2015年3月14日SAT真题答案
2015年3月十三校联考高三英语试卷
2015年3月十三校联考高三英语试卷2015.03考试时间：120分钟满分：150分第I 卷（共103分）I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. A teacher. B. A secretary. C. A nurse. D. A saleswoman.2. A. $32. B. $40. C. $64. D. $80.3. A. It makes the woman homesick. B. It won a great award.C. It’s about the woman’s childhood.D. It isn’t fun and exciting.4. A. She got a ticket for the man. B. She arrived an hour earlier than the man.C. She will treat them to some food and drinks.D. She missed the movie.5. A. He has a bad cough. B. He has a headache.C. He doe sn’t feel very well.D. He has a toothache.6. A. Cook dinner. B. Wash dishes. C. Clean the house. D. Press clothes.7. A. The set. B. The suits. C. The actors. D. The plot.8. A. An assistant. B. A teacher. C. A lawyer. D. An insurance clerk.9. A. Climb the mountain. B. Go to the forest park.C. Stay at home.D. Go to the beach.10. A. They will have breakfast together. B. The woman doesn’t need to work.C. The man will be late for work.D. The man’s work t ime begins at 9:05.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. More than US$2 million. B. More than US$20 million.C. More than US$2 trillion.D. More than US$20 trillion.12. A. Cooperation for strong action against climate change.B. The creation of 100 million jobs for women.C. The construction of an oil pipeline across the country.D. The strengthening of American worldwide leadership.13. A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Persuading citizens not to buy the latest products.B. Ending e-waste in remote areas.C. Reusing some electronic parts.D. Selling e-waste to China and other Southeast Asia countries.15. A. To save money for the government. B. To produce more profits.C. To protect the environment.D. To save resources.16. A. The rapid update of phones. B. Company marketing strategies.C. Consumer behavior.D. Customers wanting a discount.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.(A)Latin study can help Chinese learn EnglishIn 1988, I went and started to learn Mandarin in Taiwan. At first it was just the mysterious Eastern culture ___25___ attracted me, but after I read on Confucianism and Taoism, I was amazed by Chinese philosophy.In 1994, I was recommended by a friend to study with renowned philosopher Tang Yijie at Peking University as a doctoral student, ___26___ (focus) on the introduction and the spread of Christianity in China.Learning ancient languages enables us ___27___ (communicate) with ancient wise men. When I first read The Analects of Confucius in Chinese by looking up the dictionary word by word, I felt like I was talking to them who lived some 2,500 years ago, and it gave me tremendous joy.Nowadays, Chinese are crazy about learning English, ___28___ many don't know that English has been influenced by Latin in many ways, and if one wants to understand Western culture, one has to learn Latin. So I always wonder ___29___ the Chinese are so content with superficial understanding instead of seeking the roots of the language.I used to have a dream of building a language school ___30___ (dedicate) to Western classical languages, ___31___ now still seems unrealistic, but I have opened up courses in Renmin University and Beijing Normal University, and on weekends I do public teaching at the Xishiku cathedral（大教堂）and PostWave publishing company, so my dream is being partially realized.Besides teaching, I use my spare time writing books on classics studies and I ___32___ (publish) more than 30 titles so far. I see my students as my children, and want to give them my best.(B)Modified food examinedStudies on genetic modification (GM) ___33___ (mention) six times in the annual No 1 Central Document. This year’s document is the first to propose ___34___ (spread) scientific knowledge related to the use of genetic modification.This is a worthy move in that the authorities appear to have decided to break ___35___ long silence about GM technology, says Qing Chuan in an article in .For too long, opinions on genetically modified crops in China have been divided. Advocates of GM accuse opponents ___36___ fear mongering（兜售）, while opponents of GM charge supporters with either having been bought over by foreign seed companies, or ignoring threats to public health or national food security.The governmental authorities have been sponsoring studies for years but ___37___ have not talked much about the unauthorized commercialization of research achievements exposed by some reports. Occasionally, government officials have complained about the public’s ignorance and “demonization”（妖魔化）of GM technologies. Yet few of them succeeded in reassuring a worried public with ___38___ (convincing) explanations.GM technologies, GM food in particular, have been unpopular thus far not because they’ve been proven unsafe, but mostly because authorities___39___ not have been unnecessarily quiet, says Qing.The public deserves to know ___40___ is being done and why, and such knowledge will contribute to their understanding of the issue.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, it is ___41___ that one-third of food produced for human consumption worldwide annually is lost or wasted.The economic and environmental implications of food loss and waste are ___42___. More than a quarter of the world’s agricultural land is being worked to grow food that nobody ea ts.What’s the difference between food loss and food waste? Waste happens toward the back end of the food chain, at the retail and consumer level. Loss, on the other hand, mostly ___43___ at the front of the food chain — during production, post-harvest, and ___44___ —and it’s more common in the developing world, which tends to lack the base to deliver all of its food, in ___45___ shape, to consumers.In developed nations, extreme-efficient farming practices, plenty of refrigeration, and first-rate transportation and storage ___46___ that most of the food they grow makes it to the retail level. But things go rapidly south from there.Store managers ___47___ over-order, for fear of running out of a particular product. The British supermarket chain Tesco, for example, ___48___ throwing out nearly 50,000 tons of food within their UK stores during the latest financial year.Consumers are also to ___49___. We often order too much food in restaurants without taking leftovers home. We overbuy when there is a discount for invitingly packaged food. When we store food, many of us take “use by” dates literally, and we suffer no ___50___ for dumping eatable food into a bin.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: 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.Do you often feel tired in the morning even though you’ve been in bed for seven or eight hours the night before? Like many people, you are not sleeping as much as you think you are. ___51___, your sleep efficiency is not that good.Sleep experts __52__ “sleep efficiency” as the percentage of time that you are actually sleeping.According to explanatory journalism website , the science of sleep efficiency is still young. There is no ___53___ number for efficiency that’s been proven as linked to poor health. However, according to a New York Times report about sleep ___54___, some experts make a rough estimate of 85 percent or above as a decent place to be.Besides avoiding caffeine intake after lunch and ___55___ physical exercise before bed, here are more tips for improving sleep efficiency.Avoid blue light at nightShort wavelength blue light, ___56___ by the sun and by the screens of computers, iPads and smartphones, stops production of the sleep-stimulating hormone melatonin（褪黑激素）and makes you feel more ___57___. Blue light tells your brain