2013梅州二模英语试题答案(4)

A．are not willing to be sad for the dead  B．prefer to control their sadness in public
C．cry their eyes out at the public funeral  D．have better way to express sadness
44．It is implied that _______.
A．the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens’ time
B．Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples
C．victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored
D．English funeral culture is more civilized than the others
45．This passage talks mainly about _______.
A．an editor’s death  B．bad funeral customs
C．western ways of grief  D．cultural difference

第二节  信息匹配 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
首先请阅读下列商品的提示性文字：
A．Section One: Do –It –Yourself Section –On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home. B．Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section--Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.
C．Section Three: Humor Section--A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
D．Section Four: Business & Finance--Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
E．Section Five: Biography--Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
F．Section Six: Education--Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary material covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
46．The Delighted Eye--by Prof. John Nash--The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America’s most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
47．Mother Tongue: The English Language -- by Bill Bryson-- Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language, one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
48．Into Thin Air--by John Krakauer--is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, "Outside" magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
49. Ready Made: How to Make (Almost) Everything--by Shoshena Berger and Grace Hawthorne--beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags. 50．The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron--by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind--As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonor and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.

第三部分   写作（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
以下是微博*的基本信息及主要影响：
基本信息：
  (1)微博：一种网上日记
  (2)话题：从日常小事到全球重大事件
  (3)内容：定期更新、公开，简短、140字以内
主要影响：
(1)正面：便于人们表达心声、交流想法
    使信息的传播比以往更快更广
(2)负面：可能泄露隐私或其他重要的个人信息
    误导性信息使公众无法辨清是非

参考词汇：微博microblog n.     误导性misleading adj.  隐私 privacy n.
【写作内容】
  根据以上提示，写一篇英语短文介绍微博，包括以下内容：
    1．微博的基本信息； 
    2. 微博的主要影响。
【写作要求】
    只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。


第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Gemma Spofforth has chosen to swim on to the 2012 Olympics after a troubled ten months.
The 23-year-old former Portsmouth Northsea swimmer first questioned her future around the time of last October’s Commonwealth Games.
More doubts followed when she failed to defeat her world 100 meters backstroke title in Shanghai last weekend when she had been suffering from the sickness.
Away from the pool, her father’s partner died in March, just three and a half years after Spofforth’s mother passed away.
After finishing 13th in the 50 meters backstroke yesterday, she said, “Last night, there was a really big decision for me—whether I should give up because this year hasn’t been fun, 2009 was maybe my time.
But I decided it’s 100 per cent commitment from here on in, get fit and get ready for next year.
It was a huge decision to make overnight. A lot of thought went into it, I didn’t get much sleep. I came down this morning, had a relatively good race, got through and realized that this is where I want to be.