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Now, I love nature, but that doesn’t include mice. I loudly protested the invader, and Bernie, coming to my rescue, assured me that this was not a mouse but a mole, as if that mattered. A mouse or a mole I still didn’t like it.

Bernie and I stood for a few minutes watching the creature disappear from the path into the furry white and come back out again. But soon it disappeared and I headed up the hill again.

Shortly after I left, my husband screamed out, saying that the mole had gone up the leg of his snow pants. You have to understand Bernie can be quite a joker, and I smelled a rat. Not wanting to be a sucker and fall for another one of his jokes, I laughed it off. When he started running for the cabin, though, I stopped laughing and decided maybe this was for real.

“Don’t you dare take that thing into the house!” I yelled. But like a flash, Bemie was already dashing through the cabin’s front door, with his snow pants, the mole and all. If it were me, l，d have been down to my long underwear right there in the snow without a second thought.

A few minutes later Bemie appeared. We relished the rest of our winter vacation, drinking lots of hot chocolate, sitting beside the fireplace and admiring nature---from a safe distance. 24. Why did the author’s husband come to her rescue? A. Because the “mouse” frightened her B. Because she hardly controlled the sled C. Because the snow fort she built was damaged D. Because she stepped on the stone and fell down

25. When her husband said that the mole had gone up the leg of his snow pants, the author was ________. A. curious

B. puzzled

C. excited

D. doubtful

26. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. They enjoyed the rest of their holiday C. Her husband had freedom at last

B. They were fond of hot chocolate D. Nature can be dangerous at times

27. What could be the best title of the text? A. A Memorable Experience with a Joker C. Family’s Funny Vacation in the Snow

B. The Painful Incident in Allegany State Park D. My Strong Love for Nature

C

In 2013，a report from The Nero England Journal of Medicine showed that increased body weight is related to the death rate for all cancers. This is based on a study involving about 900,000 people, spanning many years. The study, started in 1992 by the American Cancer Society, included men and women from all 50 states. The youngest participants were 30 years old, and the average age was 57. By December 2008, 24% of the participants had died, just a quarter of them from cancers. In analyzing the results, researchers attempted to take account of such potential factors as smoking drinking alcohol, taking aspirin and a wide variety of other factors that might otherwise affect the results. .

The results are clear: the more you weigh, the greater your risk of dying of cancer will be (up to 52% higher for men and 62% for women). In men as well as women, the only cancers that did not have a strong connection with weight were lung cancer and-brain cancer. For women, the strongest correlation with weight was uterine cancer (子宫癌), which is 6.5 times higher for women with a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 40 or more. For men, it was liver cancer, which is 4.5 times higher in most obese (肥胖的) men.

Smokers tend to be more successful in keeping weight off than non-smokers, slightly reducing the risk. But many of them don’t have good lungs. Thus, in another way, they also face risks. As for why extra weight leads to excess cancer death rate, there’s no clear agreement. But the decrease in vitamin D in obese people seems a likely factor. Vitamin D is known to have a role in preventing cancer. Also, there is a simple fact that obesity makes the management of cancer more difficult. Although for now there is no simple answer to why obesity increases a person’s cancer risk, all we know for certain is that the risk is real.

28. The passage is mainly concerned with the relationship between ________. A. diet and cancer C. sex and cancer

B. body weight and cancer D. smoking and cancer

29. The author develops the passage mainly through ________. A. time order

B. space order D. figures and examples

C. analysis and comparison

30. The underlined word “spanning” in the first paragraph probably means “________”. A. lasting

B. including

C. happening

D. changing

31. According to the passage, what can we learn about the study?

A. There is a clear explanation concerning why obesity leads to more cancers. B. Generally speaking, women face fewer risks of dying of cancer than men C. Women with a BMI of 40 dying of uterine cancer are more than other women. D. Smokers are still likely to face risks of dying of cancer though keeping weight off.

D

I was at my parent’s dinner table. Before me was a worn journal of thin and discolored pages. It was my grandfather’s journal and now belonged to my father. My grandfather had passed away in the months leading up to my birth. I never got to visit the places he had frequented and the people who had been a part of his life’s journey.

I was now about to enter his world, through the words he had left behind. Within minutes, I was captivated by the power of the written words. In the magical script (笔迹) before me, I was transported to another age when food was an everyday art, planned, prepared and enjoyed in the company of others， and a time when people had the heart to pause their own lives to embrace (拥抱) each other’s struggles. All this was conveyed to me in the beauty of the words that flowed together to connect with the writer’s mind and understand the world they lived in.

That kind of writing seems to be lost on us today. We have gotten used lo writing in bite-sized pieces for a public looking for entertainment, and hungry for information. No wonder, there are nearly 200 million bloggers on the Internet and a new blog is created somewhere in the world every half a second. Instead of adding to our collective wisdom, most of these writings reflect the superficiality (肤浅) and impatience of our day and age.

This not only robs us of the skill of writing impressive essays, it also prevents us from exploring what is indeed important. Writing humbles(使谦卑) us in a way that is vital for our character growth, by reminding us about the limits of the self and our appropriate place in the vast flow of life. Writing frees us by helping us explore the unknown so that we really open up to magic of the world around us. I saw all of this in the writing of my grandfather. And I’ve seen it again and again in the writings of the greatest thinkers of humanity. Their writing reflect deep thought on issues of human importance.

32. The underlined word “captivated” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “________”. A. puzzled

B. frightened

C. attracted

D. defeated

33. In the author’s grandfather’s age, people ________. A. lived a hard life

B. cared about each other D. treated food as an art

C. were fond of writing

34. The author begins the text with her grandfather’s journal in order to ________. A. show her respect to her grandfather B. present the importance of good writing C. express her interest in reading as well as writing D. raise the problems with today’s writing

35. In the last paragraph, the author is trying to _________. A. discuss what good writing is like

B. express her strong desire to learn writing skills C. stress the effects of her grandfather’s journal on her D. show her admiration for her grandfather’s writing 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共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。 When we choose to worry over what we don’t possess, we actually stand at a risk of losing whatever we already have. _36_ Therefore, there is no way we can succeed in life unless our mind is first happy and satisfied and then yearns for more. Here are some ways to help you to be more grateful.

Choose to be grateful. Well, whether to complain about what you don’t have or to be thankful for what you have is a conscious choice you make yourself. Treasure what you have and strive for what you need next. Some are always worrying over what they don’t have or can’t achieve in the present. _37_

Look around you. When in fear or frustration, look around yourself for examples of patience and gratitude. _38_ Observe how trees stand tall and brave the fury of storms, rains and the ever-changing seasons.

_39_Once you have the mindset to be first thankful for the life you have, you will find hundreds of ways to do that. As you live your normal daily routine, you will find a number of hidden opportunities to be thankful for the bounties you have.

Think positive to achieve positive. _40_ Have you ever noticed that if you keep telling yourself that the present tough times shall pass and you are happy with what you have, you actually get the courage to deal with the crisis? The human mind is a powerful machine. To flunk positive and steer the course of actions that way is a power that lies absolutely within!

A. Your thoughts can shape your life. B. Look for hidden ways to be thankful. C. Think about why you should be grateful. D. After all, it is our mind that rules our body. E. Helping others is just one of such examples!

F. Learn to observe how birds are grateful to nature for their food. G. Actually, it is merely a way to waste the precious present moments. 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）