72. The underlined word “ blue” in the last paragraph mean “ _______” A. angry B. confused C. bored D. sad 73. What can kids learn from Doraemon? A. Be brave no matter what happens. B. With magic, you can do whatever you like C. It is good to cry if you are not happy D. Treasure your school days
74. The best title for the passage might be _________. A. Nobita, a boy who’s often in trouble B. Doraemon returns with cool magic C. Doraemon’s present and future D. My best friend, Doraemon
B. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):
（12分）
Can we have too many friends?
How many friends do you have? Making a lot of friends makes you popular at school. Also, whenever you want to find someone for help, there is always a certain friend there. Now scientists suggest that parts of the brain in those with a higher number of friends are larger than those with ___75____friends.
Scientists have studied the connection between brain size and social interactions (互动) on monkeys. They found that parts of the brain in more sociable monkeys were larger. They were better ____76_____ predicting the intentions (意图) of other monkeys.
As for humans, the researchers at McGill University, Canada, studied the differences between those with larger social groups, and those with smaller groups. The researchers studied 18 people. In order to ___77____ the size of each person’s social group, the people were asked how many social interactions they’d had in the past month.
Then researchers looked at brain scans (扫描). They found that, just like monkeys, parts of the brain in humans with larger social groups were larger.
Although long-term studies are needed to figure out _____78_____ social interaction caused these
changes in the brain, scientists were sure about one thing: Some brain regions that are larger suggests other regions might be smaller, lead scientist Mary Ann Noonan said to LiveScience.
For example, if you’re spending a lot of time with friends, you won’t have much free time to learn other _____79___, such as playing the piano, Noonan said. These parts of the brain stay small.
So having too many friends is not always good. ____80____, it’s difficult to maintain a lot of meaningful relationships. Maybe we should stick to a smaller, but closer, group of friends.
75. A) fewer B) better C) worse 76. A) in
B) on C) with
D) smaller D) at
77. A) take out B) find out 78. A) that
C) put out D) look at
B) whether C) when D) what
79. A) skills B) experience C) technologies D) hobbies 80. A) Finally B) At least C) What’s more D) Above all
C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其
内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分） Say hello to the world
November 21 is World Hello Day. At school, we learned that “How do you do?” and “How are you” are standard ways to say hello when meeting others. But do you know how to respond to them? Nowadays, do native speakers s________ use them today?
As we learned, “How do you do?” is for greeting someone we meet for the first time. And it can be responded with the same “How do you do?” “How are you?” is often used to greet someone we are familiar with. It usually f__________ with a response of “I’m good, and you?” or “I’m well, and you?”
But English is a casual (随意的) language. The formal “How do you do?” is rarely said by native speakers. It is considered old-fashioned. Yet they greet each other in m_______ other ways.
You may hear a conversation b__________ British people : “You all right?” “Yea, you?” “I’m good. Any plans for the weekend?” or “How’s it going?” “Yea, fine, and you?” These ways of greeting are popular for young people to say hello to friends.
Americans like saying, “What’s up” or “What’s good?” to friends. Don’t be confused. It doesn’t mean “What’s wrong?” It is just one way of saying hello. And people usually respond “Not much” or “Nothing”.
“Hey, man” is also popular. But it is only used among men. What do w________ say? You guessed it. They often say “Hey, girl.”
If you meet an Australian, you may hear “G’day, mate”. It means “Good day”. You can respond with the same “G’day”.
H_________, there is no rule to say hello to each other. If you can’t remember all of the above, just choose “How are you?”. This is the most _________ and standard way for people of all ages. You can reply with “pretty good”, “same as usual” or “I’m hanging in there.”
81. s__________ 82. f__________ 83. m___________ 84. b_____________ 85. w__________ 86. H___________87. c____________
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题) ( 12分)
Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Here is a story to tell you why.
One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped by to watch. \dig a deep hole all the way through th~ earth!\telling him that it was impossible to do it. Then they left.
The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He collected them and put them into a glass jar patiently. Humming a song, he went on digging. The jar was full soon. Then he talked to himself calmly and proudly, \the earth, but look at what I have found in the process (,j~[~) of digging !\
The boy's goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in other words, to cause us to keep working! Not every goal will be achieved. Not every job will end up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you can't achieve your goal, maybe you can say, \There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!\the digging that life is lived. . is the unexpected joy on the journey that really has a meaning. 88. Is achieving what you expect the most important thing in the passage?
__________________________________________________________________________. 89. When did the little boy decide to dig a hole behind his house?
__________________________________________________________________________.
90. Why did the older boys begin to laugh at the little boy?
__________________________________________________________________________. 91. What did the boy find in the process of digging?
___________________________________________________________________________. 92. How did the boy feel after the box was full?
__________________________________________________________________________. 93. Do you think it is a meaningful passage? Why or why not?
________________________. __________________________________________________.
VII. Writing (作文): (共20分)
99. Write a letter in at least 60 words according to the given situation (根据所给情景写一封不少于60词的信)
假如你是王芳，最近你收到了你好朋友Ann的信。她正为她的学习而烦恼。请你根据她的信写一封回信，给她一些建议。（注意：建议不得少于两条）
Words and phrasesfor reference （以下短语仅供参考） Improve；I suggest that ...; useful methods; be relaxed;
(注意：1. 开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数 2. 短文中不得出现考生的姓名、校名及其他相关信息，否则不予评分) Dear Wang Fang,
I’m so worried about my study. I understand what the teacher says, but i forget most of it after class. Could you please give me some advice?
Yours, Ann Dear Ann,
Nice to hear from you.
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Yours, Wang Fang
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Part 2 Vocabulary and Grammar
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III. 51.F 52. C 53.D 54. I 55.H 56.G 57.A 58. E
IV. 59. heroes 60. his 61. eighth 62. speaker 63. England 64. busily 65. invented 66. seriously
V. 67. Does…know 68. Why did 69. Both...have 70. were hidden 71. light enough 72. unless…rains 73. if/whether…could
Part 3 Reading and writing
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A: 74. B 75.D 76. A 77. C 78.A 79. B B: 80.D 81A 82.B 83.C 84.D 85.C
C: 86. easier 87.hand 88.public 89. Although 90.all 91. worry 92. properly D: 93: (British writer) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 94: is to control the world with black “magic”. 95: No, it isn’t.
96. (simply) looking at his footprints/(sharp eyes) 97. Both
98. (possible answer: eg. sharp eyes, he must discover clues hidden at crime scenes with them(可以用文章中的内容，也可以是自己的想法，只要言之有理，语法正确都可以视为正确答案。)