A camp built by students and volunteers spreads over Southern Methodist University（SMU）. The affordable  21  are designed to be used by the poor as well as survivors of war and natural disasters.
“By the time 2020, there’s going to be about 1.7 billion people living in slums（貧民窟） so we would like to  22  change,” says Stephanie Hunt, co-founder of the Hunt Institute for Engineering and Humanities at SMU. The institute, which  23  build the village on SMU’s campus, was established to solve problem of the poor in the United States and around the world through engineering, and the free  24 .
The goal is not just to  25  lives, but to change the victims’ lives. The Institute hopes some entrepreneurs（企業(yè)家） might program and  26  some money with these ideas. One of the structures in the SMU village was built with bricks made  27  from recycled plastic bags.
They’re  28  together with heavy wires. Harvey Lacey, father of two college-aged sons, including one here at SUM, heard about this project and  29  his invention. It’s a heavy-duty, hand-crank compactor（手動(dòng)壓縮機(jī)）that anybody can use to form the big bricks he calls Ubuntu Blox.
“The advantages are that these  30  weigh less than two pounds. They’re very, very  31  These things can go for many generations of housing, ”says Lacey, who is  32  the design. Anybody can follow his online plans to  33  the compactor that turns plastic bags into bricks.
On this warm day, it’s  34  inside the Ubuntu Blox hut, thanks  35  to the thick plastic insulation（絕緣）. Kenyan  36  Ronald Omyonga, visiting the global village before returning to his native Africa, says his country is full of these recyclable bags. With Lacey’s design, he says that litter could be transformed into  37  housing. He dreams of other  38  too.
“Look at the Harvey Lacey hut, as a means of creating  39  ,”says Omyonga.“Leaning the environment, and turning  40  into something that can form houses, not just for the poor.”
小題1:
A．sheltersB．clubsC．partiesD．rooms
小題2:
A．a(chǎn)ffectB．a(chǎn)daptC．effectD．a(chǎn)dopt
小題3:
A．discoveredB．helpedC．studiedD．explored
小題4:
A．entryB．competitionC．tradeD．market
小題5:
A．saveB．surviveC．defendD．cure
小題6:
A．shareB．donateC．earnD．cost
小題7:
A．brieflyB．relevantlyC．mostlyD．efficiently
小題8:
A．heldB．stressedC．knockedD．packed
小題9:
A．deliveredB．contributedC．devotedD．sacrificed
小題10:
A．pilesB．massesC．loavesD．blocks
小題11:
A．fragileB．thickC．hardD．bitter
小題12:
A．giving outB．giving offC．giving upD．giving away
小題13:
A．buildB．inventC．improveD．possess
小題14:
A．hotB．coldC．wetD．cool
小題15:
A．nearlyB．exactlyC．partlyD．fairly
小題16:
A．doctorB．a(chǎn)thleteC．photographerD．a(chǎn)rchitect
小題17:
A．safeB．dangerousC．beautifulD．large
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)dvantagesB．chancesC．benefitsD．profits
小題19:
A．thingsB．jobsC．wondersD．conditions
小題20:
A．wasteB．resourcesC．ideasD．technology

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:C
小題7:C
小題8:A
小題9:B
小題10:D
小題11:C
小題12:D
小題13:A
小題14:D
小題15:C
小題16:D
小題17:A
小題18:C
小題19:B
小題20:A

試題分析：南部衛(wèi)理公會(huì)大學(xué)的學(xué)生和自愿者建造了一些價(jià)格低廉的庇護(hù)所，可供窮人以及戰(zhàn)爭和自然災(zāi)害的幸存者居住。難民村里一個(gè)建筑是用主要由回收塑料袋制作的磚頭建造的。這既可以把垃圾變成房子，還可以增加就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。
小題1:考查名詞：A. shelters避難所B. clubs俱樂部C. parties 聚會(huì)D. rooms房間，他們建造了一些價(jià)格低廉的庇護(hù)所，可供窮人以及戰(zhàn)爭和自然災(zāi)害的幸存者居住。選A
小題2:考查動(dòng)詞：A. affect影響B(tài). adapt適應(yīng)C. effect 帶來D. adopt收養(yǎng)，采納，我們希望能帶來一些改變�！盋
小題3:考查動(dòng)詞：A. discovered發(fā)現(xiàn)B. helped幫助C. studied研究，學(xué)習(xí)D. explored探索，亨特的研究所資助建造這個(gè)難民村，B
小題4:考查名詞：A. entry 條目B. competition 比賽C. trade貿(mào)易D. market市場，通過工程和自由市場解決美國和周邊國家的窮人的問題。選D
小題5:考查動(dòng)詞：A. save拯救B. survive幸存C. defend 保護(hù)D. cure治愈，目標(biāo)不是拯救生命而是改善受害者的生活。選A