it’s daytime. Experts suggest turning off your computers and smartphones one hour or at least 30 minutes before bed. You can also try installing apps that can filter blue light on your ___58___.Keep a ___59___ sleep scheduleGo to bed and wake up at the same time, or ___60___ the same time, every day. Avoid excessive sleeping on the weekend. Consistency is the key to a good night’s sleep, especially when it comes to waking up. When you have a consistent wake-up time, your brain ___61___ to this and moves through the sleep cycle in preparation for you to feel rested and alert at your wake-up time. Roughly an hour before you wake, hormone levels increase gradually (along with your body temperature and blood pressure), ___62___ you to become more alert.Take napsOne of the biggest ___63___ in melatonin production happens during the 1 to 3 pm time frame, which explains why most people feel sleepy in the afternoon. If you aren’t getting enough sleep at night, you’re likely going to feel ___64___ to sleep in the afternoon. When this happens, you’re better off taking a short nap (less than 30 minutes) than turning to caffeine or strong tea to keep you awake. A short nap will give you the rest you need to ___65___ the rest of the afternoon, and you’ll sleep much better in the evening than if you drink caffeine or take a long afternoon nap.51. A. By contrast B. In other words C. In conclusion D. On the contrary52. A. treat B. serve C. work D. define53. A. specific B. effective C. general D. precious 54. A. quantity B. absence C. quality D. advance55. A. undertaking B. restricting C. performing D. referring56. A. given off B. given away C. given in D. given over57. A. sleepy B. unconscious C. exhausted D. alert58. A. installations B. appliances C. devices D. computers59. A. various B. distinct C.habitual D. changeable60. A. relatively B. exactly C. gradually D. respectively61. A. adopts B. adapts C. devotes D. dedicates62. A. commanding B. permitting C. reminding D. causing63. A. problems B. peaks C. advantages D. weaknesses64. A. depressive B. accurate C. desperate D. attentive65. A. see to B. break through C. take to D. get throughSection BDirections:Read the following four passages. 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 read.（A）You will never stay the same person.Several recent research studies show a person’s personality naturally changes over time in response to life events and most people tend to improve their personalities as they mature.“Personality means a characteris tic pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving that is consistent over time and across situations,” says Christopher Soto, a research psychologist at Colby College in Maine, US., who thinks that personality is about 50 percent innate and 50 percent learned.Psychologists usually use the Big Five personality model —the human personality can be divided into five broad categories — openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism（神经质）and extroversion（外向）.Some personality types are more successful than others. Soto says people who are more conscientious tend to do better in the workplace and school. People who score high on agreeableness and low on neuroticism tend to have more satisfying and stable relationships. Extroverts do better in social and entrepreneurial（创业的）occupations.According to Soto, even small changes in a person’s personality can produce important effects on relationships, career, health and happiness. But change takes time.“You start by changing the behavior and then, if you can maintain that new behavior over time, it gets cultivated,” Soto says.Where do you start? “First, we have to recognize which pieces of our personality affect us,” says Richard Levak, a well-known personality expert. “If I am always getting fired because I get intoarguments with co-workers and always blame others, then I have to realize that I have to change something,” he says.Don’t set your expectations too high. Be patient. Warren Ke nnaugh, a behavioral strategist in Sydney, Australia, says it’s important to start small. Identify a first step and then practice it without worrying about the primary results. “It’s like learning to kick a football, you focus on the steps, not whether it goes in the goal,” The Wall Street Journal quoted him as saying.You should also let the people close to you know what you’re doing. “Not only can they be supportive,” Kennaugh says, “but a change for you can also mean a change for them — one they may not want or be ready for, if they aren’t told beforehand.”66. The word "innate" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to________________.A. instructiveB. inbornC. indifferentD. informative67. If Steve is a successful sales manager, who always gets well along with others, he probably has the personality model of ________________.A. agreeableness and extroversionB. conscientiousness and neuroticismC. agreeableness and neuroticismD. openness and neuroticism68. We can learn from the passage that both Soto and Kennaugh think that ________________.A. adequate time and patience are needed in developing new personalitiesB. when in trouble, one always needs to reflect on his own behaviorsC. one must begin with small things to cultivate new personalitiesD. we are often not sure of the impact of our personalities on our life69. What is this passage mainly about?A. People tend to be changeable as they mature.B. We can easily alter our personalities in a short time.C. Only those of great patience can change their personalities.D. We can improve our personalities with some proper strategies.(B)It’s often interesting to take a look at some of the lists that arrive toward the end of the year such as top devices, best gadgets, most desirable high-tech gift and more. Apart from cell phones and tablets, and Apple and Samsung products, this year many other gadgets made it on the most wanted list from Yahoo Tech and the most searched list from . Read on to find out what they are.Wireless headphonePortable Bluetooth headphones represent the next evolution in headphone technology. If you have a compatible smartphone with Bluetooth, the obvious benefit is that you can get rid of the wires snaking from your backpack or pocket. Many of the wireless headphones in the market also have a built-in microphone for taking calls hands-free. Product to buy:Beats Studio WirelessFeatures:Signature look, and powerful audio performance with intense bass and high-mid boosting, plus plenty of accessories.Price:1,898 yuanSmartwatchThe primary advantage of a smartwatch over traditional watches is that they reduce how often you have to pull your phone out of your pocket. With it, the information on your smartphone goes straight to your wrist, and you can decide first if they are worth dealing with.Product to buy:Pebble smartwatchFeatures:Understated design, with easy setup and instant information, and customizable watch faces, plus syncs（同步）with Android or iOS.Price:$99 (about 612 yuan)Portable Bluetooth speakerBluetooth speakers are steadily growing in popularity because they let you take the party anywhere. They can be paired with your music device, and they are able to withstand incidental bumps. Though small in size, Bluetooth speakers provide a steady soundtrack for even the lengthiest bacchanalia（狂欢）.Product to buy:Logitech UE BoomFeatures:Water and stain resistant, 360-degree sound, 15 hour battery life, with a variety of color patterns.Price:1,499 yuanFitness bandBasically, fitness bands are smartwatches without the watch. They keep track of your exercise progress and, at the same time, allow you to monitor vitals such as your heart rate, calories burned and amount of time spent exercising. Some even monitor your sleep patterns.Product to buy:Fitbit FlexFeatures:Long battery life (five days), with silent vibrating alarm, and wireless syncing to smartphones.Price:898 yuan70. Which of the following words can best summarize the common feature of the above products?A. CheapB. AndroidC. WirelessD. Wearable71. How much money is he likely to spend on some of the products if a man is an enthusiastic musical fan?A. 2510 yuanB. 