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1、浙江省 2013年選拔優(yōu)秀高職高專畢業(yè)生進入本科學習統(tǒng)一考試英語請考生按規(guī)定用筆將所有試題的答案涂、寫在答題紙上選擇題部分注意事項：1. 答題前，考生務必將自己的姓名、準考證號用黑色字跡的簽字筆或鋼筆填寫在答題紙規(guī)定的位置上。2. 每小題選出答案后，用 2B 的鉛筆把答題紙上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。如需改動，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標號。不能答在試題卷上。Part I Reading Comprehension （60marks,60minutes） Section A（ 每小題 2 分 ）Format IDirections: There are 4 passages in this

2、part .Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements .For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C,and should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet. （40 marks）Passage oneQuestions 1 to 5 are besed on the following passage:A qual

3、ity education is the ultimate liberator. It can free people form poverty,giveing them the power to greatly improve thier lives and take a productive place in society. It can also free communities and countries, allowing them to leap forward into periods ofg wealth and social unity that otherwisewoul

4、d not be possible. For this reason,the international community has committed itself to getting all the world's children into primary school by 2015, a commitment known as Education for All.Can Education for All be achieved by 2015 The answer is definitely“ yes” ,although it is a difficult task.

5、If we now measure the goal in terms of children success fully completing a minimum of five yeas of primary school, instead of just enrolling for classes, which used to be the measuring stick for education, the challenge will become even more difficult. Only 32 countries were formerly believed to be

6、at risk of not achieving education for all on the basis of enrollment rates.The number rises to 88 if completion rates are used as the , the goai is achievable with the rigt policies and the right support form the international community. 59 of the 88 countries at risk can reah universal primary com

7、pletion by 2015 if they bring the efficiency and quality of their education systems into line with standards observed in higher-perforrming also need significant increasesin external（外部的 ）financing and technical support. The 29 countries lagging（ 落后 ） farthest behind wll not reach the goal without u

8、nprecedented（ 空前的 ）rates of progress. But this is attainable with creative solutions, including the use of information technologies,flexible and targeted foreign aid, and fewer people living in poverty.A key lesson of experience about what makes development effective is that a country'to use aid

9、 well depends heavily on its policies,institutions and a country scores well on these standards, foreign assistance can be highly effective.can be inferred from the passage that a quality education has the function of .A. helping a country free from foreign ruleB. makeing people become wealthyC. giv

10、ing people more power and freedomD. speeding up the progress of society goal of Education for All is .A. to get all the children in the world to go to primary school by 2015B. to let poor children have the same chances to go to school as rich onesC. to support thoes countries determined to reform th

11、eir education systemsD. to help the poor countries improve productivity and achieve unity used to be the standard of measuring a country ' educationA. The rate of pupils being admitted by high school.B. The percentage of children enrolling for classses.C. The rate of schppl children who successf

12、ully passed the required courses.D. The percentage of children who successfully completed primary school.of the following will help achieve the goai of Education for AllA. Setting up more primary schools in poor regions.B. Establishing higher-performing education systems.C. Taking advantage of infor

13、mation technoloies.D. Significantly increasing the national financing. efficiency of using foreig aid is mostly determined by . A. the government's policies and managementB. the country 's wealth and economyC. people 's awareness of developing educationD. studets 's performance in sc

14、hool examsPassage TwoQuestiongs 6 to 10 are besed on the following passag:This thanksgiving ,mang families are closer than they've been in years. An increasing number of extended families across the USAare under the same roof living together These arrangements are multigenerational, with adut ch

15、ildren, grandchildren or an elderly parent sharing quarters. The reasons are economic and social.“This is a pattern that will continue," predicts Neil Howe, a historian andeconomist. " High rates of multigenerational family living had been a norm until after World War II,when the emphasis

16、shifted to the nuclear family enabled by constructionof interstatehighways, the rise of suburbs and the affluence（ 富裕）ofyoung adults.But by the late 1950s, there was a generration gap and almost generationwar," Howesays. "There was a time in the 1970s when no one wanted to live together. S

17、eniors were moving to Leisure World to get away from the culture of the were divorcing and youngsters wanted to strike out on their own. But now, manyyoung adults do return home, at least temporaaily .”Michele Beatty, 54, of Waynesville Ohio, and her husband, Cordon, 56, had an empty nest between th

18、e time the youngest of their three sons went to college and the return of their oldest, Patrick, who left his jod as a graphic designer.“They said, 'you can come home to your old room and continue to look for employment, '" says Patrick Beatty,28. “I was stuck there. Wewere all brought

19、up with the cultural expectation that once you leave the nest, you are not supposed to return. I feel part of the time like a burden,“ he says. "I try to contrbuteto the house when Ican. I try to stay out of their way as much as possible. It 's home , but not the home I'd be building fo

20、r myself if I had my way .”A survey of 2,226 adults, done by Narris Interactive for the non-porfit Generations United, found that of those in a multigenerational home , 40%reported that jod loss , changes in jod status or unemployment was a reason for the living arrangement.of the following arrangem

