what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly 42 by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine 43 herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and 44 awareness about zero-waste and climate change.

With a deep 45 of the environment and a desire to make a 46 , Catherine, Davey, and a group of self 47 “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only 48 0.9 miles in an entire day, they 49 and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.

Catherine and Davey 50 with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their 51 to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently 52 how she would have enough 53 to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope 54 with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus 55 outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got 56 and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where 57 from all over the state came together with a 58 of cleaning up trash all over the park.

Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they 59 was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply 60 themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.

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41. A. hands B. balance 42. A. blamed 43. A. dropped 44. A. abandoning

C. thoughts D. position

D. frightened D. taught D. hiding

B. interrupted C. moved B. cheered C. found

B. shaking C. raising

45. A. pride B. trust C. fear D. love

46. A. difference 47. A. corrected discovered

48. A. driving 49. A. slowly 50. A. heard 51. A. efforts

52. A. worrying about with

53. A. time 54. A. equipped 55. A. set off 56. A. rest 57. A. members

58. A. purpose 59. A. introduced 60. A. turn

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4 B. promise

B. described B. fixing

B. secretly B. shared B. costs

B. replying to B. food B. supplied

B. broke down B. practice B. volunteers B. question

B. expected B. limit D. plan

C. repeated

D.

C. riding

D. covering C. helplessly D. frequently C. wrote D. read

C. problems

D. choices

C. depending on

D. meeting

C. money D. room C. decorated D. filled

C. headed for D. held on C. understanding D. help

C. tourists

D. reporters C. decision D. lesson

C. experienced D. examined C. compare

D. devote

C. mistake

第二节 语法填空 （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。 When scholars of international relations predict that the 21st century will be a “Chinese century”, they are full of reasons. 61 America remains the only superpower, China is responsible for an important share of global change. Since 62 start of the financial crisis in 2008, for example, China has accounted 63 45% of the gain in world GDP. In 1990 about 750 million Chinese people lived in extreme 64 (poor); today fewer than 10 million do. Its GDP per person, in the terms of purchasing-power, 65 (rise) ten times since 1990.

China’s 66 (amaze) performance has greatly affected the world's economic output. The Economist has worked out a geographic centre of the global economy by taking an average of each country's latitude and longitude(经纬度), 67 (measure) by 68 (it) GDP. At the height of America's control, this point previously sat in the north Atlantic. But China has pulled it so far east 69 the global centre of economic gravity 70 (be) now in Siberia. 第四部分 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）

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。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：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）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。

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注意：

每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My classmates and I were to graduate next month. We were determined to do something. After a heating discussion, we decided on making a video to record our experience at school.

It took us a whole week to collect materials, during that we interviewed our teachers or took photos of every aspect of school life. The editing part before that was tough. We discussed what to put into the video. Some compromises are unavoidable, but the video turned out perfectly. Several days later, when the video was playing on the graduation ceremony, it was well received. The teachers and students shared a great time. That surely gave to us a great sense of achievement. 第二节 书面表达 （满分25分）

假如你是李华，打算寒假去英国旅游，在网上预定了伦敦一家酒店。你的航班将于2月13日晚上8点抵达希思罗（Heathrow）机场，出发前你给联系人Mr. Green写一封邮件询问相关事宜，要点如下： 1、抵达酒店交通 2、用餐 3、推荐景点 注意：

1、词数100左右。

2、 2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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