3397 yuanC. 2397 yuanD. 1510 yuan72. According to the first paragraph, a smartphone that ________________ is a compatible one.A. has a large capacityB. represents technological evolutionC. goes with other devicesD. has a signature look73. Which of the following statements is Not True according to the passage?A. Tablets are on the most wanted list of high-tech products of this year.B. Beats Studio Wireless features plenty of accessories.C. Smartwatch and Fitness band are similar products to some extent.D. All the products can sync with Android or iOS.(C)America’s businesses are getting older and fatter, while many new businesses are dying in infancy.A study last month by the Brookings Institution found that the proportion of older firms has grown steadily over several decades, while the survival rate of new companies has fallen. In addition, young people are starting companies at a sharply lower rate than in the past.A new report from the National Association of Manufacturers shows a major cause: The cost of obeying government regulations has risen to more than $2 trillion (12.26 trillion yuan) annually, or 12 percent of the GDP, and this cost falls disproportionately on smaller, newer businesses.It’s risky, difficult and expensive to start a business, and getting more so. Governments are imposing various new rules on a seemingly daily basis: health insurance, minimum wage increases and, most recently in California, compulsory paid sick days for even hourly employees. These regulations shift huge social welfare costs directly onto often-struggling small businesses, while being proportionally much less costly for larger companies.This is partly an unintended issue of resources - established companies can cope with new costs more easily —but it’s also del iberate. For instance, big insurance companies got a seat at the table to help write Obamacare, but less politically powerful firms - like medical device manufacturers - got squeezed.Mature, successful corporations can employ ex-lawmakers with connections, distribute campaign contributions and even write regulations for themselves. They are also more likely to want to protect steady revenue streams than revolutionize their industry.Major companies that have been so ill-managed they would otherwise collapse — airlines, car companies and banks - stagger（蹒跚）on because politicians ride to the rescue with bags of taxpayer money.The genius of our unique system of government is the determination to protect and defend the rights of the individual over the rights of the nation. As such, the rise of a well-connected oligarchy （寡头政治）that protects big business at the expense of small business, and the established over the new, is opposite to American ideals.Income inequality - which is directly caused by faulty government policy — is being promoted as the reason to impose more of that bad policy. But let’s be perfectly clear, we do not have a free market but one where government picks winners and losers through regulations and financial aids.Politics is, and always has been, about balancing competing interests seeking to benefit themselves, and that’s as it should be, but the force of government should never be used to reduce competition, kill innovation or support and extend artificial monopolies（垄断）by harming the consumer, the taxpayer and the economy. Policy must breed our new and small businesses or see the as-yet undreamed of innovations that could be our bright future die in infancy.74. We can learn from the passage that ________________.A. over several decades, new companies have grown steadilyB. The cost of obeying government regulations falls equally on all businessesC. less politically powerful firms also have their voice in making regulationsD. mature, successful corporations prefer to maintain their stable incomes75. We can infer from the last three paragraphs that _________________.A. the rise of a well-connected oligarchy is contrary to American idealsB. the state economy may depends on those innovative businessesC. income inequality is what the government should take action to resolveD. the government picks winners and losers through the law of free market76. It can be concluded from the passage that _________________.A. Larger and older firms have a command of resources of various aspectsB. most of the ex-lawmakers work in mature, successful corporationsC. politicians like providing financial aids to the companies of worse operationD. big insurance companies have better relationship with Obama77. As to the development of smaller businesses, the writer is ________________.A. contentedB. confidentC. concernedD. convincedSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.The European Space Agency landed a probe（探查器）on a comet（彗星）on Nov 12, a first in space exploration and the highlight of a 10-year journey.Despite some initial faults during the probe’s landing procedure, Philae is now stable on the surface of the comet and sent back its first images on Nov 13.Besides the technical and operational lessons learned from this event, scientists hope that samples drilled out from the comet, known as 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, will unlock details about how the planets – and possibly even life – evolved. Leroy Chiao, a former NASA astronaut, explained in an article that there are theories that impacting comets helped seed the Earth with most of its water, and perhaps with the basic chemical building blocks of life itself.Philae, if successful, will analyze the comet’s soil and determine the quantities of water, nucleic （核素的）and amino（氨基的）acids present. These data will help cast more light on comet-seeding theories. In short, says Chiao, Philae and Rosetta (the mother ship) are prepared to help answer fundamental questions on one possible mechanism of the creation of life.The comet 67P was discovered in 1969. It is a roughly 3-by-5 km rock moving around the sun at 65,983 kilometers per hour. Rosetta, reached it in an extremely complicated path in August after a journey of 6.4 billion km that took 10 years, five months and four days, a mission that cost close to $1.8 billion (11 billion yuan).The US has a small part in the Rosetta mission as some NASA instruments are on board. Scott Martelle, writing in the Los Angeles Times, says the mission thrills us not just because of the knowledge the mission might bring us, but “because of what it says about the fruits of international cooperation, of imagination and vision, and of endless curiosity.”We spend so much time on the close horizons of our lives, Martelle says: “But moments like the landing of the Philae give us a reason to look up, above the horizon. This is where the future of civilization lies, in these joint explorations pressing the edges of our shared ignorance to see what we can learn.”(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS)78. Scientists are excited about the samples to be drilled out from the comet, in hope of______________________________________________________________________________.79. The comet-seeding theories seem to imply that _____________________________________ provided by the crashing comets may have helped create the life on earth.80. Give another example of the excitement this mission can bring besides the new knowledge.81. According to Martelle, what should we do for better future civilization?第II卷(共47分)I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentence into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 青年人应该满怀理想。