21、ents ia multigenerational in the USAA. Nuclear families . B. Extended families.C. Single parent families. D. Families of seniors.the USA, multigenerational home is regarded as a norm . A. between 1950s and 1970s B .before World War IIC. ever since 1950s D. until late 1970sto the writer, families are

22、 closer than before because . A. interstate highwaya make going home easierB. relatives tend to live close by in the suburbsC. more people return home for holidaysD. family members now live togetherdo the underlined words “strike out on their own" in Paragraph 2 most probablymean A. Develop a n

23、ew relationahip with their employers.B. Get away from the culture of the kide.C. Start to live an independent life.D. Build their own housesdoes Patrick Beatty feel about living with his parents A. Excited B. Helpess C. Regretful D. SatisfiedPassage ThreeQuestions11 to 15 are based on the following

24、passage:Researchers at the University of Maryland's School of Nursing found that 55 percent of the 2, 103 female nurses they surveyed were odese（月巴胖的）,citing jobstress and the effect on sleep of long , irregular work hours as the cause.The study, which measured obesity using estimates of body ma

25、ss index（體質指數(shù)）,found that nursing schedules affected not only the health of the nures butthe quality of care .“Health care professionals are often involved in provding advice or care to patients that relatesto things that aren't totally under control in their own lives. It's not uniformfor h

26、ealth care professionals to eatwell or avoid tobacco, " said Dr. David Katz,the director of the Yale University Prevention Research Center.Keith-Thomas Ayoob , associate professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine , said nurses are jsut as susceptible to health problems as the rest of

27、society.“Before we were health professionals , we were real people. Just because we became health professionals doesn't mean we stopped being membersof regular society with allthe problems that go along with it . It illustrates that knowledge alone isn's always enough to produce behaiioral c

28、hanges,“ said Ayoob.The same is true with smoking ,Ayoob said.“We all konw smoking is bad . It doesn'matter if you're a doctor ora nurse ora plumber. You might assume that your interest in health would be higher if you were a health professional, but a lot of doctors and nures smoke,“ said A

29、yoob.“Nurses need to understand the importance of taking care of themselves before patients or their families,“ Ayoob said.To combat the high obesity rate amongnurses, Kihye Han , the author of the study , proposed more education on good sleep habits, and better strategies for adapting word schedule

30、s. She also called for napping at work to relive sleep deprivation（ 睡 眠不足）,reduce fatigue and increase engery.11. One of the causes of the high obesity rate among nurses is . A. heavy smoking B. nursing schedulesC. less education D. unhealthy foodsaying "It's not uniform for health care pro

31、fessionals to eat well or avoid tobacco ” , Katz wants to tell us .A. health care professionals eat wellB. doctors and nurses usually dont's mokeC. health care professionals wear different uniformsD. doctors and nueses dont's necessarily have healthy uniformsunderlined words a susceptible to

32、 " in Paragrph 4 probably men .A. easily influenced by B. closely connected withC. highly sensitive to D. very doubtfull aboutcan inferred from the passage that A. nurese need more professional trainingB. Nurese need some help to control weightC. doctors don't have obesity problemsD. doctor

33、s aften give useless advicemight be helpfui to solve the problem of high obesity among nuresA. More sleep B. Tighter scheduleC. Higher income D. More exercisePassage FourQuestions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage:A new study shows an astonishing number of people are using their cellphones

34、 on the john(盥洗室 )。Form web brows an texting to conference calls and onlineshopping ,it seems this technology-driven no time for bathroom breaks.11 mark , an integrated marketing agency, surveyed 1 ,000 American mobile users in October. Seventy-five percent of them admitted they used their phones wh

35、ile on the toilet-leaving no mystery as to what happens behind closed stalls.And this doesn 't just account for the technology-addicted youth. Forty-seven percent of mobile users from the Silent Generation (born 1946 or berof ), 65 percent of Baby Boomers(1946-1964) and 80 percent of Gen X-ers(1

36、965-1976) use their cell phones in the bathroom.But expected , Generation Y has the highest percentage of multitaskers ,using their phones and the john at the same time.Did the same percentage of Gen Y wash their hands afterward Ninety-two percent of those surveyed reported they washed their hands a

37、fter using the restroom (perhaps all those “You must wash your hands befor reurning to work " signs have started to pay off).But unfortunately the same cannot be said for mobile devices-only 14 percent wash their phones after using the bathroom .Maybe this calls for a new-age health intiative ,

38、 requiring public restaurants to change their signs to“You must washyour hands-and your phone before retuning to work. ”And for many , toilet talking and texting was not a just one-time thing , used only in the most dire(急迫的)circumstancesTwenty-fourpercent of mobile users reported they actually don

