Ⅱ. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
This is where my kids grew up
For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage (21) ________ (mark) in pencils, with each child’s name and the date.
Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s (22) ________ (hard) to leave behind. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress. Friends I know have visited their previous home only (23) ________ (discover) their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, (24) ________ ________ the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do (25) ________ about it.
They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer (26) ________ work is about capturing the beautiful things in life. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, (27) ________ (take) photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph (28) ________ we had experienced in all those years. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, (29) ________ (transform) them into a beautiful history of my family.
There weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me -- (30) ________ life - size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth .
Section B
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can
Emphasizing social play in kindergarten improves academics
Emphasizing social play and students helping one another in kindergarten improves academic outcomes, self-control and attention regulation, finds new UBC research. The study, published in the journal PLoS One, found this approach to kindergarten curriculum also ___31___ children’s joy in learning and teachers’enjoyment of teaching.
“Before children have the ability to sit for long periods ___32___ information, they need to be allowed to be ___33___ and be encouraged to learn by dong,” said Dr. Adele Diamond, the study’s lead author. “Indeed, people of all ages learn better by doing than by being told.”
Through a controlled experiment, Diamond and her colleagues ___34___ the effectiveness of a curriculum called Tools of the Mind (Tools). The curriculum was introduced to willing kindergarten teachers and 351 children
with different backgrounds in 18 public schools.
Tools was developed in 1993 by two American researchers. Its basic ___35___ is that social - emotional development and improving self-control is as important as teaching academic skills and content. The Tools ___36___ the role of social play in developing skills such as self - control, selective attention and planning. “Skills like self-control and selective attention are necessary for learning. They
are often more strongly associated with school readiness（入学准备）than intelligence quotient (IQ),” said Diamond. “This experiment is the first to show ___37___ of a curriculum emphasizing social play.”
Teachers reported more ___38___ behavior and greater sense of community in Tools classes. Late is the school year, Tools teachers reported they still felt ___39___ and excited about teaching, while teachers in the control group were exhausted. “I have enjoyed seeing the ___40___ progress my students have made in writing and reading.”said a Tools teacher in Vancouver. “I have also enjoyed seeing the students get so excited about coming to school and learning. They loved all the activities so much that many students didn’t want to miss school, even if they were sick.”
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In product design, imagining user’s feelings leads to more original outcomes Researchers find that in a new product design, connecting with user’s heart, rather than their head, can lead to more original and creative outcomes.
Developing original and __41__ products is critical to a company’s long-term success. Thus, understanding what influences originality can have important and potentially __42__ consequences for businesses. Ravi Mehta, a professor of business administration, shows that adopting a(n) __43__ that imagines how the user would feel while using a product leads designers to experience greater empathy（同感）, which __44__ creativity and, in turn, outcome originality for new product design.
There are two ways that the product designer can __45__ the consumer’s product usage. One focuses on objective use of the product - how consumers might use the product, that is, an “objective - imagination” approach. The other focuses on feelings - how the product makes the consumer feel, a “feeling-imagination” approach.
Consumers always want to have new products that solve problems more efficiently and at a less cost. So product designers __46__ this trap of being very objective in focusing on the use of a product. That’s important, leads designers to experience greater empathy, which makes them more __48__, the feelings-imagination approach leads designers to experience greater empathy, which makes them more __49__ to the consumers’ ideas. This leads to greater outcome originality. Mehta said, “when you imagine consumers and focus on their feelings, that’s powerful and will lead to something much more innovative than only focusing on a product’s usage.” The research shows that a feelings - based
approach is __50__ to the commonly used objective - based approach, the researchers wrote. It not only helps product designers build a better product, but is also them create more innovative products.
The implications of the findings extend to everyday consumers, who now play a role in shaping companies design. Mehta said, “Marketers are increasingly __51__ consumers for new product ideas.” __52__, there was very
successful campaign a few years ago focused on getting consumers to create a new potato chip flavor.
The experiments demonstrated a __53__ effect of adopting a feelings - imagination approach. That suggest that these designers may __54__ imagining users’ feelings. In this way, designers can develop products the could __55__ to the masses. Companies can easily adopt this process and promote feelings-imagination exercise through their websites or social media.
