community to do this. On the other side, volunteers are often not skilled enough for the tasks they do.

Travel experts point out that in some cases voluntourists are taken advantage of by the organization that sets up the trips. 24. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The origin of voluntourism.

B. The future of voluntourism. D. The importance of voluntourism. B. Avoiding adventure. D. Seeking for a change.

C. The concept of voluntourism. A. Making money. C. Applying for a scholarship.

25 . According to paragraph 3, which may inspire people to participate in voluntourism?

26. What might be talked about after the last paragraph?

A. Cases where people help others in their own community. B. Tips on choosing voluntourism organizations and projects.

C. Reasons why not all people adopt a positive attitude to voluntourism. D. Problems caused by volunteers who lack necessary skills for their tasks.

C

Bigger isn’t always better. People who are skeptical about this argument just need to look at personal computers. It is the continual shrinkage of components that have brought about the explosion of computing power and enabled these computers to be accessible to people across the world.

Inspired by this, researchers have been working on areas where making things small may mean big results. And this year, the Nobel Prize has challenged the convention of celebrating big by presenting the biggest prizes to discoveries on the smallest scales (规模).

The committee presented the Nobel Prize for medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his research on “autophagy” , which is a “self-eating process seen in cells”.

What’s more, in recognition of their working on the unique nature of matter in extreme states and taking their research all the way down to an atomic scale, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three British-born scientists who presently work in the US.

Another exceptional new field is that of nanotechnology (纳米技术). The Nobel

prize for chemistry was awarded to a scientist who managed to build the world’s tiniest machines out of molecules (分子), including a nano-sized car, which are so small that they are not seen by the human eye.

Small as the subjects are, the benefits of the scientists’ research are set to be huge. More importantly, their inventions may even eventually be turned into products that benefit mankind.

Ohsumi’s research on “autophagy” shines a light on common diseases such a Parkinson’s and diabetes. As for the molecular motors, they’re preparing to bring huge potential to the fields of medicine and energy. “The ground-breaking discoveries in physics have lighted a firestorm of research, and it’s only a matter of time before their research leads to advances as unimaginable to us now as computer chips were a hundred years ago,” Laura H. Greene, president-elect of the American physical society told The New York Times.

27. The underlined word “shrinkage” in paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A. cutting down the cost C. improving the quality

28. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Nano-sized cars are now popular all over the world. B. Ohsumi’s research has helped cure some common diseases. C. Three scientists have made a great breakthrough in atomic energy. D. The Nobel Prize used to have a preference for findings on big scales. 29. What is Laura H. Greene’s attitude to the new discoveries in physics?

A. Positive.

B. Doubtful.

C. Reserved.

D. Concerned.

30. What is the message the passage conveys?

A. Great minds think alike.

B. Small things make a big difference. C. Many small streams make a great river.

D. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 第二节(共5个小题;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, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

In different countries around the world, people become “adults” at different ages. Being an adult means having the right to do certain things such as getting a part-time

B. reducing the size

D. strengthening the function

job, voting, getting married, or getting a license to drive. 31

In many countries, sixteen or eighteen is the age at which a person becomes an adult. 32 They no longer have to rely on their parents for money all the time. In many parts of North America, sixteen is also the age when one can obtain a driver’s license; in England, it is seventeen. There are responsibilities that go along with both of these rights. 33 Driving a car demands that you follow certain rules and regulations such as getting and paying for insurance to drive.

Voting is another right that marks the passage into adulthood for many young people. In the United States, Canada and the UK, young people have the right to vote at the age of eighteen. 34 For young people to use their right to vote wisely, they must have an understanding of the needs of society, and they must also learn how politics works. 35 They think the people should be able to vote at the age of sixteen. They argue teenagers at sixteen are old enough to get part-time jobs, pay taxes, and drive, they are also old enough to vote in elections.

Not everyone would agree that it is a good idea to give all of these rights—and the responsibilities that accompany them—to people when they are too young. The question is: How young is too young?

A. With this right also comes responsibility.

B. Adults should be allowed to enjoy the greatest freedom. C. Getting a part-time job means that you have to pay income tax. D. It also means accepting the responsibilities that accompany these rights. E. A group of teenagers in Canada want the Canadian voting laws changed. F. People should be able to get a driver’s license at the age of sixteen or eighteen. G. People at this age can get a part-time job and begin to receive an income of their own.

第II卷

第三部分 语言运用（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

It was her giggling that drew my attention. Note taking really wasn’t all that funny.

Walking over to the 36 , I asked for the note. Frozen, she refused to give it to me. I waited, all attention in the classroom on the quiet 37 between the teacher and the student. When she finally handed it over she whispered, “Okay, but I didn’t draw it.”

It was a hand-drawn 38 of me, teeth blackened and the words “I’m stupid” coming out of my mouth.

I managed to fold it up calmly. My mind, 39 , was working angrily as I 40 not to cry. I knew the two most likely 41 for drawing the picture. It would do them some 42 to teach them a lesson, and maybe it was high time that I did it!

Thankfully, I was able to keep myself 43 .

When there were about six minutes 44 , I showed the class the picture. They were all silent as I told them how 45 this was for me. I told them there must be a reason 46 and now was their chance to write down anything they needed to tell me. Then I let them write silently while I sniffed in the back of the classroom.

As I read the notes later, many of them said something like, “I’ve got nothing 47 you,” or “I'm sorry you were hurt.” Some kids said, “We’re afraid of you.” But two notes, from the girls who I 48 were behind the picture, had a list of issues. I was too mean, too 49 ...

Reading those notes, I realized that over the course of this year, instead of 50 my students, I had begun commanding them to 51 . Where I thought I was driving them to success I was 52 driving them away.

I had some apologizing to do. But the next day in the classroom, one boy and one girl each handed me a card. The one 53 by all the boys expressed sincere regret for the ugly joke. The one from the girls asked for 54 .

This was a lesson for both the kids and me. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the 55 . 36. A. offender 37. A. argument

38. A. statue 40. A. desired 41. A. boys

42. A. punishment 43. A. amused

B. criminal C. destroyer B. quarrel C. battle B. picture C. graph

D. defender D. conversation D. poster D. besides D. succeeded D. audience D. good

39. A. otherwise B. therefore C. however

B. struggled C. learned B. listeners C. candidates B. harm B. relaxed

C. favor

C. relieved D. controlled