48．A．delay 49．A．created

B．right C．vacation

D．date D．received D．punishing D．in advance D．replied D．force D．sports

B．designed C．solved

50．A．puled B．touched C．astonished 52．A．after all B．as well 53．A．agreed 54．A．see 55．A．boo

B．pic B．grocery

D．flattered

51．A．thaning B．forgiving C．repaying

C．in return

C．call C．coffee

B．objected C．added

第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Why does everything else seem so interesting when you have to study? Let's find out how to stay focused．Follow each piece of advice that is given below．

Switch Off Your Cell phone

Nothing's worse for a teenager to stay without their cell phone even for a minute．However，if you can't find yourself focused for a long time，you now that it's the continual sound in your cell phone that isn't letting you learn．Stop sending tet massages to your friends saying‘I can't study’or‘how much have you finished’．Remember，you don't have enough time to ill，do you?

Soothing Music(舒缓的音乐)Helps

Biarre (离奇的)as it may sound，while things such as TVs，PCs，or MP3 players are not acceptable while studying，researchers claim(断言)that listening to soothing music actually helps you stay focused．Try it．It might wor for you．

A New Timetable Every Day

One of my personal techniques，tried and tested，is creating a new timetable every day. You don't really need to draw one．Instead，just stare at the cloc，and divide your hours．Suppose．2 hours of continuous study require a 30-minute brea after that．Rela and then go bac to study for another two hours．Just be true to yourself, and try not to get distracted(注意力分散的)in those two hours．

Try Different Places to Study

The idea is，looing for a place that doesn't have much to focus upon is the best way of staying organied while studying．A lonely corner in your house is perfect in this case．Hey! Why don't you go to your school library，if things get worse? It has the perfect atmosphere，silence，and a librarian，every time! Now this will wor for sure，trust me．

56．What can we infer from the second paragraph? A．Cell phones are not useful to teenagers at present． B．Teenagers should by no means have cell phones． C．Cell phones are good for teenagers in their study． D．eeping phones on while studying affects teenagers．

57．According to Paragraph 3， ． A．quiet and gentle music benefits your study B．listening to music is harmful to your study C．MP3 players help you focus on your study D．music is not acceptable while studying

58．Which of the following is TRUE according to the tet? A．Two hours a day is perfect for teenagers to study． B．You shouldn't listen to any music while studying． C．It is easier for adults to stay focused than teenagers．

D．Teenagers are advised to mae different plans for study every day． 59．It can be concluded from the last paragraph that . A．teenagers had better study at home B．a school library is the best place to study

C．silence plays an important role in teenagers’study D．places full of interesting things are good for study 60．What's the tet mainly about? A．The advantages of staying focused． B．How to stay focused while studying． C．How to follow your teacher's instructions． D．Advice on how to mae progress in study．

B

The idea of not having a phone at all could be beneficial sounds cray to people who are addicted to the global Internet or even just Faceboo．

Indeed，it sounds lie a pain．But some advantages of a phone-free lifestyle mae us realie that freedom has long been absent from our lives with a phone．

According to The Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovsi，people epect less of you when you don't have a cell phone．

Melissa Hildebrand，for eample，doesn't own a cell phone．She just leaves if her friends don't show up on time for an event or meeting．“She gives them 15 to 30 minutes to show up．”writes Troianovsi．

With a phone in hand，one receives apology calls，which only lengthen the waiting．Without a phone，that responsibility seems to reduce．

Dean Obeidallah of CNN believes that not having a cell phone gives him the ability to see things：A beautiful woman hurrying past while fiing her maeup；Asian tourists busy taing photos；a businessman taling on his phone and looing important．“Instead of teting or checing my e-mail．I began to actually loo at the people I was sharing the streets with．It truly resembles a movie set filled with etras(临时演员)from all wals of life，”Obeidallah said．

Along with these small benefits of not having a phone，however，come all its inconveniences．

Nancy adlic told The Wall Street Journal that she once missed an airport pic-up due to not having a phone．

