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Passage A
POETRY CHALLENGE
Write a poem about how courage, determination, and strength have helped you face challenges in your life.
Prizes
3 Grand Prizes:Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner’s choice. Trip includes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World.
6 First Prizes:The book Sky Pioneer:A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart signed by author Corinne Szabo and pilot Linda Finch.
50 Honorable Mentions:Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart’s final flight.
Rules
Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification.
■Write a poem using 100 words or fewer. Your poem can be any format, any number of lines. ■Write by hand or type on a single sheet of paper. You may use both the front and back of the paper.
■On the same sheet of paper, write or type your name, address, telephone number, and birth date.
■Mail your entry to us by October 31 this year.
1. How many people can each grand prize winner take on the free trip?
A. Two.
B. Three.
C. Four.
D. Six.
2. What will each of the honorable mention winners get?
A. A plane ticket. C. A special T-shirt.
3. Which of the following will result in disqualification?
A. Typing your poem out.
B. Writing a poem of 120 words. B. A book by Corinne Szabo. D. A photo of Amelia Earhart.
C. Using both sides of the paper. D. Mailing your entry on October 30.
Passage B
The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies have found positive effects. A study conducted in Youngstown，Ohio，for example, discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another，employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.
The engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)have taken it a step further changing the actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse，even unusual functions. These include plants that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater. “We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the things that we use every day,”explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.
One of his latest projects has been to make plants glow(发光)in experiments using some common vegetables. Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light，about one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by，is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be used to light the rooms or even to turn tree into self-powered street lamps.
In the future，the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off “switch”where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.
Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source(电源)-such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot of energy is lost during transmission(传输).
Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy. 1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?
A. A new study of different plants. B. A big fall in crime rates.
C. Employees from various workplaces. D. Benefits from green plants.
2. What is the function of the sensors printed on plant leaves by MIT engineer?
A. To detect plants’ lack of water B. To change compositions of plants C. To make the life of plants longer. D. To test chemicals in plants.
3. What can we expect of the glowing plants in the future?
A. They will speed up energy production. B. They may transmit electricity to the home. C. They might help reduce energy consumption. D. They could take the place of power plants. 4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. Can we grow more glowing plants? B. How do we live with glowing plants? C. Could glowing plants replace lamps? D. How are glowing plants made pollution-free?
Passage C
I did not remember her, but recently her email note surprised me. The email began, “We met in a subway train in Queens” .Fate had 1 us next to each other.
She 2 that she had been sad and depressed. Her sad feelings did not 3 me. I continued to talk to her about 4 and love. I gave her quote cards that she put in her bag.
At home she was 5 to find the words on the quote cards resonated(共鸣)with her present situation. She became very happy and her 6 heart wanted to see me again to thank me about the 7 she received.
She 8 me for 3 years with no 9 . She did not know I was connected to KindSpring. Last week she talked with her family and thought I might be working at KindSpring. org. In an email to KindSpring, not knowing my 10 , she explained my face and our 11 . I am very grateful to KindSpring for going the extra mile to find my email ID and be the connecting 12 between us.
Fatemah is eager to meet me when I visit New York next year. She said my 13 changed her life. I have 14 probably over fifty thousand cards，but the one she received is 15 . 1．A．introduced 2．A．wrote 3．A．move 4．A．friendship 5．A．shocked 6．A．anxious 7．A．lesson
B．saved B．forgot B．bother B．loss B．excited B．grateful B．kindness
C．seated C．realized C．stop C．sadness C．embarrassed C．broken C．respect C．passed over C．results C．boss C．meeting C．person C．email C．used up C．worthless
D．cheated D．guessed D．surprise D．hope D．puzzled D．curious D．sympathy D．searched for D．regrets D．appearance D．misunderstanding D．way D．work D．given away D．priceless
8．A．turned down B．relied on 9．A．complaints
B．excuses
10．A．colleagues B．name 11．A．promise 12．A．bridge 13．A．visit 14．A．paid for 15．A．well-kept
B．appointment B．barrier B．talk B．sold out B．specially-made
Passage D
Some time after 10,000 BC，people made the first real attempt to control the world they lived 1． ，through agriculture. Over thousands of years，they began to depend less on 2． could be hunted or gathered from the wild，and more on animals they had raised and crops they had sown.
Farming produced more food per person 3． hunting and gathering，so people were able to raise more children. And，as more children were born，more food 4． (need). Agriculture gave people their first experience of the power of technology 5． (change)lives.
By about 6000 BC，people 6． (discover)the best crops to grow and animals to raise. Later，they learned to work with the 7． (season)，planting at the right time and，in dry areas，8． (make)use of annual floods to irrigate(灌溉)their fields.
This style of farming lasted for quite a long time. Then，with 9． rise of science，changes began. New methods 10． (mean)that fewer people worked in farming. In the last century or
so，these changes have accelerated. New power machinery and artificial fertilizers(化肥)have now totally transformed a way of life that started in the Stone Age.
