2016年9月宁波市十校联考英语试题卷

―Many patients ask about complementary therapies(补充疗法),‖ says Dr. Douglas Blayney, medical director of the comprehensive cancer center at University of Michigan and president of ASCO. ―I often don’t know what to tell them because there isn’t a lot of science on these complementary therapies. Here is a scientific study showing benefit, so at least we can have some assurance in telling women that here is a yoga program, here are its characteristics and it has been shown to have positive effects on sleep and quality life.‖

24. What bothers the cancer physicians after determining the treatment plan? A. How to handle the side effects effectively.

B. How to prevent the side effects from appearing. C. How to persuade the patient to accept the therapy.

D. How to prove effectiveness of the treatment.

25. Why is it significant to help patients deal with the side effects of the cancer treatment? A. Because it is the most effective way to cure cancer. B. Because it could shorten the time of the treatment. C. Because it enables them to do exercise regularly.

D. Because it increases the possibility of their complete recovery. 26. According to Dr. Douglas Blayney, the YOCAS program is ______. A. beneficial B. unscientific C. useless D. popular

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Since I graduated from high school, I’ve worked in the factories surrounding my hometown every summer. However, making the transition(转变) between school and full-time blue-collar work during the break never gets any easier. For a student like me who considers any class before noon to be uncivilized, getting to a factory by 6 o’clock each morning is a torture.

There’re few people as self-confident as a college student who has never been out in the real world. People of my age always seem to overestimate the value of their time and knowledge. In fact, all the classes did not prepare me for my battles with the machine I ran in the plant, which would jam whenever I absent-mindedly put in a part backward or upside down.

The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight. Issues like downsizing(裁员) and overseas relocation had always seemed distant to me until my-worker told me that until the unit I was working in would shut down within six months and move to Mexico, where people would work for 60 cents an hour.

After working 12-hour shifts in a factory, the other choices have become only too clear. When I’m back at the university, skipping classes and turning in lazy re-writes seem too irresponsible after seeing what I would be doing without school. All the advice and public-service announcement about the value of an education that used to sound stale (out of date) now ring true.

These lessons I’m learning, however valuable, are always tinged(带有) with a sense of guilt. Many people pass their lives in the places I briefly work, spending 30 years where I spend only two months at a time. ―The job pays well, but it’s hell on the body,‖ said one co-worker. ―Study hard and

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keeping reading,‖ she added.

My experiences in the factories have inspired me to make the most of my college years after I enter the real world for good.

27. What does the author say about college students?

A. They expect too much from the real world.

B. They think too highly of themselves. C. They have little interest in blue-collar life. D. They are confident of their future.

28. What, according to the author, is most frustrating for blue-collar workers? A. They do not get good pay.

B. They have to work 12-hour shift. C. They do not have job security.

D. They have to move from place to place.

29. In what important way has the author’s work experience changed him?

A. He learned to be more practical. B. He came to respect blue-collar workers. C. He acquired a sense of urgency.

D. He came to appreciate his college education.

30. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word ―torture‖? A. misery B. fortune C. anxiety D. acceptance

第二节（共5小题；每题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。

Why are Americans Fascinated with Guns?

―More people in the USA can buy a gun and more people die by the gun than in any other country in the world.‖ This sentence appeared in an American newspaper in December 1980, after the murder in New Work of John Lennon, the British pop star. His murder shocked the American world, the huge majority be mugged(袭击并抢劫) sometime during their lives. In 1980, there were about 23000 murders in the USA. 31

There are gun stores pretty much everywhere. And you can get a license easily. 32 John Lenon’s murderer just walked into a gun store and bought a revolver—no questions asked. You can even buy guns by mail order.

Why are Americans so eager to own guns. 33 Actually, Americans seem to have a long history of owning guns. Their forefathers were frontiersmen who had once used guns against outlaws, cattle rustlers, and the Indians. Today people want to use guns to protect themselves against gangsters, muggers and burglars. Another reason is that hunting is popular there.

