广东六校第二次联考试题英语

　　Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

　　第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　One cold night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco.There I was walking home around one o’clock in the morning after a 1 practice at the theatre. With the opening night only a week away, I was still learning my lines by heart. I was having 2 handling my part-time job at the bank in the daytime and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about 3 both acting and San Francisco. I had 4 too much of city life.

　　As I walked down the 5 streets under the tall buildings, I felt very small and cold, so I began 6 both to keep warm and to keep away from any possible robbers. Very few people were still out except a few homeless people under blankets.

　　About a block from my 7 , I heard a sound behind me. I 8 quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun. The street was empty. All I saw was a shining streetlight. Still, the noise had made me 9 ，so I started to run faster. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I 10 what the noise had been. It had been my wallet 11 to the sidewalk.

　　Suddenly I wasn’t cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I’d heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk 12 for 15 minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.

　　Just as I was about to quit the 13 , I heard the garbage truck stop to the sidewalk next to me. When a voice came from the inside, “Alisa Camacho?” I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name? The door opened and out jumped a small blonde man with an 14 look in his eyes. “Is this what you’re looking for?” He asked, holding up a wallet.

　　It was already 3 a.m. by the time I got into bed. I couldn’t get much sleep, but I had got my wallet back. I also had got back some 15 of city life. I realized the city couldn’t be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.

　　1.A.comfortable B.serious C.tiresome D.fortunate

　　2.A.comfort B.desire C.pain D.trouble

　　3.A.setting upB.giving upC.holding up D.picking up

　　4.A.expected B.changed C.controlled D.possessed

　　5.A.deserted B.crowded C.busyD.wild

　　6.A.running B.jumping C.moving D.marching

　　7.A.bank B.theatre C.apartment D.office

　　8.A.stoodB.walked C.turned D.left

　　9.A.satisfied B.confused C.frightened D.annoyed

　　10. A.turn out B.figure out C.give out D.pull out

　　11. A.belonging B.adding C.sticking D.falling

　　12. A.aimlessly B.anxiouslyC.skillfully D.delightedly

　　13. A.discovery B.research C.huntD.finding

　　14. A.amused B.unpleasant C.uneasy D.embarrassed

　　15. A.production B.judgmentC.friendship D.appreciation

　　第二节 语法填空 (共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡括号为16—25的相应位置上。

　　BEIJING---World-renowned Oxford and Cambridge have come to China 16 (attract) top-rank postgraduate students in cooperation with the China Scholarship Council.

　　Oxford made its first 17 (appear) at the China Scholarship Council's annual International Graduate Scholarship Fair, 18 opened on Saturday in Beijing. The school wants to encourage excellent Chinese students to consider 19 Oxford can offer for 20 academic and professional careers.

　　"The students came well-prepared with specific questions and were serious about the chance," said Sherwood, director of graduate admissions and funding at Oxford, who will make 21 two stops for the fair in Wuhan and Shanghai.

　　The University of Cambridge 22 (attend) the fair since its first session in 2009, and stresses that it would continue to invest to train students to be problem-solvers.

　　23 Cambridge and Oxford present at the fair in competition for 24 best and brightest, Osterfield and Sherwood agree that the two universities usually have more interest in cooperation 25 competition, except in their traditional annual boat race.

　　II. 阅读(共两节，满分50分)

　　第一节阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　It is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem. So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it?

　　The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to help patients lose weight and think it is their responsibility to do so, they often don’t know what to say.

　　“So while doctors may tell patients they are overweight, the conversation often ends there,” said Christine C. Ferguson, director of the Stop Obesity Alliance. “Patients are not told about the possibility of diabetes (糖尿病),” she said. “And doctors don’t feel they have good information to give. They felt that they didn’t have adequate tools to address this problem.

　　The lack of dialogue hurts patients, too. The patient survey, of over 1,000 adults, found that most overweight patients don’t even know that they’re too heavy. Only 39 percent of overweight people surveyed had ever been told by a health care provider that they were overweight.

　　Of those who were told they were obese, 90 percent were also told by their doctors to lose weight, the survey found. In fact most have tried to lose weight and may have been successful in the past—and many are still trying, the survey found. And many understand that losing even a small amount of weight can have a positive impact on their health and reduce their risk of obesity­related diseases like hypertension and diabetes.

　　Dr. William Bestermann Jr., medical director of Holston Medical Group, in Kingsport, Tenn. , which ranks the 10th in obesity among metropolitan areas in the United States, said the dialogue had to be an ongoing one and could not be dropped after just one mention of the problem. “If you’re to be successful with helping your patients lose weight, you have to talk to them at actually every visit about their progress, and find something to encourage them and coach them,” he said.