参考答案：
A
1.根据Prizes部分中第一段中的“Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner's choice”可知，每位获奖者都可以带一名家长和另一名由获奖者选择的人员。因此，每位获奖者可以带两个人。故选A。
2.根据Prizes部分中第三段“50 Honorable Mentions: Judges will choose up to 50 honorable mention winners, who will each receive a T-shirt in memory of Earhart's final flight”可知，每位优秀奖获奖者都将获得一件纪念埃尔哈特最后一次飞行的T恤。故选C。
3.根据最后一部分中的“Follow all rules carefully to prevent disqualification. Write a poem using 100 words or fewer”可知，所写的诗字数不能超过100字。否则，将会被取消资格。故结合选项，B选项(写一首120字的诗)是会被取消资格的。故选B。
B
1.根据第一段中A study conducted in Youngstown, Ohio, for example ,discovered that greener areas of the city experienced less crime. In another, employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their workplaces were decorated with houseplants.研究表明在俄亥俄州扬斯敦,城市绿化较好的地区犯罪率较低。当在员工的工作场所摆上植物时，他们的工作效率会提高。由此可知，第一段的主旨是关于绿色植物的益处。故选D。
2.根据第二段中These include plants that have sensors printed on their leaves to show when they're short of water and a plant that can detect harmful chemicals in groundwater.可知这就包括叶子上印有传感器来显示植物缺水的情况的植物，还有一种植物可以检测到地下水中的有害化学物质。由此可知，麻省理工学院工程师植物叶片上印上传感器的作用是检测植物缺水的情况。故选A。
3根据最后一段中Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy.可知发光的植物可以缩短这段距离，从而帮助节约能源。由此可知，这种发光的植物在未来可能有助于减少能源消耗。故选C。
4.根据最后一段中Lighting accounts for about 7%of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed from the power source-such as the distance from a power plant
to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot of energy is lost during transmission. Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save energy.可知照明约占美国总耗电量的7%。由于照明通常远离电源，例如从发电厂到偏僻公路上路灯的距离，在传输过程中会损失大量能源。发光的植物可以缩短这段距离，从而帮助节约能源。结合文章主要说明了绿色植物对人们很有好处，因此麻省理工学院的工程师开发了一种发光植物，文章介绍了他们发明这种植物的过程，以及这种植物的一些优势，指出在未来发光植物有可能取代路灯，达到节约能源的作用。由此可知，C选项“发光的植物能取代路灯吗？”最符合文章标题。故选C。
C
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D
1．考查介词。句意：公元前10,000年以后，人们第一次真正尝试通过农业来掌控他们所居住的世界。分析可知，“they lived _____”应是之前名词the world 的定语从句，定语从句引导词被省略，可推知先行词应是在从句中作宾语，即they lived in the world。live in+名词，意为“居住在某地”。故填in。
2．考查名词性从句。句意：在几千年的时间里，他们不再过多依赖从野外捕猎、采集东西，而更多地依赖他们饲养的动物和播种的庄稼。分析句子，宾语从句部分缺主语，所以引导词应为“连接代词”。根据句意，此处缺“什么”之意。故填what。
3．考查介词。句意：农业比狩猎和采集的人均粮食产量更高。结合句意可知，此句中more… than， 将农业生产与狩猎和采集相比，应用比较连词than。意为“比……更”故填than。
4．考查时态语态。句意：随着越多的小孩出生，越多的食物被需要。分析句子，逻辑主语和need之间表示被动逻辑。同时此处描述的是过去的时间，所以时态应用过去时。故此处应用过去时的被动语态。food为不可数名词。故填was needed。
5．考查非谓语动词。句意：农业让人们第一次体验到技术改变生活的力量。分析句子，简单句中已有动词gave故提示词部分需用非谓语动词。分析句意，此处需用不定式表示目的。故填to change。
6．考查时态。句意：大约在公元前6000年，人们已经发现了最适宜种植的庄稼和最适宜饲养的牲畜。分析句子，简单句中除了提示词外无其余动词，故此处需用动词的时态。逻辑主语和提示词之间表示主动逻辑。by + 过去时间 译为“到……为止”，后面的句子用过去完成时。故填had discovered.
7．考查名词复数。句意：后来，他们学会了因地制宜，在适当的时间播种，在干旱地区，利用每年的洪水来灌溉农田。分析句子，提示词的词性为可数名词，应用复数形式。故填seasons。
8．考查非谓语动词。分析句子，make所处的分句中无主语，故此处需用非谓语动词。make use of和逻辑主语they之间表示“主动”关系。所以此处用现在分词形式（doing）形式做状语。故填making。
9．with the rise of 译为“随着......考查定冠词。句意：随着科学的崛起，事情发生了变化。的崛起”是固定短语。故填the。
10．考查时态。句意：新方法意味着更少的人从事农业。分析句子，主句部分无其他动词，故此处需填时态。文章的整体时态是过去时，根据时态一致原则此处也应为过去时。逻辑主语和动词之间表示主动关系。所以此处填过去时的主动形式。故填meant。
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