34 But it doesn’t help. There is the National Rifle Association. There are 3 million members, and they have friends with influence in Congress. They also have strong support from gun

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manufacturers.

And many Americans themselves would not like to give up their guns. It’s their rights as free people to own a gun. It was written into the Bill of Rights in 1790.

35 New York is a wonderful city, but male New Yorkers between the age of 21 and 44 are more likely to be murdered than to die of any other cause. And murders take place mainly in poor districts. Most of the murders are gangsters killing gangsters. Sometimes people even get mugged in the center of Manhattan, in their own flats. Maybe this is why people have chains and peepholes on their doors, and sometimes a locked turnstiles and an armed security guard downstairs. But still they do not feel safe.

A. So Americans love to own guns. B. So the result is violence and murder. C. Self-defence might be one reason.

D. You can easily make a gun by yourself.

E. You don’t even have to say what you want it for.

F. Now many Americans want a new law to control the ownership of guns, especially handguns. G. At the root of this violence is the gun, which Americans can buy and keep in their homes as easily as if it was a toy.

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20个小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A straight-A student got a C in cooking class and didn't like it. She didn't like it so much that her dad made a 36 in federal court about it. He stated without giving 37 that the teacher, who is white, discriminated against his daughter, who is black. He 38 to have her grade changed from a C to an A and asks for unspecified financial damages. Virginia Brown is in the ninth grade at Ashley High School. Since her first year in school, she has had 39 attendance and all her grades have been A's. Virginia's father said her heart was 40 when she got the C.

\ 41 ,\red and puffy. My little girl hasn’t been this 42 since her cat got run over by a car 43 she was 6 years old.\

Virginia is a 44 student. She's the class president. She's on the swim team, the volleyball team, and the track team. She 45 the chess club. She is a member of the Girl Scouts and sings in her church choir.

The 46 teacher is 28-year-old Jessica Smith. This is her first year teaching. Ms. Smith said that discrimination was 47 not the issue. ―Some of my best friends are African-Americans,\matter of 48 . Everybody in America wants to sue everybody else. I’m going to 49 them with defamation of character and 50 else my lawyer comes up with.‖

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The school principal, who grew up in India, said that he 51 Ms. Smith 100 percent. He said that Virginia is an excellent student who would have 52 problem getting into the best universities even 53 a C in cooking. ―She might have problems finding a husband, 54 he won’t have any difficulty finding a great university‖ he laughed. ―She’d better look for a man who likes to 55 a lot.‖ 36. A. complaint B. postcard C. letter D. document 37. A. example B. evidence C. reason D. excuse 38. A. seeks B. manages C. decides D. deserves 39. A. terrible B. perfect C. average D. poor 40. A. beating B. pounding C. sad D. broken 41. A. term B. year C. weekend D. class 42. A. excited B. frightened C. disappointed D. upset 43. A. since B. till C. when D. after 44. A. model B. clever C. shy D. quiet 45. A. applies to B. belongs to C. appeals to D. tends to 46. A. cooking B. chess C. music D. P.E. 47. A. generally B. necessarily C. partly D. absolutely 48. A. right and wrong B. yes and no C. black and white D. true and false 49. A. discourage B. please C. charge D. attract 50. A. whichever B. whatever C. whoever D. whenever 51. A. opposed B. supported C. permitted D. protected 52. A. some B. any C. much D. no 53. A. over B. by C. with D. beyond 54. A. as B. once C. when D. although 55. A. eat out B. work out C. set out D. hang out

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注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分） 第二节（10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Newton made fundamental contributions to every area of scientific and mathematical concern to his generation. Born in a rural English village on Christmas Day, 1642, he was so small that no one thought he 56 (survive). During his childhood he spent much of his time inventing and building toys, and did not do particularly 57 (good) at school. So his mother, who was 58 (will) to pay for his education, brought him home to look after the sheep. However, he was always so

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