【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 s trying to judge what languages are going to be useful for the future,” says Marty Abbot, the director of education at the National Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Stephanie Wong, a student At Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California, chose Chinese so that she could speak with her grandfather. Wong also predicted that Chinese will be important if she bees a doctor. 80 percent of people in her hometown are Asians. 12. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss? A. Dulles High School offers a Chinese course B. Elizabeth Hoffman takes the lead in learning Chinese C. Elizabeth Hoffman suggests her school offer a Chinese course D. Jason and Kathy are the top students at Dulles School 13. According to the text, Chinese is being a “critical language” because ______. A. American government has pointed it out B. Rush Holt introduced legislation calling for opening Chinese C. many students in the world choose to learn Chinese D. China rushes toward superpower status arouses America’s schools interest in Chinese. A. The fact that Chinese is being a “critical language” B. The beautiful Chinese traditional culture C. China’s increasing petitiveness in the world D. The population of people speaking Chinese 15. We can infer from the passage that ________. A. if a language is useful for the future it may bee a critical language B. in America, more people speak Italian than Chinese C. the number of enrollment in Chinese classes will be increasing forever D. more money will be spent on facilities with Chinese languages 第二節(jié) （共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。答案寫在答題卡上。 Could Organizing Your Home Change Your Life? Marie Kondo is an expert on anizing and cleaning. She is considered an expert on clearing away unused or unnecessary things, better known as clutter. Actually, she did write a book on the issue, which is called “The LifeChanging Magic of Tidying Up”. 16 It has sold more than 2 million copies. Marie Kondo says people can improve their lives by changing the way they think about all their stuff everything from books, documents and photographs to clothing and personal mementoes. “ 17 ” And this is pretty good.” Ms. Kondo writes. This is not the first time an anizing expert has written a book on clutter. Other books suggest wonderful things will happen when you anize your home. One book says that if you throw out 50 things from your home, you will actually find your life. 18 . And still others promise a better job, more money and a perfect family if you simply anize the things that fill your life. 19 . She told the Business Insider website that some of her clients have lost weight. “Your selfperception is improved by living in a clean and neat room,” she said. “This can change lifestyles and, in turn, appearances.” Marie Kondo teaches a method of anizing she calls KonMari. It is more of an event or ceremony. This is the part that followers say makes it more lasting. Ms. Kondo says KonMari creates a different relationship between you and your possessions. If the object meant something to you or served you well, you thank it for its service before throwing or giving it away. In her book, Ms. Kondo suggests that you touch the item and ask one simple question: Does it bring me joy? 20 . A. Her book is a bestseller around the world B. Marie Kondo makes some of the same claims C. On the contrary, Marie Kondo disagrees with it. D. Unnecessary things just take up too much space in your home. E. If it doesn’t, you give it away so that it may give joy to someone else. F. Another book says that if you make clutter disappear, you will also lose weight. G. When you put your house in order, you put your affairs and your past in order too. 第二部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)；滿分 55分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共 20小題；每小題 ，滿分 30 分 ) 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng) (A,B,C和 D)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 A couple of years ago, I came to a lady’s house to buy some vitamins. Upon entering the house, I 21 that there was an electronic keyboard on a stand, leaning 22 the wall. Being a piano music lover and player , I asked if the woman played. She said “Yes” and 23 that she had been taking lessons—at age 54! “I have been 24 for 8 years now,” I said. “Then you must play a song for me before you leave,” she 25 . I thought she was kidding and I 26 smiled. But by the end of the purchase of the vitamins, she 27 me of our musical “ deal ”. I thought for a moment and 28 to play David Lanz’s “Return to the Heart”, 29 she had so much passion for music , and it’s one of my 30 searching song. I played the song to the best of my 31 , and with as much emotions pouring into it as possible. She 32 it. I was about to step out of the door, I heard a 33 voice calling out, “Young man!” I turned around. And there was an old lady 34 one little step at a time with the help of another woman. “I wanted to e out to thank you for the 35 song that you played. I have been very 36, and it’s very hard for me to get off my bed, but I really wanted to thank yo