published figures showing that mortgage approvals were 10 per cent down in October from a year earlier. Fewer approvals and the continuing squeeze on affordability is pushing an increasing number of would-be homeowners out of the market.
Communities secretary Sajid Javid said: \homes if we are to achieve a country that works for everyone. That is why we are announcing the biggest housing investment in a generation to step up house building. With a doubting in capital spending, we are stimulationg(刺激) the market needs for a step change in the number of homes being built in the places people want to live.\
58. What is the present condition of the house price in the UK?
A. People in some places need to pay over ten times to earnings ratios to buy houses. B. The British still feel affordability is under their control despite the price increase. C. Facing the the price increase, more and more people are rushing to buy houses. D. Now people have to pay six-and-a-half times the previous house price. 59. It can he inferred from Richard Donnell's words that
A. people in regional cities will burden more pressure of moving out
B. people in regional cities would choose to build rockets rather than houses C. house prices in regional cities have the potential for increase
D. house prices in regional cities will turn economic growth upside down 60. According to the passage, the effective solution to the housing crisis is
A. to lower the mortgage rates B. to promote housing construction C.to increase citizens' earnings D. to move people to regional cities C
Using a mobile phone for more than 10 years increases the risk of getting brain cancer, according to Ihc most comprehensive study of the risks yet published.
The study-which contradicts official statements that there is no danger of getting the disease found that people who have had the phones for a decade or more are twice as likely to get a malignant tumour(恶性肿瘤) on the side of the brain where they hold the handset.
The scientists who conducted the research say using a mobile for just an hour every working day during that period is enough lo increase the risk-and international standard used to protect users from the radiation emitted is \
They concluded that \who are especially vulnerable（脆弱的）, should be discouraged from using them at all. Britain's largest investigation into the health risks of the technology, the Mobile
Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) programme - funded by \industry sources\biological or harmful health effects\
But its chairman, Professor Lawrie Challis, admitted that only a small proportion of the research had covered people who had used the phones for more than a decade. He warned: \cannot rule out the possibility at this stage that cancer could appear in a few years' time.\ The new study-headed by two Swedes, Professor Lennart Hardell of the University
Hospital in Orebro and Professor Kjell Hansson Mild of Umea University, who also serves on the MTHR programme's management committee-goes some way to meeting the deficiency(缺陷).
The scientists pulled together the results of the 11 students that have so far investigated the occurrence of tumours in people who have used phones for more than a decade, using research in
Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Germany, the United States and Britain. They found almost all had discovered an increased risk, especially on the side of the head where people listened to their handset.
five of the six studies of malignant tumour found an increased risk, and only one did not still found an increase in benign (良性的) tumour. Four of the five studies that looked acoustic
neuromas(听神经肿瘤) found them. The exception was based on only two cases of the diseease, but still found that long-term users had larger tumours than other people.
The scientists assembled the findings of all the studies to analyse them collectively. This revealed that people who have used their phones for a decade or more are 20 per cent more likely to_contract acoustic neuromas, and 30 per cent more likely to get malignant gliomas.
The risk is even greater on the side of the head the handset is used: long-term users were twice as likely to get the gliomaS(胶质瘤), and two and a half times more likely to get the acoustic neuromas there than other people.
The scientists conclude: \ 10 years give a consistent pattern of an increased risk for acoustic neuroma and glioma.\that \61. We can infer from the passage that
A. there is no link between malignant tumour and mobile phones
B. all brain cancers result from the long exposure to the mobile radiation C. the present standard by authorities on mobile radiation is controversial D. the risk of brain cancer caused by mobile phones remains to unclear 62. The new study headed by the two Swedes
A. corrected the deficiency in the MTHR programmers management B. came to a conclusion similar to that of MTHR's investigation
C. ruled out the possibility that long-time users could get brain cancer D. made some improvements by expanding the investigation samples 63. The passage tries to tell us that _
A. using mobile phones is dangerous to people's health B. children should be forbidden to use mobile phones
C. people using mobile phones an hour every working day will get brain cancer D. the more people use mobile phones, the more likely they are to get brain cancer
64. The underlined word \ . A. be infected with B. be associated with C. be faced with D. be covered with 65. The best title of the passage is_ A. The Causes of Brain Cancer B. The Hidden Danger of Mobile Phones C. The Research of Brain Cancer D. The Negative Effects of Mobile Phone D
Joey Moreland awoke in his hotel bed in Boston a few minutes before noon. He had slept deeply, partly because he had been exhausted by the time he'd gotten to bed, but also because he'd taken care of some of the things that had been worrying him. He had received Kelly's text
message when he was on his way to her apartment. He had told her exactly what to do. As soon as she heard his car approaching the apartment building, she should run for it.
When he had pulled to the roadside in front of the apartment she started her dash toward the front door. He could see her through the glass. Then she was in the car and he was making a rapid
series of turns to end up on Interstate 95 and heading south. It had taken him a few minutes to get Kelly to explain what had happened. She kept crying, and gasped whenever she talked.
The man who had come to see her had terrified her. He had been telling her about every girl Joey Moreland had been with in about three years, and how he had needed to leave them behind after a job. Who was this guy? If he had tracked down Moreland in three states and across the country, he could be the FBL
Moreland couldn't have that. He couldn't have Kelly suddenly realize that the man couldn't have pictures of all those dead girls unless they were real. He couldn't have Kelly, who was, too, five ten, with fiery red hair two feet long, tell the cops anything about him. He had to hang around Boston long enough to kill Salazar, or the people who had paid for Salaza's life would take his instead.