39、't go to the bathroom without tjeir phones.In a word where you can 't even have a moment of solitude(獨處)on the toilet,one is forced to wonder, isn ' t anying sacered anymore16. The passage is mainly about . A. a survey on how people use their mobile phonesB. the different ages and percen

40、tages of mobile usersC. whether people wash their hands and phones after using the bathroomD. how technology-driven world influences bathroom breakscan learn from the passage that what happens in the bathroom used to be regarded as .A. funny B. enjoyable C. ridiculous D. mysterious can be in forerre

41、d from the passage that . A. the older people are more addicted to technoligyB. the younger people are better multitaskersC. techonlogy has the same influence on different peopleD. techonlogy has a destructuve power underlined words “pay off " in Paragraph 5 perobably means .A. deserve nothing

42、B. cost much C. influence people D. go unnoticedis the tone of this passageA. ironic B. humorous C. optimistic D. doubtfulFormat nDirections : In the following passage ,some sentences have been questions 21-25,choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numberedare two ext

43、ra choices,whichdonotfitinto anyoftheyour answers onAnswer Sheet. (10 marks)Thisyear the world' s population tickedoverto 7 billion.21)They forecast dramatic changes unless significant steps are taken to control population growth. Here are some challenges a population of 7 billion must confront.

44、Water is probably going to be the first real threat that we bump into. Acceess to fresh water becomes incredibly difficult. We ' re seeing the impa cts of overuse of water resources and that sort of pressure mounts as the world population increases. 22)What we' re putting into the atmosphere

45、 is going to lead to changes that haven' t been seen in millions of years. As the whole world warms up, a lot of places become very unpleasant to live We have to find less polluting sources of energy and be much more careful in the way that we make use of the remaining non-renewable fuels we'

46、; ve got. If we continue to tap the resources to meet the immediate economic demands, the supplies will run out in time. We still can' t imagine that one daywe have to run the world from renewable energy resources.24) We ' ve got some major health problems with the medical services to actual

47、ly attack the diseases of old age. But the real problem is that the world population is growing fastest in the developing countries. How can we cope with a double of the population when they ' re already dirt poor and only just getting enough to live on 25) Is it all doom and gloom (前景暗淡) as the

48、 experts suggest, ordo we have a brighter futureA. Challenges range from water shortages to rising sea levels.B. Experts have painted a depressing future for life on Earth.C. All countries in the world will face the challenge of population ageing.D. Agriculture, a main consumer of water, may have to

49、 change its whole structure.E. If we hang on to them for a little bit, they' 11 get more and more valuablein the future.F. The challenge of meeting the food needs of its ever-growing population is enormous.G. There will be much hotter temperatures, summer-time heat stress and rising sea levels.S

50、ection B ( 每小題1分)Directions : In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Please blacken the corresponding let

51、ter for each item on Answer Sheet. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. (10 marks)A good deal of fascinating research has been done about the reading patterns of young people,and it is surprisingto discover at what an early age children startexpressing preferencesfor particul

52、ar kind of books. A recent report , which 26 indetail the reading habits of primary-school children, showed that even seven-year-old boys and girls have 27 views_about what they want to read. Girls, in general, read more, and 28 more girls than boys preferred reading were showing a 29_for the more i

53、nstant appeal of picture stories, or else books about their hobbies.These tastes continue 30 until the children are teenagers. Apparently girs read more in general,but more fiction in particular. You could say that there are more 31 for girls to read fiction:magazines 32 the fiction habit in girls i

54、n their early teens, and by their late teens they have probably moved onto the adult women ' smagazines. Teenage boys 33 to buy magazines about their hobbies : motorcycles, heavy transport and so on.Adult reading tastes are also the 34 of research. Again the number of womenwho read for pleasure

55、is 35 higher than the number of men. It seems that the majorityof women still want love stories. There has also been some analysis of what menactually read. Apparently only 38 per cent of men read anything, but 50 per centof what they read is fiction in the form of action-packed stories of space or

56、gunmen.A. cautiouslyF.farK. encourageB. examinedG. tasteL. circumstancesC. discoveredHclaimM. subjectD. considerablyI. tendN. opportunitiesE.unchangedJ.clearO. equivalentPart II Integrated Testing (30 marks, 30minutes)Section A Cloze ( 每小題 1 分)Directions : There are 20 blanks in the following passag

57、e. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then blacken the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet. (20 marks)It ' s lunch time at a popular restaurant in Hong Kong and the place is quite buzzing. The 36_from the 50 or

58、more diners makes 37 hard to_have a conversation.When customers are asked if they find it noisy, the most 38 response is"Sorry ,what did you say ”And it ' s 39 wonder. Five minutes inside the restaurant is 40 eating in a factory and 41_dining at a live rock concerta noise level that can cause permanent harm42 less than ten minutes.“OK, yes, it ' s noisy, “ says a waitress, who has to lean in close to hear us ask 43 she can work in this noisy place eight hours each day," but I ' m so 44 toit I don ' t even notice it any more. ”From restaurants to publi