play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of other health problems. In 2010, the State of California tried to ban toys in Happy Meals. But it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy-handed, and the ban was thrown out by the government.
While some people believe that McDonalds, with its large following of children, can create a powerful message through the books, others believe its actions are contradictory. Anyway, the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy. 28. What‘s the aim of the question raised in the first paragraph? A. To give a surprise to the book lovers. B. To persuade the readers to buy boxed meals. C. To make the readers think about the answer. D. To get the readers‘ attention to the passage. 29. Books will be added into Happy Meals to______. A. encourage more kids to read books B. introduce the history of McDonald‘s C. have kids learn more about nutrition D. help young kids learn to read and write 30. In the author‘s opinion, Happy Meals______. A. bring much fun to children
B. do no actual good to children‘s health C. are popular with the young and the old D. teach children a lot about nutrition
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Are Happy Meals Really Happy? B. The links Between Food and Health C. The Importance of Eating Healthy Food
D. Happy Meal—A New Advertising Method D
Parents who exert too much control over their children could be causing them lifelong psychological damage, according to a study which tracked a group of people born in the 1940s until the present day.
Researchers found that people who reported that parents had intruded on their privacy in childhood or encouraged dependence were more likely to have low scores in surveys of happiness and general wellbeing carried out in their teens, their 30s, their 40s and even their 60s.
The negative impact on wellbeing was comparable in degree to that observed in people who have
lost
a family member, experts from University College London (UCL) said.
In contrast, people who said their parents were more caring, warm and responsive to their needs to be more content well into adulthood.
The findings are the culmination of a survey which has tracked more than 5,000 people since their in 1946. It is well-established that childhood influences can have profound effect on the developing brain, but this is one of the first studies that have attempted to measure their impact over such a long period of time.
Information on parenting styles was only available from the study participants themselves,
who
were birth tended
asked to recall their childhoods when in their 40s, and may therefore suffer from a degree of so-called recall bias – unhappy people may be more likely to depict their parents as controlling.
However, the research said the findings agreed with previous studies which have shown that children who are able to form secure emotional bonds with parents are more likely to have secure happy relationships later in life.
―parents also give us stable base from which to explore the world while warmth and responsiveness has been shown to promote social and emotional development,‖ said Dr. Maid Stafford, of the Medical Research Council‘s(MRC) Lifelong and Ageing unit at UCL.
―By contrast, psychological control can limit a child‘s independence and leave them less able to regulate their own behaviour.‖ Dr Stafford said that the study did not seek to blame parents.
―Parents are vitally important to the mental wellbeing of future generations,‖ she said. ―Policies to
reduce economic and other pressures on parents could help them to foster better
relationships with their children.‖
Previous research has shown a clear link between economic stress in parents and poorer early child
development.
32. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Various parenting styles can count. B. An unfair finding can easily mislead parents.
C. There is a side effect from too much control over children. D. There is a link between parents‘ economy and child development. 33. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Children should say no to parents‘ control. B. Physical control can limit a child‘s independence. C. Parents‘ control over children is completely wrong. D. People of many age ranges are interviewed in the survey.
34. The study, according to Dr Stafford, is intended to______. A. blame parents with control over children B. encourage the children‘s dependence C. point out the necessity of parenting D. build up proper parenting styles
35. The underlined word ―culmination‖ in Paragraph Five probably means______. A. result C. prediction
B. effect
D. warning
第二节（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分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。
Why Do Autumn Leaves Change Color?
We all enjoy the colors of autumn leaves. 36 To answer this questions, we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are nature‘s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take carbon dioxide from the air. 37 Plants use the sugar as food for energy and as a building block for growing. The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis(光合作用). Chlorophyll (叶绿素）helps make photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color.
As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. 38
During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest and begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors. 39 We just can‘t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in Autumn. In some trees, like maples, glucose(糖份) is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. 40 The brown color of trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.
All these things make the beautiful colors we enjoy in Autumn. A. Yellow and orange colors attract many of us in Autumn. B. This is how the trees ―know‖ to begin getting ready for winter.
[:.]C. Have you ever wondered how and why a fall leaf changes color? D. Small amounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. E. For what reason do people prefer autumn leaves to summer leaves? F. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn make the leaves a red color.
G. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into a kind of sugar. 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）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳
选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Remembering My Father’s Vest
People get into trouble because they don‘t know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of 41 that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at 42 constructively. Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother 43 handed me my father‘s vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in 44 than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked in it! I 45 that it was a small oversight(疏忽) on my mother‘s part, but 46 the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry.
I took my anger out on my mother 47 thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I 48 by violently tearing it apart from my chest!
Later, my mother shared her own 49 with my father: ― See what your son has done.‖
Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father 50 responded by asking my mother to 51 the vest. He then worn it to work the next day.
When my mother told me about my father‘s response much later, when I had 52 from my fit, I immediately felt a great sense of 53 for my violent behavior, just 54 that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n) 55 vest. At the same time, I was filled with great 56 for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.
On that day, I made a 57 never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to 58 other when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way, 59 forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty 60 my strong emotion, I try to remember my father‘s vest. 41.A. pressure 42.A. listening 43. A. casually 44. A.size
B. anger
C. stories
D. tears D. working D. abruptly D. mind D. realized D. anyhow D. despite D. declined D. failure
B. debating C. communicating C. obviously C. height
B. accidentally B. weight B. refused
45. A.expected 46. A. somewhat 47. A. without
C. suspected C. somehow C. besides C. reacted
B. anyway B. beyond B. agreed
48. A. performed
49. A. excitement B. disappointment C. enthusiasm
50. A. calmly 51. A. save up 52. A. recovered
B. politely C. tentatively C. hold back C. developed C. panic C. imaging C. torn C. envy
D. anxiously D. sew up D. benefited D. shame D. supposing D. new D. admiration D. compromise D. respect D. do
D. monitoring
B. give away B. changed B. sympathy B. joking B. ugly B. pride B. decision B. assist B. but
53. A. loss 54. A. hoping 55. A. old
56. A. curiosity 57. A. choice 58. A. forgive 59. A. and
C. requirement C. appreciate C. for
60. A. expressing B. controlling C. treasuring
第II卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（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。
During a recent Senior Three English lesson, the teacher caught Xiao Di, a female student, busily 61
(type) messages on her cell-phone. To the teacher‘s surprise, Xiao Di wasn‘t just texting her friends the latest small talk. She was 62 (actual) blogging about what was being taught in the classroom, sharing her opinions about the information and material 63 her classmates. The case caused a heated 64 (discuss)among teachers and students city-wide. Miss Li, an English teacher from another nearby school said, ―I am amazed at how 65 (create)the students can be when writing on their blogs. To me it‘s a great way for students to improve their writing skills while writing about personal feelings and 66 (experience).‖ 67 other teachers are worried that blog-addiction may disturb their students‘ study.
A supporter and classmate of Xiao Di said, ―We love her blog! We all read it each day and can‘t wait to see 68 she writes about next. Her interesting stories and great suggestions on study really help to encourage us. And it adds a little fun to 69 (we) stressful life.‖ Another student blogger admitted that he often works late into the night, writing his blog and responding to comments posted there. He said, ―Sometimes I don‘t even have time 70 (finish) my homework. I can‘t help myself. I really have a lot to say. ‖
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）