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具体内容如下：The extract is taken from a book written sixty years ago by a British scientist in which heconsiders the relationship between science and society.The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that itsintroduction into education would remove the conventionality,artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were characteristic;of classical studies, but they were gravely disappointed. So, too, in5 their time had the humanists thought that the study of the classical authors in the original would banish at once the dull pedantry and superstition of mediaeval scholasticism.The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull 10 and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid.The chief claim for the use of science in education is that it teaches a child something about the actual universe in which he is living, in making him acquainted with the results of scientific 15 discovery, and at the same time teaches him how to think logically and inductively by studying scientific method.A certain limited success has been reached in the first of these aims, but practically none at all in the second. Those privileged members of the community who have been through a secondary or public school 20 education may be expected to know something about the elementary physics and chemistry of a hundred years ago, but they probably know hardly more than any bright boy can pick up from an interest in wireless or scientific hobbies out of school hours.As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably 25 a farce. Actually, for the convenience of teachers and the requirements of the examination system, it is necessary that the pupils not only do not learn scientific method but learn precisely the reverse, that is, to believe exactly what they are told and to reproduce it when asked, whether it seems nonsense to them or 30 not.The way in which educated people respond to such quackeries as spiritualism or astrology, not to say more dangerous ones such as racial theories or currency myths, shows that fifty years of education in the method of science in Britain or Germany has produced no visible effect whatever. The only way of learning the 35 method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience, and, until the educational or social systems are altered to make this possible, the best we can expect is the production of a minority of people who are able to acquire some of the techniques of science and a still smaller minority who are able to use and 40 develop them.1. The author implies that the 'professional schoolmaster' (line 7) hasA. no interest in teaching scienceB. thwarted attempts to enliven educationC. aided true learningD. supported the humanistsE. been a pioneer in both science and humanities.2. The author’s attitude to secondary and public school education in the scie nces isA. ambivalentB. neutralC. supportiveD. satiricalE. contemptuous3. The word ‘palpably’ (line 24) most nearly meansA. empiricallyB. obviouslyC. tentativelyD. markedlyE. ridiculously4. The author blames all of the following for the failure to impart scientific method through the education system exceptA. poor teachingB. examination methodsC. lack of direct experienceD. the social and education systemsE. lack of interest on the part of students5. If the author were to study current education in science to see how things have changed since he wrote the piece, he would probably be most interested in the answer to which of the following questions?A. Do students know more about the world about them?B. Do students spend more time in laboratories?C. Can students apply their knowledge logically?D. Have textbooks improved?E. Do they respect their teachers?6. Astrology (line 31) is mentioned as an example ofA. a science that needs to be better understoodB. a belief which no educated people holdC. something unsupportable to those who have absorbed the methods of scienceD. the gravest danger to societyE. an acknowledged failure of science7. All of the following can be inferred from the text exceptA. at the time of writing, not all children received a secondary school educationB. the author finds chemical reactions interestingC. science teaching has imparted some knowledge of facts to some childrenD. the author believes that many teachers are authoritarianE. it is relatively easy to learn scientific method.2015年SAT阅读理解练习题答案解析1.Correct Answer: BExplanation:When we look back to line 7, we read, "The professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them, and has almost managed to make the understanding of chemical reactions as dull and as dogmatic an affair as the reading of Virgil's Aeneid."This tells us that the schoolmaster has made learning dull. And so we eliminate answers C and Ewhich imply he has done something good.But to be sure of the answer we should also read the previous sentences. We learn that, "The pioneers of the teaching of science imagined that its introduction into education would remove the conventionality, artificiality, and backward-lookingness which were characteristic of classicalstudies......" This section tells us that other people tried to alter the nature of education, but the"professional schoolmaster was a match for both of them". He therefore prevented (thwarted) these attempts, and the answer is B.2.Correct Answer: EExplanation:To find the attitude, try asking yourself whether the author is positive, negative or neutral to the subject. Then look for the evidence. Here, it is obvious that he thinks that nothing very valuable is learned in school about science and scientific method. He is therefore negative. Eliminate the neutral (A and B) words, and the positive (C), and then decide between D and E. He seems to be expressing contempt rather than mocking. And so E is the best choice.3.Correct Answer: BExplanation:Go back to the text and find a word of your own to replace ‘palpably’ before you even look at the choices. We read, "As to the learning of scientific method, the whole thing is palpably a farce."Here, I could substitute‘obviously’ or ‘clearly’. As it happens, one of the words is there in the choices. (B). If it had not been there, there would have been something sufficiently similar to make a choice.4.Correct Answer: EExplanation:Be caref ul on ‘except’ questions. You are looking for something the author does not do.He does blame poor teaching, (lines 7-10), exams (line 26), social and education systems (line 36),lack of direct experience (lines34-38), but he never blames the students. Hence answer E.5.Correct Answer: CExplanation:This is an ‘inference’ question. We need to find out what the author’s main complaint is. This concern of the author will tells us what he would like to see. From lines 11 to 18 in particular we learn that he is especially interested in whether a student can apply his or her knowledge. So, we conclude that answer C is best.6.Correct Answer: CExplanation:Astrology is mentioned as a ‘quackery’. Quackery is something that claims to be true but is act ually based on falsity. He implies that people are fooled by astrology, but he also implies that there are other more ‘dangerous’ideas. So we eliminate A, B and D. It is not likely that astrology is a ‘failure of science’, but it is something that scientists would not approve of. Hence answer C.7.Correct Answer: EExplanation:This is an ‘except’ question. Be careful! You are looking for something that cannot be inferred from the text. We can find evidence that the author finds reactions interesting (line 9), and that children have learnt some facts (beginning of the second paragraph), and that he thinks teachers are strict (line 10 and part of paragraph 2). We can also infer from the use of the phrase ‘privileged members’ (line 18) that he believes that not all received secondary education. But we find that he thinks it is hard to learn scientific method- ‘The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience". And so we choose E.。