　　He acknowledged that many doctors tend to be not optimistic.

　　“Part of this is that there's this common belief, and doctors are burdened by it, too, that overweight people are weak-willed and just don’t have any willpower and are self­indulgent and all that business,” he said. “If you think that way, you’re not going to spend time having a productive conversation.”

　　What is the Stop Obesity Alliance most probably in Paragraph 3?

　　A. An organization of doctors suffering from obesity.

　　B. An organization of patients suffering from obesity.

　　C. A research group that conducts special surveys about overweight people.

　　D. A research group dealing with doctor-patient relationship.

　　How many of the patients surveyed have been advised by their doctors to lose weight?

　　A. About 350. B. About 390.

　　C. About 900. D. About 1,000.

　　28. What can be inferred about obesity patients in Paragraph 5?

　　A. They are not as hopeless as doctors think they are.

　　B. Most of them have tried hard to lose weight, but in vain.

　　C. Without their doctors’ constant coaching, there is little chance of their succeeding in losing weight.

　　D. Most of them have just given up their hope of becoming less heavy.

　　29. According to the passage, which factor contributes to the lack of dialogue between doctors and patients?

　　A. Most doctors never think of warning their patients about their weight problem.

　　B. Many doctors find it difficult to persuade overweight people to lose weight.

　　C. Most patients are too weak-willed to do anything about their weight.

　　D. Many patients tend not to trust their doctors about their weight problem.

　　30. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

　　A. Obesity in the U. S.

　　B. Trouble of overweight Americans.

　　C. Talk more, help better.

　　D. Doctors or patients---who to bear more blame?

　　B

　　It is pretty much a one-way street. While it may be common for university researchers to try their luck in the commercial world, there is very little traffic in the opposite direction. Pay has always been the biggest deterrent, as people with families often feel they cannot afford the drop in salary when moving to a university job. For some industrial scientists, however, the attractions of academia (学术界) outweigh any financial considerations.

　　Helen Lee took a 70% cut in salary when she moved from a senior post in Abbott Laboratories to a medical department at the University of Cambridge. Her main reason for returning to academia mid-career was to take advantage of the greater freedom to choose research questions. Some areas of inquiry have few prospects of a commercial return, and Lee’s is one of them.

　　The impact of a salary cut is probably less severe for a scientist in the early stages of a career. Guy Grant, now a research associate at the Unilever Centre for Molecular Informatics at the University of Cambridge, spent two years working for a pharmaceutical (制药的) company before returning to university as a post-doctoral researcher. He took a 30% salary cut but felt it worthwhile for the greater intellectual opportunities.

　　Higher up the ladder, where a pay cut is usually more significant, the demand for scientists with a wealth of experience in industry is forcing universities to make the transition (转换) to academia more attractive, according to Lee. Industrial scientists tend to receive training that academics do not, such as how to build a multidisciplinary team, manage budgets and negotiate contracts. They are also well placed to bring something extra to the teaching side of an academic role that will help students get a job when they graduate, says Lee, perhaps experience in manufacturing practice or product development. “Only a small number of undergraduates will continue in an academic career. So someone leaving university who already has the skills needed to work in an industrial lab has far more potential in the job market than someone who has spent all their time on a narrow research project.”

　　31. By “a one-way street” in Paragraph One, the author means ________.

　　A. university researchers know little about the commercial world

　　B. there is little exchange between industry and academia

　　C. few industrial scientists would quit to work in a university

　　D. few university professors are willing to do industrial research

　　32.The underlined word “deterrent” most probably refers to something that ________.

　　A. keeps someone from taking action

　　B. helps to move the traffic

　　C. attracts people’s attention

　　D. brings someone a financial burden

　　33. What was Helen Lee’s major consideration when she changed her job in the middle of her career?

　　A. Flexible work hours.

　　B. Her research interests.

　　C. Her preference for the lifestyle on campus.

　　D. Prospects of academic accomplishments.

　　34. Guy Grant chose to work as a researcher at Cambridge in order to ________.

　　A. do financially more rewarding work

　　B. raise his status in the academic world

　　C. enrich his experience in medical research

　　D. exploit better intellectual opportunities

　　35. What contribution can industrial scientists make when they come to teach in a university?

　　A. Increase its graduates’ competitiveness in the job market.

　　B. Develop its students’ potential in research.

　　C. Help it to obtain financial support from industry.

　　D. Gear its research towards practical applications.