Dealing with colleagues face-to-face creates a feeling of togetherness, allows for a useful exchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their mutual needs.

Turning an office into a prison, with inmates (囚犯) allowed home for the evenings, does nothing for creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automated. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh. 32. Why does the author mention Ronald Reagan’s joke in Para. 1?

A. To encourage people to grasp the chance to work hard. B. To show that hard work is harmless. C. To introduce the topic of the passage.

D. To praise Ronald Reagan’s accomplished joking skills. 33. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence? A. Extra effort causes problems or difficulties. B. With extra effort, we can defeat anybody. C. We should say no to extra effort.

D. Extra effort isn’t necessarily helpful.

34. According to the passage, which of the following situation is helpful to the company? A. Your team has a ten-minute meeting after work for an urgent problem.

B. You don’t go home until 7:30 p.m. because your boss is in his office and he can see you.

C. The manager tours the engineering department at 7:30 p.m. to check people are at their desks.

D. You attend the office even when you suffer lower back pain. 35. Which of the following opinions agrees with the passage?

A. Some managers expect workers tie themselves up with a chain to their desks. B. Reduced productivity can mean greater medical expenses for the employer.

C. With growing demand of creativity on office workers, a prison-like office is not a wise option.

D. Presence of mind guarantees your productivity.

第二节 （共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

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。

What does Wi-Fi stand for?

Long gone are the days of dial-up and waiting for your turn to use the computer. It’s easier than ever to connect to the Internet in the digital world today. 36

Wi-Fi is a wireless network that uses radio frequency signals to connect to the Internet or send messages between devices without wires. Everything from your phone and laptop to tablets and printers can use Wi-Fi, thanks to these waves. 37 Two years later, a group of companies formed the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA, now the Wi-Fi Alliance), a global non-profit organization created to promote the new Wi-Fi standard. None of that history explains what Wi-Fi stands for, because the phrase doesn’t stand for anything. Wi-Fi is a trademarked term describing the device or technology based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) wireless communication standard 802.11, according to the Wi-Fi Alliance. 38 So the Wi-Fi Alliance hired the marketing

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company Interbrand to come up with a shorter name: Wi-Fi, according to one of the founding Alliance members.

39 The rumor that it stands for “Wireless Fidelity (无线保证)” is thanks to the Alliance. Some members didn’t understand the branding or marketing for Wi-Fi. They felt consumers would want an explanation for the name. So the Alliance agreed to include a tagline: The Standard for Wireless Fidelity. That’s why so many people assume Wi-Fi stands for wireless fidelity, but the tagline came after the name. 40 Don’t add to the confusion and stop miss-associating these phrases by learning the real meaning behind these acronyms (缩略词).

A. That’s a mouthful.

B. This is mostly thanks to Wi-Fi.

C. The name caused a misconception about Wi-Fi.

D. There is some debate surrounding the question what Wi-Fi stands for.

E. In 1997, a committee of industry leaders approved a common Wi-Fi standard. F. Several years ago, a common standard of Wi-Fi was set up by several companies.

G. Plus, the Alliance removed the tag, although the confusion it brought still lives on

today. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear teenage boy at the skate park,

You’re probably about 15 years old, so I don’t expect you to be very 41 to want a little girl on your skate ramp (溜冰坡道) for that matter.

What you don’t know is that my daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. I actually had to 42 her that skateboarding wasn’t 43 for boys. So when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenage boys who were smoking and 44 , she immediately wanted to 45 and go home.

I 46 wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom 47 and exchange words with you. I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be 48 of anyone.

So when she said, “Mom it’s full of 49 boys,” I calmly said, “ 50 , they don’t own the skate park.” She then went down the ramp in spite of you and your friends 51 past her.

She only had two or three runs in before you 52 her and said “Hey, excuse me …” I immediately prepared to deliver my “She’s 53 to use this park just as much as you guys” 54 when I heard you say, “Your 55 are wrong. Can I help you?”

You spent almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to 56 , and you held her hand and helped her get up when she fell down.

I know you live nearby and I am proud that you are part of my 57 , and I want to thank you for being 58 to my daughter, who left the skate park with a sense of 59 and with the confidence that she can do 60 , because of you.

Jeanean Thomas, Cambridge

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41. A. loyal B. naughty C. sincere D. considerate 42. A. warn B. remind C. convince D. inform 43. A. just B. even C. yet D. ever

44. A. inquiring B. swearing C. dancing D. negotiating 45. A. get along B. escape C. turn around D. compete 46. A. secretly B. exactly C. generally D. finally 47. A. identity B. voice C. status D. competence 48. A. guilty B. aware C. scared D. ashamed 49. A. skillful B. young C. quiet D. older 50. A. As usual B. For sure C. In fact D. So what 51. A. flying B. driving C. floating D. diving

52. A. impressed B. recognized C. approached D. encouraged 53. A. invited B. allowed C. delighted D. accustomed 54. A. speech B. excuse C. message D. comment 55. A. feet B. tools C. marks D. senses 56. A. react B. answer C. balance D. calculate 57. A. story B. memory C. family D. community 58. A. fair B. kind C. similar D. responsible 59. A. guilty B. pride C. sorrow D. humor 60. A. much B. benefit C. herself D. anything 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

China is considered the home of tea. Chinese tea had begun to be exported to Japan and

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Korea before the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In the early period of the 17 century, Chinese tea 61 (export) to Europe. The tea from China is in great abundance and variety. To tell if a pot of tea is nice you can mainly rely 62 the color, smell, taste and form.

One of China’s six famous tea types is white tea, 63 gets its name from its silver-white color. It 64 (be) mainly grown and produced in Fujian and Taiwan provinces with a long history, dating back to Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) in ancient China. Compared with other major types of tea, it distinguishes itself by 65 (it) refreshingly sweet taste and beautiful silver-needle-like shape, thus 66 (enjoy) great popularity among tea 67 (drink). In addition, the longer it is preserved, the better health-building effects it has. 68 (amazing), it has been proved that if drunk regularly, white tea will greatly benefit people’s physical and mental health. This is because it can not only protect people from being 69 (strike) by some common diseases, 70 also can effectively relieve symptoms.

第三部分 写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言

错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(?)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 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。

Nowadays, many middle school students are taking all kinds of after-school class. There are two opinions about it. Some think that students can get good exam results and go to better schools if they took these classes. They also believe that students can avoid to watching too much TV or playing computer games by taking more after-school classes. But other think students need more time to rest. If they take too much classes, they might feel stressed-out. Besides, putting too much pressure on them can have the opposite effect. As for me, I don’t think take extra classes is necessary. How we learn in class is enough. We can improve our efficient in class and learn to teach ourselves instead relying on extra lessons.

第二节 书面表达 (共1小题；满分25分)

假定你是李华。你所在班级的交换生Peter正在进行一项关于垃圾分类的研究。他给你来信询问你们社区垃圾分类的实施情况，请给Peter回一份邮件，告诉他相关信息，邮件内容包括： 1. 写邮件的目的； 2. 垃圾分类的实施情况； 3. 你对垃圾分类的看法。

注意：

1. 电子邮件的格式已为你写好，不计入总词数; 2. 词数：100左右。

垃圾分类：garbage classification

Dear Peter,

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