63. People tend to help strangers if _______. A. they share something in common C. they get something in return
B. they are in distress
D. they are of different groups
64. What contributes to different results of the two studies? A. Both of groups witness a different accident. B. Both of groups aren’t football fans. C. Both of groups are from different cities.
D. Both of groups haven’t known the purpose of their studies in advance.
D
My mother never talked about her Chinese childhood when my siblings and I were growing up, and we never asked. From her we learned that family history was not of interest, and in our ignorance we turned our backs on what had gone before. We lived on a plateau in a land of canyons, separated from our past by chasms(断裂) of time, language, and culture. My mother was a native guide who could have led us along the sheer cliff walls and dangerous riverbeds of the old days, but she never did.
For her, the past was divided into parts, each occupying a separate memory bank, some of which she tried never to visit. For me, her past was just a hopeless jumble(混乱), like a creaky, junk-ridden attic to which I was not allowed entry. China, America, and somewhere, vaguely, in between, Taiwan: I could not comprehend how the three came together to form the person who had formed me.
My mother never told stories; she only mentioned facts and casual references to her past. She described the most thrilling events as casually as she would trip to a local supermarket. “When we left China, I had to wear gold bars sewn into my belt. They were so heavy.” She might as well have been talking about a bag of groceries for all the emotions she displayed. When she happened to mention the fact that her grandmother had bound feet, I accepted the news with equal equanimity(泰然). Her delivery was so matter-of-fact I assumed everyone’s grandmother wore shoes that measured a mere three-and-a-half inches.
Now I begin to understand. To reflect on the past means to reexperience it. A onetime high-school quarterback remembers the touchdown that won the state finals in vivid detail. Doting(溺爱的) parents tirelessly and tiresomely recount the same dull anecdotes from their children’s lives. But the process works in the negative as well, and the terror that wakes my mother up at night gasping and pressing hand
to heart, is very real. She did not want to share it with me. Perhaps she wished to protect me. Her secrecy was a gift, I in turn, did not want to receive.
My physical features marked me as a stranger in my own country, but I knew nothing of the land of my ancestors. I could not even converse(交谈) with the various relatives and old family friends who crowded around the dinner table at holiday times. Their jokes and discussions swirled meaninglessly about my head. Among aliens, I myself was an alien. I grew up, self-contained, and removed from the world around me, unable to explain anything to anyone because nothing had ever been explained to me. At the same time I longed to—a bird beating its head against glass, wanting to be let inside. If I could somehow capture my mother’s essence(实质), the glass would disappear. The path forward would be clear. I was an adult and a writer in search of a subject when I finally asked my mother to talk about her life. That first conversation, she spoke practically in monosyllables(单调). “Yes” and “No” were the only response I could induce out of her. If a question demanded a more detailed answer, she responded by saying, “I don’t know.” I was the customer at an information store; she was its surly clerk. Eventually I ended up inventing my own time frame for the worthless trickle of memories she reluctantly let drip forth. She did not care if the dates were accurate or not. The conversation took on a surrealistic tinge(色彩). She would mention that she had moved to a certain city in 1943. “Oh, no.” I would respond. “It had to be 1945.” She would shrug. Together, we were reinventing her past, not exploring as I had wished. The process left me so frustrated that when she got up to go to sleep, I badgered(缠着) her all the way to her bedroom. She lay on one side while I hovered(蜷缩) in a chair over her.
“Tell me more.” I begged. “What do you remember?”
“Ai-you” she was finally annoyed, her eyes blinking open. “I just don’t want to remember.”
I think my mother was sorry she could not help me more. She gave me something before I left. At the time I doubted that it would do me any good. It was a list of names of some of the eager voices who used to call asking for her in Chinese when I was a young girl. Much later, I would realize it was a map to my mother’s heart. At the time, I simply had no other direction to follow. I began returning the phone calls from my mother’s past.
65. The primary purpose of the passage is to _______. A. celebrate a discovery C. criticize an attitude
B. explain a difficult undertaking D. imagine a person’s history
66. The mother gave the impression that “family history was not of interest” probably because _______
A. she thought that history entirely commonplace B. she had been too young to understand political events C. she had lost touch with anyone who shared that history D. much of it was painful for her to recollect. 67. The author’s “equanimity” arose from the _______.