For Rebecca Greenfield，an editor for The Atlantic Wire，the inconveniences of not having a phone ontweigh these small advantages．But she also said：“Not having one every once in a while sounds lie a nice practice．”

61．Melissa Hildebrand is mentioned as an eample to show that without a phone . A．people epect less of you B．people needn't bear responsibility C．you have to wait long

62．According to Dean Obeidallah，not having a phone can help him . A．watch more movie sets B．communicate with people on the street C．enjoy the surroundings A．the benefits

D．now more etras from all wals of life B．the disadvantages D．a good practice B．Melissa Hildebrand

63．The last three paragraphs mainly focus on of not having a phone． C．different opinions

D．you will miss something important

64． thins not having a phone has both good and bad effects． A．Anton Troianovsi C．Nancy adlic

D．Rebecca Greenfield

65．What is the main idea of the tet? A．Having a phone is of great benefit． B．Not having a phone brings inconveniences．

C．Mobile phones are robbing us of freedom in some way． D．The phone-free lifestyle is popular with young people．

C

Americans are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet．And eperts say the popularity of online sales is liely to spread to other countries．Online sales now represent as much as one-tenth of all retail sales in the United States．This has led traditional stores to see new ways to eep their customers loyal．

Lynne Shaner used the Internet to buy everything she needed．Other than food，90％of her purchases were made on her home computer．She said．“I find that．by being able to go online and choose the things that I need to choose，and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep，I eliminate all the driving，all the crowds，all the noise of that，and I usually get a better selection。”

There are a lot of people lie her．57％of Americans have bought something electronically in the past few months．Store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business．

Cornell University mareting professor says traditional stores can eep their customers by selling goods lie clothing，which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing．He says the stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship．He also says some stores can please customers by offering to set up or repair electronic products．

Bill Martin is the founder of ShopperTra which helps stores learn about their customers．He says that traditional stores offer a social eperience that some people enjoy and the eperience and emotion in the

buying decision before they're ready to part with money can't be gotten on—line．It's a rather cold process．Bill Martin says traditional stores can provide goods to buyers more quicly than online stores．

While e-commerce worries some business owners，the worry for delivery services lie FedE and UPS is eeping up with the number of pacages．UPS Manager Dana line says her company is very busy at this time of year．

66．The underlined word“eliminate”in Paragraph 2 most probably means ． A．observe B．ignore C．tolerate D．remove

67．What is store owners’attitude towards online sales growth?

A．Devotion． B．Sympathy． C．Aniety． D．Approving． 68．The fourth paragraph is mainly about ． A．the advice to traditional stores C．how to ship some special products 69．What can we learn about Bill Martin?

A．He assists traditional stores in selling products． B．He founded a delivery company． C．He is in favor of online shopping．

D．He thins online sales are quicer than retail sales．

70．The author's purpose of writing the tet is most liely to . A．inform

B．persuade D．entertain

D

Officials say the islands of Toelau in the South Pacific Ocean have become the world's first territory totally powered by the sun．The move is epected to save money and ease the environmental burden of depending on imported fossil fuels．

Toelau's three main atolls(环状珊瑚岛)，or islands，now have enough solar capacity to meet all of their electricity needs．Until now．Toelau has been 100％dependent on diesel (柴油) for producing electricity．That has burdened the country with heavy economic and environmental costs．

The three atolls of Toelau are about halfway between New ealand and Hawaii and are administered by New ealand．

Each atoll received its own solar power grid (电网)system．New ealand officials estimated the cost of the project to build the three solar grids at around seven million dollars．The last of the grids has been completed．

It is estimated that oil imports mae up to 30％of national income in some parts of the Pacific．The move to solar power could save Toelau about one million dollars a year．Toelau will now be able to spend more on social programs to help its citiens．

Other South Pacific islands are attempting similar projects．The island nations of Samoa and Tuvalu are aiming to get all of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020．The Coo Islands plans to start

C．describe

B．how to sell goods lie clothing D．the tendency of online sales