3月14日是什么日子
3月14日是什么日子各位读友大家好，此文档由网络收集而来，欢迎您下载，谢谢甜言蜜语我想在一百年之后我一定还是像现在一样爱你我不要短暂的温存,只要你一世的陪伴我的猫很皮，可不可以帮我管它...只因你太美好令我无法坦白说出我爱你我依然在这里，等待你的归期百花入眼，但钟情就那么一个你| 陪| 伴| 文| 化| 心灵的伴侣，有你陪伴，不再孤单微信：hoyondtie篇三：2015年3月14日SAT真题答案全国咨询热线：4000-365-9672015年3月14日SAT真题答案2015年3月14日SAT真题答案下载：/retype/zoom/60f0f85d84254b35effd348f? pn=1&x=0&y=14&raww=893&rawh=60 &o=png_6_0_0_0_0_0_0__&type=pic&ai mh=&md5sum=fad90d2c208291eeb5b8a6 6a93a81615&sign=a868c6cc2e&zoom=& png=0-3919&jpg=0-0” target=“_blank”>点此查看全国咨询热线：4000-365-967时代焦点SAT机经是考生备考必备，包含最新最全最权威的考前预测机经，首家使用北美真题的机构，中标率高，个性化练习使备考不再枯燥乏味。
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2015年3月公共英语三级真题及答案解析
D.She doesn´t know whether Professor Arnold has arrived.
第3题
Who answered the phone?
A.James Clock.
B.Mary.
C.History.
puter programming.
第8题
What does the man mean?
A.The library no longer had the book on reserve.
B.The library closed earlier than he´d expected.
C.Sue.
D.Not mentioned.
第4题
How does the man feel about his grade?
A.It was an improvement.
B.It was disappointing.
C.It was unfair.
D.It was satisfying.
第5题
What does the woman mean?
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A.English.
B.Chemistry.
C.History.
D.Chinese.
第7题
Which subject does the woman like most?
A.Science.
B.Maths.
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第14题
Where is the Bank of English created?
2015年3月14日SAT真题答案
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以下是2015年3月14日SAT真题答案部分内容：1. Jacob felt great ______ about his upcoming trip to Brazil; indeed, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm.A. concernB. uncertaintyC. confusionD. generosityE. excitement中文释义：雅各布对于即将开始的巴西之旅感到非常兴奋，确实是这样，他几乎难以抑制他的热情。
题意解析：分号后是对前半句的进一步解释说明，表明雅各布对于巴西之旅很期待，因此他的感受应该是比较兴奋，E项正确，A项意思是关注，B项是不确定，C项是混乱，D项是慷慨大方，均不合句意。
pcoming：即将到来的;forthcoming, approachingcontain：1. 包含 comprise, include;2. 控制;to keep within limits; 3. 容纳;to have with, hold; 4. 牵制;check, halt2. The professor’s classroom manner was quite_____, never revealing the warmth and playfulness she showed in private.A. wittyB. sincereC. livelyD. formalE. friendly小马机经app是考生备考神器，内含最新最全最权威的考前预测机经，中标率搞，个性化练习使备考不再枯燥乏味，而且是完全免费，绿色无广告。
2015年3月14日托福阅读真题回忆
2015年3月14日托福阅读真题回忆机经词汇：Chaotic=disorderedCoalesce=joinDefining=importantDesignation=identificationLateral=sideRetain=preserveDomestic=householdConstantDurableAggregation第一篇：眼睛的起源考生回忆：文章开始说，眼睛只存在于多细胞动物中，但是单细胞动物可能可以感知光线的。
然后提到了寒武纪，在寒武纪的时候化石数量激增，说明有动物大爆发。
然后提到了一种B的生物，它的化石是关于动物有眼睛的第一个直接证据。
同时在化石中找到了软组织，所以可以保存下来确实很不容易。
但是B的眼睛还是太先进了，所以科学家认为first eyes 应该出现在B之前。
总之文章主线就是说一个时代X没有完整清晰的化石证明物种有眼睛，后来有一个时代Y又有了完整的化石证据。
科学家推断在这两个X与Y的时期之间，物种就已经演化出了眼睛。
解析：物种起源类主题的文章是托福阅读常考的文章。
这一类文章通常段落结构清晰，主题明确，对背景的描述会比较详尽，不会出现因为背景知识的生疏而严重影响对于文章理解的情况。
需要注意的是，必须提前对相关类型的TPO文章的生词熟悉，尽量减少生词恐惧带来的内耗。
推荐TPO30的文章The Pace of Evolutionary Change第二篇：地球大气的形成考生回忆：大气的形成是从行星的形成开始讲的。
先讲了行星的形成，各种碰撞各种剧烈的过程，形成了早期的地球。
由于高温，所以较重的铁元素下沉，形成地核，于是就组建有了地磁场，轻一点物质的就向上drift，形成了地幔和地壳以及大陆，再轻一点的气体就从地面上冒出来。
但是大部分的氢气和氧气都跑掉了。
之后，大量的火山爆发喷出各种气体和水，这也是大气的原材料。
同时各种形成行星的物质围着太阳转呀转，然后继续各种相互碰撞，还形成了月球。
2015届广东省广雅中学高三3月月考英语卷(解析)
广东省广雅中学2014-2015学年高三下学期3月月考英语试题试卷总评：整套试卷突出了语言运用能力的考查。
完形填空内容易懂但个别选项有难度，语法填空选择的材料也比较简单，所填空设计到了，名词、冠词、代词、从句、非谓语动词，可以说考查比较基础、全面。
阅读难度不高，且试题以细节理解题为主，阅读理解题阅读量不大。
信息匹配题时代感较强，学生比较感兴趣，阅读难度中等，学生确定确定关键信息基本没什么问题。
总的来说，整套试卷的难度小，属偏易范畴，比较有利于提升高三学子的自信心。
Ⅰ语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)【题文】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。
In the last 20 years of my life, I have been interested in self-improvement and applying it to myself in many ways. And of course all through that time I have learnt a lot and made it much1.So in the last 3 months I seem to have reached this2high level. I feel a miracle has happened to me, in fact the other day I couldn‟t stop staring at myself in the3making sure all these wonderful things were happening to me! Then I cried a small4, not because of what I looked like, but because I was so5for the person I had become.Several things have happened to make me6ensure that my track in life has truly7. I moved back to my hometown after being away a decade and was astonished that so many people8 my name in a nice way, greeted me and9me back. And over the next 3 months they were excited for my growth. At the10where I exhibit today, people come over and greet me, I see the 11on their faces when they talk to me frankly and12. Thus I think they are13my expression or style. I know I give them a good feeling at the fairs not just from keeping my expression open, understanding, kind but with a14smile in all the right places. But now I do feel that what I have done for the people may bring them a bit of sympathy.And most of all I believe in the mirror15. I have ever been doing the hard work, improving myself and now I feel it‟s coming back to me in absolute roads and I am considered to bea man of great future.1. A. easierB. healthierC. happierD. better2. A. wonderfulB. helpful C. usefulD. harmful3. A. windowB. mirrorC. areaD. road4. A. sorrowB. fearC. tearD. voice5. A. hopefulB. anxiousC. gratefulD. proud6. A. nearlyB. really C. hardlyD. equally7. A. appearedB. improved C. movedD. changed8. A. rememberedB. recognized C. calledD. reminded9. A. tookB. welcomed C. turnedD. got10. A. marketsB. tradesC. halls D. fairs11. A. expressionB. impression C. confusionD. emotion12. A. slowlyB. sincerely C. loudly D. annually13. A. copyingB. shaping C. showingD. learning14. A. braveB. quiet C. sweet D. simple15. A. valueB. reflection C. effect D. function【答案】【知识点】B1记叙文【文章综述】本文主要讲述作者20年来一直注重自我形象的提升，并通过隐性例子说明镜子效应的积极意义。
2015年3月14日雅思考试全科真题回忆(网友版)
2015年3月14日雅思考试全科真题回忆（网友版）2015年3月14日雅思考试已经结束，新通外语广州学校小编第一时间整理了雅思全科考试真题回忆，供大家参考使用。
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2015年3月14日雅思听力真题回忆(网友版)S1 rental house price per weekS2：动物保护中心招volunteerS3：两个学生讨论English language projectS4：Australia literature 发展史2015年3月14日雅思阅读真题回忆(网友版)第一篇：茶叶的历史list of heading &matching第二篇：只能体贴管理是否接还是挂电话提高工作效率减少打扰TFNG 流程图填空第三篇厨艺和科学的结合科学走进厨房厨师走进实验室YNNG 单选句子完成配对(其实相当于人名+理论)略难2015年3月14日雅思写作回忆(网友版)task 1:两种一次性杯子聚苯乙烯和纸杯制造过程所话费的材料对比，一个耗蒸汽一个耗木头task 2：Some working parents believe that childcare centers can provide the best care to children too young to go to school while others believe that grandparents can take good care of children. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.2015年3月14日雅思口语考试真题回忆（网友版）留学改变人生，教育改变中国！2015年3月14日雅思口语考试真题回忆：深圳Room6，Super nice的女考官，干练短发很好看。
趴一apartment or flat; handwriting; stores; 趴兔book recently read; 趴三adults and children reading habits展开; electronic and real books展开。
2015年3月14日托福写作真题回忆
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综合写作 Reading
Listening 广告会对人们造成不好
的影响 广告对于人们是有正面的好处。
1 广告不客观：故意隐瞒某些不利信息。
1 顾客只会把广告作为理解的开始。
他们会通过研究，上网或者问医生来了解详情，最后会非常了解实际情况。
2 广告过后销量大幅提升，这会导致药物滥用 2 广告导致的销量的提升和错误的广告之间没有直接
关系。
举了个尼古丁贴片的例子。
人们在广告前压根不知道它，但是由于有了广告之后，人们知道了产品，
从未帮助销量上升。
3 广告中有错误信息，同时政府无法全力监管，从未导致部分人转空子。
3政府没有办法监管所有的广告，但是如果有虚假广告，政府会收到投诉并且开出巨额罚单。
这对企业而言会得不偿失。
所以企业不敢乱来。
独立写作
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People spend too much money on their pets even though there can be other good ways to spend money. Give details and examples to support your response.