A. mother’s manner of speaking B. mother’s ambiguous language
C. author’s assumptions about earlier generation D. author’s knowledge of long-gone era
68. “Now I begin to understand.” conveys the author’s new appreciation of _______.
A. how ambitious her mother’s expectations were for her children B. how the mother could be genuinely indifferent to the past C. the mother’s motivation for being reluctant to respond D. the family’s reason for leaving China
69. About which of the following does the reference to “map” help make “the list of names”?
A. It included people the mother had cared most about when she was growing up.
B. It was the guide that would allow the author to come to some understanding of her mother’s essence.
C. It included information that her mother had not previously revealed to anyone.
D. It contained the information that the author had sought but that her mother did not know. 70. From the end of the passage, the author is returning the phone calls by _______.
A. answering questions put by her mother’s friends B. contacting people her mother knew in the past C. greeting strangers as warmly as family members D. contacting relatives involved in similar research
第Ⅱ卷 (两部分 共35分)
第四部分 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
请认真阅读下列短文，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：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。
How do you stay ahead in a world where systems and standards appear to change overnight? Science shows us there is only one skill needed to be successful in life; delayed gratification(满足). Delayed gratification means you can put off something mildly fun or pleasurable now, in order to gain something that is more fun, pleasurable, or rewarding later. For example, you could watch TV the night before an exam, or you could practice delayed gratification and study for the exam. The latter would increase your chance of getting an A in the course at the end of a semester, which is much more satisfying in the long term than a night of watching TV.
The concept of delayed gratification is best known in association with psychologist Walter Mischel’s marshmallow(棉花糖) experiment. At Stanford University in the 1960s, Mischel and his students used marshmallows to determine how well children could embody (体现) patience and hold off for a better option in the future. Kids were given the choice to eat one marshmallow now, or wait 15-20 minutes to receive a second marshmallow. And the experiment found that the children who waited for the second marshmallow achieved better grades, enjoyed better health, maintained a healthier weight and built stronger social skills in later life.
Why is delayed gratification so powerful and essential? The ability to delay gratification reveals your emotional intelligence and can make a big difference to your life. More specifically, delaying gratification shows that you recognize a better result is available after a certain amount of work is put in.
To make better use of delayed gratification, first of all you have to be clear about the dilemma in front of you, which will help you assess whether your challenge is really worth it. To be honest with yourself and determine if a challenge is worthwhile or not is the best decision you can make.
If you have found a challenge that leads to a highly desirable result, you know it’s time to make a battle plan for the work required. Remember that the people who can always achieve their goals are those who find methods of making the work enjoyable. It’s important to see the work required as a sacrifice that produces an extremely desirable result. It’s not always about focusing on the reward; it’s about enjoying the work that is always necessary.
Delayed Gratification Definition Delayed gratification refers to the (71) ▲ to put off something attractive now to gain something more worthwhile later. ◇ The experiment was intended to (72) ▲ children’s patience by letting Walter Mischel’s experiment them (73) ▲ whether to eat one marshmallow now or to eat (74) ▲ 15-20 minutes later. ◇ The experiment found that the kids who delayed gratification (75) ▲ better in many aspects of future life. Importance of delayed gratification Tips on making better use of delayed gratification ◇ Delayed gratification reveals your emotional intelligence and can play an (76) ▲ role in your life. ◇ Delayed gratification makes you realize that an amount of work will finally (77) ▲ off. ◇ Understand the (78) ▲ situation you’re faced with so that you can make a(n) (79) ▲ of the value of your challenge. ◇ Make a battle plan for the work required and ensure that you do your work in a(n) (80) ▲ manner. 第五部分: 书面表达 (满分 25 分)
81.请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇 150 词左右的文章。
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by.
The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy(卑劣的)workmanship and used inferior(低劣的) materials.
It was an unfortunate way to end his career. When the carpenter finished his work and the boss came to inspect the house, then he handed the front door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you.”
What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well. 【写作内容】
1. 用约 30 个单词概述上面短文的主要内容； 2. 描述你读完故事后的心理感受；
3. 简述实际生活中有哪些类似现象？ 你有何建议？ 【写作要求】
1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句; 2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称; 3. 不必写标题。 【评分标准】