than 500 milliseconds, it suggests that the driver is getting sleepy. In such cases the device gives out more regular and louder sounds, showing that the driver should open a window or stop for a rest. If the driver’s response continues to slow down, the sounds bee more frequent until a nonstop alarm warns that the driver must stop as soon as possible. The device has been delivered to the department’s laboratories for testing. If these tests, scheduled for six months’ time, are successful, the makers will bring the product to market within about a year. 8. Driver Alert is a device that can . A. keep drivers asleep B. change drivers’ response accuracy C. reduce the possibility of accidents D. protect drivers when accidents happen 9. What does the underlined word “fatigue” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Illness. B. Tiredness. C. Carelessness. D. Impoliteness. 10. How does Driver Alert work? A. By being used as a nonstop alarm all the time. B. By squeezing the steering wheel on the way, C. By reminding or warning drivers if necessary. D. By being worn on drivers’ hands every moment. 11. What do we know about Driver Alert? A. It must be fixed on the driver’s cars. B. It aims to prevent drivers from sleeping. C. It has gone through testing at laboratories. D. It isn’t available to drivers at the moment 【答案】 8. C 9. B 10. C 11. D 【解析】 本文介紹了一個(gè)旨在于減少由于司機(jī)疲勞駕駛而導(dǎo)致事故的裝置 Driver Alert，詳細(xì)說明了它的工作原理和具體作用。 3. D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。聽每段對話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5 秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 17. What makes the speaker move to the south? A. The receiver of the letter. B. The weather and her relatives. C. The weather and the neighbours. 18. What do they think of the first house? A. It was not satisfactory at all B. It was just the one that they wanted. C. It was exactly like what they had been told. 19. How many houses did the speaker see? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. 20. What can we learn from the letter? A. The speaker has lived in a new house. B. The speaker will move to the center of a big city. C. Adam needs to help his mother with the moving. 第二部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分 40 分） 第一節(jié)（共 15 小題 。 5. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段前 3 行 The device, worn by drivers or pilots, gives out a sound about every four minutes during a car journey. After each sound the driver must respond by squeezing the steering 。文中主要講的是一項(xiàng)新研究表明，暴力不僅在孩子的身體上留下長期的傷疤，而且還會(huì)改變孩子的 DNA，導(dǎo)致其過早衰老。 根據(jù)下句：他們認(rèn)為在家做家務(wù)是家庭生活的一部分。 21. 考查形容詞辨析。根據(jù)該空下文我們可知， Bruce 國王的故事對主人公的人格重塑有著重要的影響，所以 Bruce 的故事對他來講是不可忽略的。 to one’s surprise 令某人大為吃驚的是。通過作者的人生感悟，自己也從那個(gè)害羞懦弱的軀殼當(dāng)中走了出來。 45. 句意：大量燒毀變黑的樹迎接游客。 增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號（ ∧ ），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 ８ .句意：結(jié)果成了她自己的杯子。其句式上的變化既使得文章生動(dòng)而流暢，也體現(xiàn)了作者駕馭句式的能力。 ６ .句意：我的姐姐正要盡可能快地走出商店，這時(shí)候一個(gè)店員向我們走來。 第四部分 寫作 (共兩節(jié) ,滿分 35 分） 第一節(jié) 短文改錯(cuò) (共 10 小題 。 43. 句意：為了保持生態(tài)平衡 ， 或被允許燃 燒，然而， １９８ ８年在 Yellowstone National Park 的一場大火引起政策被遺棄 ， 因?yàn)榇蠡鹱畛踉试S燃燒，不久失控。 38. 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。所以他需要觀察蜘蛛的蹤跡路線。 26. 考查動(dòng)詞辨析。 During my school days, I was one of those shy and distant kids who would just sit in a er for an entire day. For me, my books were my ___21___ world. Even during breaks, I used to just sit in a corner of the ___22___ and see others play games. It was not as if I wasn’t interested in ___23___ others or making new friends, but I always felt lacking in energy when ___24___ my peers. I always had an opinion that my advances towards new ___25___ would be limited. And I just didn’t want to ___26___ a rejection. Once during my English class, my teacher shared a(n)___27___ with us. It was about King Bruce and a spider. It revolved around a lost battle and talked about how King Bruce, despite losing the battle,___28___ in the end. He was ___29___ by a little spider. The little ___30___ of the spider and the way it was taking rejections impressed me a lot. I was so surprised that I myself started ___31___ the movements of spiders at home. Once, a spider took around an hour to reach the top of a wall and I ___32___ knocked it down. To my ___33___, within seconds it started making its ___34___ up again. For me, this ___35___ was a game changer. I realized that rejections are ___36___ a failure. The world may mistreat me,___37___ I can stand up and start working again. There would be time when people would like and ___38___ me. At present, I ___39___ mixing with people, learning new things and making new friends. I think, there are just no such ___40___ as rejections or failures as everything can change at any moment. 21. A. real B. new C. next D. only 22. A. office B. station C. playground D. street 23. A. visiting B. watching C. helping D. joining 24. A. re