41. A. primary    B. innovative    C. natural    D. domestic
42. A. temporary    B. slight    C. indefinite    D. profitable
43. A. policy    B. proposal    C. approach    D. standard
44. A. enhances    B. exhibits    C. illustrates    D. explores
45. A. recommend    B. extend    C. exploit    D. imagine
46. A. fall apart    B. figure out    C. fall into    D. turn into
47. A. originality    B. objectivity    C. creativity    D. flexibility( )
48. A. In conclusion    B. In addition    C. As a result    D. By contrast
49. A. open    B. harmful    C. resistant    D. equal
50. A. evident    B. superior    C. relevant    D. alert
51. A. joining in    B. applying to    C. turning to    D. taking to
52. A. In reality    B. In other words    C. What’s more    D. For example
53. A. dramatic    B. positive    C. negative    D. serious
54. A. depend on    B. benefit from    C. contribute to    D. involve in
55. A. appeal    B. refer    C. adapt    D. commit
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passage. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
When she was ten years old, Isadora Duncan dropped out of school to teach people dance. If that job was le to any other ten-year-old, it would have turned out frustrating, difficult, and a little discouraging.
But Duncan was different. Not only was she already talented enough to earn money even at that age, but she also had a rare kind of confidence that helped her treat troubles as fuel -- something to elevate the fire that is already burning inside of her.
It’s no surprise, then, that when she moved to New York to join a theatre company, she found herself restricted. The existing dancing style, their way of operating -- all of this seemed to her the work of a misguided past. Duncan was very direct about what she wanted, confidently telling people she had a d
ifferent vision of dance that she was going to spread in the world. This, naturally, led to ridicule and laughs early on, but as she built up her work, these instances became less frequent. Today, she is remembered as “The Mother of Dance,”with much of the modern art owing its expressive style to her influence. Inspired by the ancient Greeks, she brought the style to life.
In her autobiography（自传）, one of the things Duncan frequently refers to as the basis of her expressive spirit
is the fact that she had a childhood where she wasn’t constantly watched. The expectations of her mother (who raised her) were open - ended. It was freedom of this lifestyle that drove her to see what she could do.
Growing up, before she left school, she was told one of two things : that was either completely useless or that she was a genius. There was nothing is between. Even when she started working, people either bowed to her or they basically ignored her. But there wasn’t one moment Duncan doubted her own genius.
There is an old quotation “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” And it captures an important truth. At school, Isadora Duncan was a failure. I
n the dance hall, she gave from to brilliance.
56. What does the underlined phrase “treat troubles as fuel” mean?
A. Duncan used troubles to push her forward towards her dream.
B. Duncan was good at burning away everyday troubles.
C. Troubles turned Duncan into a confident girl.
D. Troubles it the fire of dancing in Duncan.
57. Which of the following is TRUE about Duncan?
A. Her experience in New York was the foundation of her career.
B. Her teaching job when she was little destroyed her confidence.
C. Her dancing style was not very well received at the beginning.
D. Her mother set higher expectation on her than she could bear.
58. What does the author try to tell the readers in the last paragraph?
A. It is useless climbing a tree to catch fish.
B. Everybody is a genius in his own way.
C. Miseries come from human stupidity.
D. Teachers can impact students greatly.
59. What is this passage mainly about?
A. Isadora Duncan’s childhood and her achievements today.
B. Duncan’s career development and other dancers’ opinions of her.
C. Isadora Duncan’s early experiences and the reasons for her success.
D. Duncan’s high status in the dancing world and her unique expressive style.
(B)
Taking your pulse during physical activity allows you to measure how hard you are exercising. You should
Increasing your heart rate is a key part of exercise, but it is important that your heart rate is not too high or too low. If you are a beginner, you should also be able to breathe comfortably while exercising. This will ensure that you are exercising at a level that is safe and effective for your body.
The chart below illustrates target heart rate ranges for exercise based on the maximal heart rate for selected
TARGET HEART RATE RANGES BASED ON AGE
Target Heart Rate Zone
60. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Exercise intensity can be reflected by a person’s heart rate.
B. The faster your heart rate is, the more effective the exercise is.
C. Vigorous exercise will definitely present a threat to people’s safety.
D. The target exercise heart rate range for a 45 -year-old is 90-149 RMB.
61. A 34-year-old man is running and the number of pulses he takes for 15 seconds is 40. His finess coach had better tell him ________.
A. “You are doing fine.”
B. “You can run faster.”
C. “You should slow down a bit.”
D. “You should drink some water.”
62. What is the purpose of this passage?

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