24. What’s the meaning of the underline word “fishy” in Paragraph 2?

A. Funny. C. Doubtful.

B. Interesting. D. Believable.

25. What’s the second problem the author has to face?

A. His mother insisted on his cousin going with him. B. His cousin made jokes on him in his grade school. C. He quarreled with his cousin and had a headache. D. His mother failed to ask permission for him. 26. What does the author think of Elsie in the end?

A. Aggressive.

B. Unkind. D. Friendly.

C. Bad-tempered.

27. What’s the passage mainly about? A. The bull guarding Mr.Blickez’s farm. B. The story of visiting the swimming hole. C. How friendly the so-called mean bull was. D. How the author changed his attitude to Joanie.

C

Last year my summer holiday was spoiled by my bringing along a modern convenience that was too convenient for my own good: the iPad. Instead of looking at nature, I checked my e-mail. Instead of paddling a small boat, I followed my Twitter feed（推特简讯）. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading four newspapers each morning. I was behaving as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation, but my head wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something different: withdrawal from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, since I’m bad at self-control. But I was determined. I started by giving the iPad to my wife.

The cellphone signal at our house was worse than in the past, making my attempts at cheating an experience in frustration （沮丧）. I was trapped, forced to go through with my plan. Largely breaking away from e-mail, Twitter and my favorite newspaper websites, I had few ways to connect to the world except for the radio—and how much radio can one listen to, really? I had to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

This experience has had a happy ending. With determination and the strong support of my wife, I won in my vacation struggle against the Internet, realizing finally that it was I, not the iPad, that was the problem. I knew I had won when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “I don’t need it,” I said.

However, as we return to post-vacation life, a harder test begins: Can I continue when I’m back at work?

There are times when the need to know what’s being said right now is great. I have no intention of giving up my convenience completely. But I hope to resist the temptation to check my

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e-mail every five minutes, which leads to checking my Twitter feed and a website or two. I think a vacation is supposed to help you rest your brain to become more productive. Here I hope this one worked.

28. What do we know about the author’s last summer vacation? A. He was determined to enjoy the beautiful view. B. His iPad ruined his plan of finishing a great novel.

C. He hated himself for acting as if he were working on vacation. D. He felt satisfied that he had stuck to his usual timetable. 29 What did the author do to keep away from the Internet this year?

A. He cut off his cellphone signal. B. He handed his iPad to his wife.

C. He refused to cheat in his house. D. He listened to the radio most of the time.

30. When back at work, the author will probably choose to ________.

A. keep control of when and how to use the Internet B. continue to road more and more books C. stay away from the Internet for ever

D. stop checking what is being said right now completely 31. What is the author’s opinion of a great vacation in the passage? A. A vacation is having nothing to do but read all day. B. A vacation proves that a life of pleasure is overvalued. C. A vacation means a change of pace to make one more creative.

D. A vacation is a period of time to do whatever one wishes to.

D

Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.

I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.

The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably

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laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.

In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.

32. What did the author find out after studying psychology?

A. Only good jokes make people laugh B. Many factors lead to people laughing. C. Funny things can make people laugh D. Laughter can make people healthy.

33. Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?

A. They played a trick on the pedestrians. B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.

C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness. D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.

34. What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean? A. Annoy B. Blame C. Look down on D. Make up to

35. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage? 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。

High school can be quite the stressful time for any student. There are numerous stresses to deal with and the pressure can be more intense as you enter your senior year. _____36_____ The answer is as follows.

______37______ Adjust your approach to your specific situation. For instance, if you’re active in your community and your school and have a large family, you may feel depressed by having all these people involved in your life on a daily basis. ______38______ You just may need a moment to be alone and collect your thoughts before moving on to the challenges that face you.

______39______ If your stress persists and you can’t figure out a way to handle it, you may want to try speaking to your school counselor(顾问). If you don’t feel comfortable speaking to your counselor, try getting some other types of counseling.

Realize your limits, and plan around them. Don’t take on more than you can handle. If you take on too many things, you will be spread too thin and won’t be able to perform at your best in

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anything. _______40______ You will definitely feel more at ease!

A．Seek professional counseling. B．Why does the stress come into being?

C．Try thinking of alternative ways to deal with stress. D．When you feel relieved, you can have a happier life.

E．Taking some time out to be alone may be the best way to handle such stress. F．But how on earth can you reduce some of the stress?

G．Evaluate what tasks and activities are most important and leave others behind. 第三部分 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。

When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.

But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the 41 , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk 42 by myself. Then the doctor began the 43 . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I 44 you have a retinal(视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never 45 a day in your life…”

My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an 46 result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly 47 a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without 48 . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to 49 and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the 50 of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which 51 me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of 52 each time I completed a paper.

Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I 53 appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my 54 , continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and 55 up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness 56 I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I 57 so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in 58 .

Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my 59 into success. He set the bar too 60 and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do. 41. A. station

B. company

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C. clinic D. lab