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later improved grades in core subjects by 19 percent.
The Oxford project is expecting to publish the results in 2018. It’s time to wait and see whether scientists will give us an excuse to get up late.
32. According to the article, students who take part in the Oxford University project_______.
A. will start school one hour earlier B. will no longer have to take GCSE exams
C. will perform better academically than those who don’t participate D. will be guaranteed more sleeping time in the morning 33．We can infer from the article that _______________ .
A. the Oxford University project is targeted at all British high schools B. getting up late is a sign of laziness in the eyes of most British parents C. children and adults have different natural cycles of sleep and wakefulness D. there is still no scientific evidence that supports a late school start time 34. What is the author’s attitude toward the Oxford University project ?
A Critical B. Optimistic C. Doubtful D. Uninterested 35． What’s the best title of the article ?
A. Wake up late to excel（优于，胜过） B. It’s never too late to learn C. The later you get up, the better you’ll learn D. An excuse to get up late
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
Wrong Reasons for Going to College
A college education can be priceless. ____36_____ If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself. ◆Because someone else expects it from you.
Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college. Or maybe, you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. ____37_____. It’s
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become so much a part of the air you breathe that you’ve never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you’re ready to go. ◆Because all your friends are going.
In only a few weeks’ time, the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places. _____38_____Friends would wonder what’s wrong with you. Some would take it as a betrayal（背叛） of the dreams you’ve dreamed together and the plans you’ve made. ◆_____39_____
It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it . You think you might as well go to school. That is the lamest of reasons to spend $20,000 or more in the next year.
◆Because you are afraid you’ll regret it if you don’t go.
Your uncle tells you that his one regret in life is that he didn’t go to college. Others tell you that they could have gone so much farther in their career if only they had a college education. _____40_____ So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college. A. Not to go would be set yourself apart. B. Because you don’t know what else to do. C. That’s much too fine.
D. It seems that for years everyone has just assumed（认为） that of course you’ll go. E. Everyone seems more excited than you are.
F. But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons. G. Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they’ve made. 第三部分： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
With his leg lame(瘸的)and his teeth uneven(参差不齐的), the boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He 41 played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always 42 his head without a word.
One spring, his father brought home some young trees. 43__ of his children would plant a young tree and he promised, “Whoever 44 his young tree best shall get a favorite gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get his father’s gift. 45 seeing his brothers
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and sisters watering the trees, an idea 46_ him: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So after watering it once or twice, he never 47 it.
Several days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was 48 to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew so many fresh 49 . Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his 50 , bought the little boy one of his favorite 51 and said from the tree he planted, he would surely become an outstanding botanist(植物学家)when he grew up.
From then on, the little boy slowly became 52 and confident. One night, he suddenly 53_ that his biology teacher once said that plants 54 grow at night. Why not go to see his tree?
When he came to the courtyard, he found his father was working near his tree! Instantly he 55 : his father had been secretly 56 his small tree! He returned to his room, with tears 57 in his eyes.
Decades passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist. 58 , he became the U.S. president. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.
59 is the best nourishment(滋养品)of life. 60_ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well! 41.A. ever 42.A. held 43.A. Both 44.A. likes 45.A. And
B. seldom B. raised B. None
C. still C. lowered C. One
D. often
D. covered
D. Each
D. watches
B. protects
C. grows
B. So C. Before D. But
46.A. arranged B. remained C. struck D. defeated
D. turned to
D. amused
47.A. appealed to B. attended to 48.A. surprised 49.A. roots 50.A. word 51.A. trees
B. frightened B. leaves
C. adapted to
C. disappointed C. branches
D. seeds
B. balance B. flowers
C. agreement C. toys
D. opinion
D. gifts
D. independent D. knew
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52.A. satisfied 53.A. believed
B. certain C. optimistic
B. remembered C. repeated
54.A. generally B. hardly C. recently
D. voluntarily
55.A. reminded B. understood 56.A. cutting 57.A. welling 58.A. Therefore 59.A. Love
C. wondered D. admitted
D. growing
B. decorating B. falling B. Besides
C. watering C. dropping C. Moreover
D. crying D. Instead
B. Water C. Disability D. Father
C. Now that
D. Even though
60.A. So long as B. If only
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If we 61____ (not run) out of energy, we would have won the match.
So when the drug 62 ___ your body, you get withdrawal 63 . I remember 64__ bad-tempered and sometimes even in pain. Secondly, you become addicted 65_______ habit. ___66 __ you know , if you do the same thing over and over again, you begin to do it __ 67_____. However, ____68 I did know was that my girlfriend thought I _ 69 ___ terrible.
It is not easy to stop smoking, but millions have __ 70 ___ to quit and 71 _ can you.
You can have HIV in your blood for a long time, but 72 HIV will damage your immune system so 73 that your body can no 74 fight disease. If you develop AIDS, your chances of 75 are very small.
61____________ 62___________ 63____________ 64___________ 65____________ 66____________ 67___________ 68____________ 69___________ 70____________ 71____________ 72___________ 73____________ 74___________ 75____________ 二 短文改错（每题1分 共10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词； 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意： 1. 每句不超过两个错误；
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