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江西省六校2015届高三3月联考英语试题及答案
江西省六校2015届高三3月联考英语试题第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分1.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why has the man moved to New York?A. To receive education.B. To work there.C. To look after his parents.2. Which of the following channels does the man like best?A. Movie channel.B. Fashion channel.C. Sports channel.3. What is the man doing now?A. Making the work plan.B. Buying something for office.C. Arranging his schedule.4. What's the relationship between the two speakers?A. Boss and employee.B. Mum and son.C. Teacher and student.5. How was the weather last week?A. Windy.B. Sunny.C. Foggy.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至第7两个小题。
6. What do the two speakers talk about?A. A film star.B. An interesting movie.C. A book.7. When did Dennis Hopper begin his career?A. When he was 9 years old.B. When he was 13 years old.C. When he was 19 years old.听第7段材料，回答第8至第9两个小题。
2015年3月14日托福真题预测
2015年3月14日托福独立真题预测（2）社会生活类1. Does easier-prepared food improve people’s life style?2. The essential thing I want to change about my hometown3. Live in a tiny town or in a city? 4. Eat inside home or out?5. What makes a kindness neighbor?6. W hat’s your perspective on a new restaurant built in your neighborhood?7. Is physical exercise much more crucial for the old than the young?8. Should children be permitted to make their own choices?9. Should pets be treated as family members?10. Does progress always work?11. Should historic sites be preserved or be replaced with modern buildings?12. Has the automobile improved modern life or caused serious problems?13. Spend money exploring outer space, or for basic needs on Earth?14. What is one thing you will do to improve your community?成功成才类 15. What does success come from, taking risks or careful planning?成功来自冒险还是缜密计划? 16. Does luck have anything to do with success?运气与成功有关吗?17. Should you be more like others than be different from every one else for success?为了成功，你应该更像其他人还是与其他人不同？ 18. Are classmates a more important influence than parents on a child’s success in school?孩子学业上的成功，同学的影响比父母的更大吗? 19. The most important characteristic that a person can have to be successful in life获得成功最重要的品质20. Only people who earn a lot of money are successful?只有赚很多钱的人才是成功人士吗？教育学习类 21. Should high schools allow students to study the courses that students want to study? 中学是否应该让学生自行决定所学课程? 22. Should a school buy computers or books?学校应该买电脑还是书籍? 23. Classes: teachers lecture or students do some of the talking?课堂授课：全由老师讲授，还是学生参与部分讨论? 24. Should higher education be available all students or only to good students?高等教育应该面向全体学生，还是仅面向好学生? 25. Do you like a new high school to be built in your community?你赞成在你的社区建一所新的高中吗? 26. Why do people attend college?人们为什么上大学？ 27. Are parents the best teachers?父母是最好的老师吗？ 28. Attending classes: required or optional?出席课堂：必须还是可选? 29. Learn by yourself or with a teacher?自学还是从师? 30. Should all teachers take courses every five years to update their knowledge?所有的老师需要每隔五年学习课程更新知识吗? 31. Should younger school children be required to study art and music in addition to other su bjects?除了其他学科，学生应该学习艺术和音乐吗？ 32. Are the college years are the best time in a person’s life?大学时光是人生中最好的时光吗？ 33. What do you think of studying abroad?你如何看待出国留学？ 34. Is daily homework necessary for students?日常家庭作业对于学生是否必要? 35. Do grades encourage students to learn?分数能激励学生学习吗? 36. Should students be required to take classes in many subjects or to specialize in one subjec t?学生应该学习多门课程还是应该术业有专攻? 37. Should teachers be paid according to how much their students learn?应该按学生所学多少来为教师付酬吗? 工作就业类 38. Should people take a secure job immediately when they find one instead of waiting for the jobs that they find more satisfying?找到一份安稳的工作立即接受而不是等着再找一份满意的工作，这样做应该吗？ 39. What makes a good co-worker?好同事需具备哪些品质? 40. A large company or a small one, which do you want to work for?就职于大公司还是小公司? 41. Reasons why people work other than earning a living除了生存人们工作的其他原因 42. Is money the most important aspect of a job?钱是工作中最应看重的吗? 43. Be self-employed, work for someone else, or own a business?自己单干，受雇于人，还是拥有自己的公司? 44. Choosing a job: high-paying with long working hours, or low-paying with short working hours?选择何种工作：高薪但工作时间长，还是低薪但工作时间短? 艺术文化类 45. Whom in your country would you choose to build a statue for?你会选择为你国家的哪个人塑像? 46. A custom from your country that you would like people from other countries to adopt一种你希望被其他国家的人采纳的本国习俗 47. Where would you recommend for a foreign visitor for one day?你会推荐一个外国游客去你国家的什么地方游览一天? 48. Does dancing play an important role in a culture?舞蹈是一种文化的重要组成部分吗? 49. Follow the customs of the new country you are in, or keep your own customs?入乡随俗还是保留自己国家的习俗? 50. Why is music important to many people?音乐何以对人们非常重要? 生活休闲类 51. Why do people visit museums?人们为什么要参观博物馆? 52. Do you travel alone or with a companion?你独自旅行或结伴而行? 53. Movies: serious or entertaining?电影：严肃还是娱乐? 54. Are games equally important for adults and children?游戏对于成年人和孩童同样重要吗? 55. Is traveling in a group led by a tour guide the best way to travel?跟团旅行是最好的旅行方式吗? 56. Is reading fiction more enjoyable than watching movies?读小说是否比看电影更有趣? 57. The advantages and disadvantages of young children spending much time practicing sport s.儿童把大量时间用于体育运动的利与弊 58. Is playing a game fun only when you win?只有获胜，游戏才好玩吗? 59. Leisure activities: outdoors or indoors?喜欢户外还是室内的休闲活动? 资源环境类 60. Does human activity improve or damage the earth?人类活动是改善还是破坏了地球? 61. Land for human needs or endangered animals土地用于人类需求还是濒危动物 62. How would you use some land given to you?你将如何使用给你的土地? 63. What natural resource that is disappearing needs to be saved?哪种正在消失的自然资源需要保护? 64. Land in your country to be left in its natural condition or to be developed? 贵国的土地：保持原貌还是加以开发? 生活方式类 65. Which is important, making large amounts of money or earning a comfortable living?挣很多的钱和获得舒适的生活，哪一个重要？ 66. Spend your earned money immediately or save it for future?马上花掉挣来的钱好还足为将来攒钱好? 67. Which kind of life do you like, get up early or get up late?你喜欢早起还是晚起? 68. Do what you already do well or try new things?轻车熟路还是勇于创新? 69. Live life in a hurry or at a slower pace?慢节奏生活还是快节奏生活? 70. Living in places that have the same climate all year long, or in areas where the climate ch anges several times a year?住在气候终年不变的地方，还是住在气候一年数变的地方? 71. What are the best ways of reducing stress?缓解压力的最好方式是什么? 72. Doing work by hand or using machines?手工劳动，还是机械作业? 73. Living on campus or off campus?住在大学校内还是校外? 74. Planning or not planning for your leisure time?对闲暇时间计划与否 75. Which approach to life do you prefer, a life with change or without?你喜欢何种生活方式，经常变动的还是一成不变的? 朋友关系类 76. Choose friends who are different from you or similar to you?选择与自己不同还是与自己相似的朋友? 77. Can borrowing money from a friend harm the friendship?向朋友借钱会伤害友情吗? 78. Spend time with one or two close friends, or with a large number of friends?与一两个亲密朋友在一起，还是与许多朋友在一起? 79. Which is the most important influence on young adults, family or friends? 家庭和朋友，谁对年轻人的影响最大? 永恒话题类 80. Which is more important, book knowledge or experience?书本知识与经验哪个更重要? 81. Does history have any value for people living in the present?历史对现代人有价值吗? 82. Should one judge a person by external appearances?是否可以以貌取人? 83. Should people make important decisions alone?人们是否应该独自做重要决定? 84. Working with a team or working independently?与人协作还是单枪匹马? 科学技术类 85. Choose one technological innovation that you think is important选择一个你认为重要的科技创新 86. A transportation vehicle that has changed people’s lives改变人类生活的一种交通工具 87. Computers and human life电脑与人类生活 88. Has technology made the world a better place to live?科技使世界变得更美好了吗? 89. Internet information: valuable or problematic?网络信息：有价值还是带来问题? 90. Have telephone and email made communication between people less personal?电话和电子邮件使得人们的交往不那么亲密? 媒体传播类 91. The influence of movies and television on people’s behavior电影和电视对人们行为的影响 92. Has television destroyed communication among people?电视是否破坏了人们之间的交流? 93. Is it true that media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people?传媒是否过于关注名人的私生活? 94. Do advertisements promote things we do not need or products that may improve our lives?广告是宣传无用之物还是宣传改善生活之物? 95. Is watching television bad for children?看电视对儿童有害吗? 企业商业类 96. The advantages and disadvantages of a new factory near my community社区附近建新工厂的利与弊 97. Should businesses hire employees for their entire lives?公司应该终生雇用职员吗? 98. Support the arts or protect the environment?赞助艺木还是支持环保? 99. Should businesses do anything they can to make a profit?商业是否可以为谋利益不择手段? 100. Hire an inexperienced worker with a low salary or an experienced one with a high salary ?雇用无经验低薪酬的员工还是有经验高薪酬的?重要提示：托福独立写作题型可以分为两大类，四小类。