So, in the end, having thought about it, and about Kelly, he'd had to kill her. He'd driven the
highway south of the city and then had stopped at the edge of a field. He told her he had stopped on the way to pick up an emergency kit he had hidden in the field, so they could leave town
together. He had expected to get her to get through the hole in the chain-link fence. She would feel like she was accomplishing something, and that on the other side of that dark place was going to be light and warmth and safety.
But she hadn't been stupid enough. She had started to cry harder, saying \to shoot her. He would have liked to leave Boston now that Kelly was dead. Her death had deprived (夺走) him of a place to live where nobody knew him and there was no record that he had been there. Now that he had checked into a hotel, that advantage was gone. He had used a false name and credit card, but he had not been able to stay completely invisible.
He had to stay in Boston and finish his job, and he couldn't rush things by even a minute. Salazar was going to arrive in town today, check into his hotel, and then appear at City Hall at three o'clock. He wasn't going to stick his head out sooner just because Joey Moreland wanted to.
Joey was anxious. There was a kind of cop or private detective hunting for him now and that was a big worry. He had always been careful never to draw the attention of cops and people like them. He had thought of staying with the girls as leaving no track, but apparently the girls were his track.
He wished he could leave now, but if e didn't kill Salazar here, he would have to go and get him in Mexico, and that was probably impossible for him. He spoke no Spanish and looked like an American. Besides, he would have to transport his own weapons across a border.
Moreland had to go through with his original plan. He would reassure himself by spending the rest of his time planning everything about the killing and the consequence that he had not already planned and prepared.
66. From Kelly's text message, Joey Moreland probably sensed that _? A. she did not love him at all B. his plan was given away
C. danger was approaching him D. she wouldn't be fooled by him anymore
67. The purpose of his journey to Boston was ? A. to get away from his enemies B. to commit a murder
C. to fool and then kill Kelly D. to escape being followed
68. What does the underlined sentence \had needed to leave them behind atter a jod\in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. He forced them to look for a job. B. He didn't give them money any more.
C. He deserted them and went away when he found a new job.
D. He had to let them disappear forever after his plan was completed. 69. Which of the following Joey Moreland thought had revealed his identity?
A. The girls he had been with. B. The hotel he had checked into. C. His false name and credit card. D. The betrayal of the girls. 70. Which of the following is the correct order of the things that had happened? a. Joey Moreland checked into a hotel.
b. Kelly sent a text message to Joey Moreland. C. Joey Moreland killed Kelly
d. Kelly found out some of Joey Moreland's past. e. Joey Moreland came to Boston.
f Joey Moreland took Kelly away from the apartment in a car. A. ebcfda B.edbfca C.bcabfe D.edabfc
第四部分：任务型阅读（共1 0小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
请阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。 每个空格只填入1个单词。
People join groups to meet basic needs and feel like we belong. Groups provide a significant way to understand and define ourselves-both through groups we feel a connection to and those we do not. As steady social units, groups also help build shared value system and are key to the structure of society.
Sociologists have built on the distinction between the ways people interact with each other to distinguish between two types of groups: primary and secondary. The primary group is usually fairly small and is made up of individuals who generally engage face-to-face in long-term,
emotional ways. This group is usually made up of significant others-these individuals who have the most impact on our socialization. The best example of a primary group is the family.
Secondary groups are often larger and impersonal. They may also be task focused and time limited. These groups serve a practical purpose rather than an expressive one, meaning that their role is more goal or task targeted than emotional. An example of a secondary relationship is that of a stockbroker and her clients. The stockborker(股票经纪人)likely relates to her clients in terms of business only. She probably will not socialize with her clients or hug them.
Primary relationships are most common in small and traditional societies, while secondary relationships are the norm in large and industrial societies. Secondary relationships often result in loneliness and isolation. This does not mean, however, that secondary relationships are bad. Further, primary group relationships can evolve out of secondary group relationships. This happens in many work settings. People on the job often develop close relationships with coworkers as they come to share complaints, jokes, gossips and satisfactions.
A group's size can also determine how its members behave and relate. A small group is small enough to allow all of its members to directly interact. Examples of small groups include families, friends, discussion groups, and athletic teams. People are more likely to experience primary relationships in small group settings than in large settings.
As a group increases in size, its members participate and cooperate less, and are more likely to be dissatisfied. A large group's members may even be stopped, for example, from publicly
helping out victims in an emergency. In this case, people may feel that because so many others are available to help. Similarly, members in larger groups are more likely to work less because they expect others to take over their tasks.
第五部分书面表达(满分25分)
81.请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 He really loved his job
Zhang Chao joined the PLA Navy in 2004 after graduating from a middle school in Yueyang, Hunan province. He trained as a fighter jet pilot for five years and in 2009 he joined a naval aviation squadron（海军航空兵），because flying a J-15 above the carrier was Zhang Chao's biggest wish. In March last year, Zhang passed the strict selection procedures and become a pilot in the carrier-based(舰载的)aviation force. Unfortunely, however, when landing after a routine training on his J-15 0n the afternoon of April 27, he gave his life because of a sudden malfunction(鼓掌)in the flight-control system.
As is known to all, it is full of risks to be a fighter jet pilot, especially to be a pilot in the carrier-based aviation force. But Zhang Chao was brave enough to face the challenge. He once said China must develop an aircraft carrier force to safeguard the nation and our interests overseas, and that he longed to serve on a carrier, no matter how risky that would be. As his wife put it,he really loved his job. 【写作内容】
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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。