2015年3月14日托福真题预测
2015年3月14日托福真题预测格伦轻松英语唐志云叫兽领衔神准预测1. Talented people’s leadership is born naturally and can’t be learned by people. 领导力为天生，不可后天培养，是否认同?(2012年2月11日)2. Two people can become good friends even if one of them has more money than the other. 两个经济基础不同的人可以成为好友，是否认同?(2012年2月25日)3. There is never good reason to be impolite to another person. 我们没有理由对于他人没有礼貌，是否认同?(2012年3月18日)4. People often buy products not because they really need them but because other people have them. 人们购买商品不是因为需要，而是因为受到他人的影响，是否认同?(2013年5月11日)5. Advertising is less honest than in the past， for this reason, it is not useful for people to choose products to buy. 今天的广告已不如过去可信，因此，广告对于人们的购物已经无益处，是否认同?(2013年12月21日)6. Parents now spend too much time on determining the future of their children，children should be allowed to make their own choices. 父母们现在花费太多时间帮助孩子决定孩子们的未来，孩子们应该自己做出未来的决定，是否认同?(2013年7月20日)7. Only movies that can teach us something about real life are worth watching. 只有教会我们认知真实生活的电影才是值得关注的，是否认同?(2013年9月1日)8. University students should be required to take history courses no matter what field they study. 学习任何学科的大学生都应该被要求学习历史课，是否认同?(2013年9月29日)9. Teachers’ performance should be evaluated by students rather than by other teachers. 老师的表现应该由学生评价不是同事评价，是否认同?(2013年11月23日)10. The government must make choices about how to spend its money on amusing the people. Given the choices between spending tax dollars on art or sport. 政府是应该支持体育还是艺术?(2013年12月7日)11. People care more about public recognition than about money. Even if no more money is given, public recognition can still make people work harder. 公众的认知可以使人努力工作，是否认同?(2012年5月20日)12. In order to be successful, a person must have a university degree? 要想成功，一个人必须要有大学学历，是否认同?(2012年6月17日)13. It is better for your friend to ask you for help (suppose you are good at the subject) than to turn to a tutor when he finds it hard to pass an examination. 朋友通过考试有困难，求助于你还是老师?(2012年7月14日)14. Some people think to live away from family and friends with high salaries; the other people think to stay with your family and friends with less pay. Which one do you prefer? 远走他乡赚取高薪还是享受亲朋的陪伴赚取低薪?(2012年7月28日)15. The most important investment for a big company is to improve the efficiency and proficiency of its employees. 提高员工技能是公司最重要的投资，是否认同?(2012年9月16日)16. Out of the following three things, which one would you prefer to regulate in order to improve your health? 以下三种方式中何种方式可以改善健康?(2012年11月2日)1. The kind of food you eat2. The amount of exercise3. The amount of stress in your life17. Which is the better choice：spending money on traveling or saving in the future? 花钱旅行和未雨绸缪哪个更加可取?(2010年11月5日)18. Should all school teachers be required to attend courses every 5 years to update their knowledge? 是否所有中小学教师都应该被要求每5年进修学习一次?(2010年2月21日)19. It is often not a good thing to move to a new city or a new country because of the lost of old friends. 迁居到新的城市和国家不是一个好主意，因为人会失去老友，是否认同?(2009年10月31日)20. Does advice given by older people more valuable than from people in your age? 老人的建议比同龄人的建议更加有价值，是否认同?(2009 年11月1日)21. The best way for a teacher to let student become interested in a subject is to help them know how to use it in their lives outside school.让学生对于课程感兴趣的方式是告知他们该课程在课外多么有用，是否认同?22. Compared with people who live in urban areas. The people who live in rural areas can take better care of their families. 对比住在城里的人，住在乡下的人可以更好地照顾家人，是否认同?(2010年10月4日)23. People are now easier to become educated than in the past. 现代人比过去更加容易接受教育，是否认同?(2010年10月30日)24. The best way to improve the quality of education is to increase teacher’s salaries. (给老师涨工资是提高教育质量的最佳方式，是否认同?)25. One of the best ways for parents to help their teenage children prepare for adult life is to encourage them to take the part-time job. 父母帮助青少年为成人生活做好准备的最好方式之一是鼓励他们做兼职，是否认同? (2009年10月24日)26. Government should pay more attention on health care issues than on environmental issue. 政府应该更加关注公民健康而不是环保，是否认同?(2009年9月26日)27. People will feel happier when they finish a challenging or difficult work than an easy job. 当人们完成一项很有挑战性和难度的工作的时候，人们更加幸福，是否认同?(2009 年8月2日)28. In twenty years from now, students will not use printed books any more. 20年以后，学生们不再使用纸媒书籍，是否认同?(2009年3月29 日)29. The ability to adapt to new work environment is as important as high degree of excellent knowledge of the job. 适应能力是否比工作技能更加重要，是否认同?30. Working three days a week with longer hours is better than working five daysa week with shorter hours. 三天工作是否比五天工作好，是否认同?官方网址：适合中国学生的八字写作原则：文从字顺，逻辑通达。
2015SAT阅读练习及答案解析
2015年SAT阅读真题Nearly a century ago, biologists found that if they separated an invertebrate animal embryo into two partsat an early stage of its life, it would survive and developas two normal embryos. This led them to believe that the (5) cells in the early embryo are undetermined in the sense that each cell has the potential to develop in a variety of different ways. Later biologists found that the situationwas not so simple. It matters in which plane the embryois cut. If it is cut in a plane different from the one used (10)by the early investigators, it will not form two whole embryos.A debate arose over what exactly was happening. Which embryo cells are determined, just when do they become irreversibly committed to their fates, and what (15)are the “morphogenetic determinants” that tell a cell what to become? But the debate could not be resolved because no one was able to ask the crucial questionsin a form in which they could be pursued productively. Recent discoveries in molecular biology, however, have (20) opened up prospects for a resolution of the debate. Now investigators think they know at least some of the molecules that act as morphogenetic determinants inearly development. They have been able o show that,in a sense, cell determination begins even before an egg (25) is fertilized.Studying sea urchins, biologist Paul Gross foundthat an unfertilized egg contains substances that functionas morphogenetic determinants. They are locatedin the cytoplasm of the egg cell; i.e., in that part of the (30) cell’s protoplasm that lies outside of the nucleus. In the unfertilized egg, the substances are inactive and are not distributed homogeneously. When the egg is fertilized,the substances become active and, presumably, governthe behavior of the genes they interact with. Since the (35) substances are unevenly distributed in the egg, when the fertilized egg divides, the resulting cells are differentfrom the start and so can be qualitatively different intheir own gene activity.The substances that Gross studied are maternal(40) messenger RNA’s --products of certain of the maternalgenes. He and other biologists studying a wide varietyof organisms have found that these particular RNA’sdirect, in large part, the synthesis of histones, a classof proteins that bind to DNA. Once synthesized, the(45) histones move into the cell nucleus, where section ofDNA wrap around them to form a structure that resemblesbeads, or knots, on a string. The beads are DNAsegments wrapped around the histones; the string is theintervening DNA. And it is the structure of these beaded(50)DNA strings that guides the fate of the cells in whichthey are located.1. The passage is most probably directed at which kind of audience?(A) State legislators deciding about funding levels for a state-funded biological laboratory(B) Scientists specializing in molecular genetics(C) Readers of an alumni newsletter published by the college that Paul Gross attended(D) Marine biologists studying the processes that give rise to new species(E) Undergraduate biology majors in a molecular biology course2. It can be inferred from the passage that the morphogenetic determinants present in the early embryo are(A) located in the nucleus of the embryo cells(B) evenly distributed unless the embryo is not developing normally(C) inactive until the embryo cells become irreversibly committed to their final function(D) identical to those that were already present in the unfertilized egg(E) present in larger quantities than is necessary for the development of a single individual3. The main topic of the passage is(A) the early development of embryos of lower marine organisms(B) the main contribution of modern embryology to molecular biology(C) the role of molecular biology in disproving older theories of embryonic development(D) cell determination as an issue in the study of embryonic development(E) scientific dogma as a factor in the recent debate over the value of molecular biology4. According to the passage, when biologists believed that the cells in the early embryo were undetermined, they made which of the following mistakes?(A) They did not attempt to replicate the original experiment of separating an embryo into two parts.(B) They did not realize that there was a connection between the issue of cell determination and the outcome of the separation experiment.(C) They assumed that the results of experiments on embryos did not depend on the particular animal species used for such experiments.(D) They assumed that it was crucial to perform the separation experiment at an early stage in the embryo’s life.(E) They assumed that different ways of separating an embryo into two parts would be equivalent as far as the fate of the two parts was concerned.5. It can be inferred from the passage that the initial production of histones after an egg is fertilized takes place(A) in the cytoplasm(B) in the maternal genes(C) throughout the protoplasm(D) in the beaded portions of the DNA strings(E) in certain sections of the cell nucleus6. It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is dependent on the fertilization of an egg?(A) Copying of maternal genes to produce maternal messenger RNA’s(B) Sythesis of proteins called histones(C) Division of a cell into its nucleus and the cytoplasm(D) Determination of the egg cell’s potential for division(E) Generation of all of a cell’s morphogenetic determinants7. According to the passage, the morphogenetic determinants present in the unfertilized egg cell are which of the following?(A) Proteins bound to the nucleus(B) Histones(C) Maternal messenger RNA’s(D) Cytoplasm(E) Nonbeaded intervening DNA8. The passage suggests that which of the following plays a role in determining whether an embryo separated into two parts will two parts will develop as two normal embryos?Ⅰ.The stage in the embryo’s life at which the separation occursⅡ. The instrument with which the separations is accomplishedⅢ. The plane in which the cut is made that separates the embryo(A) Ⅰonly(B) Ⅱonly(C) Ⅰand Ⅱ.only(D) Ⅰand Ⅲ.only(E) Ⅰ,Ⅱ, and Ⅲ9. Which of the following circumstances is most comparable to the impasse biologists encountered in trying to resolve the debate about cell determination (lines 12-18)?(A) The problems faced by a literary scholar who wishes to use original source materials that are written in an unfamiliar foreign language(B) The situation of a mathematician who in preparing a proof of a theorem for publication detects a reasoning error in the proof(C) The difficulties of a space engineer who has to design equipment to function in an environment in which it cannot first be tested(D) The predicament of a linguist trying to develop a theory of language acquisition when knowledge of the structure of language itself is rudimentary at best(E) The dilemma confronting a foundation when the funds available to it are sufficient to support one of two equally deserving scientific projects but not both Correct Answers：EEDEABCDD。
2015年3月14日雅思写作真题范文
2015年3⽉14⽇雅思写作真题范⽂Task2: Some working parents believe childcare centers can provide best care for children, while others think other family members like grandparents can do this job. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.Sample Answer by AmyIn the past, it was quite common that kids are brought up by parents or grandparents. However, nowadays childcare centers and their services are very popular among parents who both are working and lack time to take care of their kids themselves.Advocates of childcare services believe that they are assured when their children are attended by professional caregivers in such centers. These agencies often employ well-trained staffs who know kids' need very well and provide scientific and balanced food that meets children's nutrition demand. When children get ill or injured, immediate medical help will be given on the spot, as caregivers in such places are often experienced and equipped with medical knowledge. Also, in daycare centers, kids eat, sleep and play together; therefore they learn how to get along with others at an early age. This helps them develop basic communication and social skills which will benefit them later when they attend elementary school. Despite all the obvious benefits, many families still prefer other family members like grandparents as primary caregivers for their children. This is because they have confidence in their parents doing a good job raising their children, since they have received unconditional love and attention when they were young. Also, grandparents who have plenty of spare time after retirement take great pleasure in living with grandchildren. To many people, nothing can compare with such close relationship between family members and this affection might be a forever memory for both the care receivers and caregivers. In contrast, although staff in childcare centers can develop positive relations with children initially, this relationship may not last as they often come and go frequently. Another reason is quite practical, as many families have limited budget and childcare services are quite expensive. By volunteering as caregivers grandparents help ease financial burden of their children. Personally I think grandparents can be qualified caregivers and this intimate relationship benefits them. But for those families in which both parents work and other family members are not available for help, high quality childcare centers mightmeet their needs. (By Amy From CA, US)----------------------新的⼀年，2015年的烤鸭们你们准备好了⽊有！前路虽未⼘，有Amy和你随⾏，所以请不要觉得孤单⽆助！接着⼴⽽告之：Amy倾⼒按话题分类整理好的雅思真题原创范⽂集现已发布！是真题范⽂集哦！不是⼤家常见的市⾯上所谓的8分范⽂，9分范⽂！真题有多么强的可借鉴性，⾼质量的真题范⽂⼜是多么稀缺，认真复习雅思考试或者已经和雅思考试打过交道的朋友们懂的！如果你或者⾝边的烤鸭对Amy这套范⽂集感兴趣，记得私信Amy的q: 2561503206 。
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2015年3月14日SAT真题答案
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1. Jacob felt great ______ about his upcoming trip to Brazil; indeed, he could hardly contain his enthusiasm. A. concern B. uncertainty C. confusion D. generosity E. excitement
中文释义：雅各布对于即将开始的巴西之旅感到非常兴奋，确实是这样，他几乎难以抑制他的热情。
题意解析：分号后是对前半句的进一步解释说明，表明雅各布对于巴西之旅很期待，因此他的感受应该是比较兴奋，E项正确，A项意思是关注，B项是不确定，C项是混乱，D项是慷慨大方，均不合句意。
pcoming：即将到来的;forthcoming, approaching
contain：1. 包含comprise, include;2. 控制;to keep within limits; 3. 容纳;to have with, hold; 4. 牵制;check, halt
2. The professor’s classroom manner was quite_____, never revealing the warmth and playfulness she showed in private. A. witty B. sincere C. lively D. formal E. friendly
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