小題6:考查動(dòng)詞：A. share 分享B. donate捐贈(zèng)C. earn掙D. cost花費(fèi)，它還希望一些企業(yè)家能夠通過這些構(gòu)想掙到錢。選C
小題7:考查副詞：A. briefly簡單的B. relevantly相關(guān)的C. mostly主要的D. efficiently有效的，難民村里一個(gè)建筑是用主要由回收塑料袋制作的磚頭建造的。選C
小題8:考查動(dòng)詞：A. held舉辦hold sth together把…連接在一起。B. stressed 強(qiáng)調(diào)C. knocked 敲D. packed打包，它們被很粗的鐵絲連接在一起。選A
小題9:考查動(dòng)詞：A. delivered 發(fā)表，投遞B. contributed貢獻(xiàn)C. devoted投入，奉獻(xiàn)D. sacrificed犧牲，他聽說這個(gè)計(jì)劃后，貢獻(xiàn)了他的發(fā)明。選B
小題10:考查名詞：A. piles堆B. masses大量C. loaves塊D. blocks磚頭，從上文was built with bricks made  27  from recycled plastic bags. 可知選D
小題11:考查形容詞：A. fragile脆弱的B. thick 厚的C. hard 堅(jiān)硬的，D. bitter痛苦的，從后面的These things can go for many generations of housing,可知這些磚頭很堅(jiān)硬。選C
小題12:考查動(dòng)詞短語：A. giving out散發(fā)，用盡B. giving off散發(fā)C. giving up 放棄D. giving away贈(zèng)送，從上文的heard about this project and  29  his invention.可知是贈(zèng)送這項(xiàng)發(fā)明的人。選D
小題13:考查動(dòng)詞：A. build建造B. invent發(fā)明C. improve改善D. possess加工，任何人都可以按照網(wǎng)上的說明造手動(dòng)壓縮機(jī)。選A
小題14:考查形容詞：A. hot熱的B. cold冷的C. wet 潮濕的D. cool冷酷的，涼爽的，從前面的On this warm day 可知里面是涼爽的。選D
小題15:考查副詞：A. nearly幾乎B. exactly確切的C. partly部分的D. fairly相當(dāng)?shù)�，一部分多虧了厚的塑料絕緣。選C
小題16:考查名詞：A. doctor醫(yī)生B. athlete運(yùn)動(dòng)員C. photographer攝影師D. architect建筑師，從上下文看：Ronald Omyonga 是個(gè)建筑師。選D
小題17:考查形容詞：A. safe安全的B. dangerous危險(xiǎn)的，C. beautiful美麗的D. large大的，垃圾可以變成安全的房子。選A
小題18:考查名詞：A. advantages好處B. chances機(jī)會(huì)C. benefits利益D. profits利潤，他幻想有其他的益處。選C
小題19:考查名詞：A. things事情B. jobs工作C. wonders奇跡D. conditions條件，這種房子可以創(chuàng)造出就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。選B
小題20:考查名詞：A. waste廢物B. resources資源C. ideas 相法D. technology科技，把廢物變成可以做房子的人，不僅是為了窮人。選A
點(diǎn)評(píng)：此題大部分設(shè)空是單詞的辨析。答題前一定要讀懂全文，弄清文章要表達(dá)的思想，注意前后段落之間的關(guān)系。答題中，一定要認(rèn)真分析，注意選項(xiàng)與上下文的關(guān)系，與前后單詞的關(guān)系。答完后再通讀一篇文章，看看所選選項(xiàng)能不能是語句通順，語意連貫。
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Nearly 600,000 Americans lost their jobs this past month, pushing the nation’s unemployment rate (失業(yè)率) to 7.6 percent. But not all of those fired workers are sitting at home, reading the job advertisements and waiting for the phone to ring. Thousands of people are returning to school, making public colleges and universities among the few bright places in the disappointing US economy.
At a time when many Americans have had their work hours cut or have even lost their jobs, Sherian Huddleston is working overtime. She works at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) where she oversees (監(jiān)督) the enrollment (注冊) of new students. The university’s population grew by 800 students this term —an increase of 4 percent over last spring’s enrollment. Huddleston says seeing the enrollment rise in a failing economy is not unexpected. "When people are out of work," she points out, "they will ask 'What else can I do?’ or 'What other careers can I follow?’ They will often return to school if they have not completed a degree before."
Older returning students aren’t the only ones increasing the enrollment at MTSU. Huddleston says she’s also seeing an increase in student transfers (轉(zhuǎn)移). "Students who went out of state, or even within the state, to more expensive schools are transferring to public schools to make use of the lower cost of going to school here," she explains.
小題1:Which is the best title for the passage?
A．The Falling American Economy
B．College Enrollment up in a Down Economy
C．Colleges Have More Students Than Before
D．Going to College Is No Longer Difficult
小題2:According to the passage, many students return to school ______.
A．to make more moneyB．to read job advertisements
C．to complete a degreeD．to ask their schoolmates for help
小題3:Many students are transferring to public schools mainly because ______.
A．public schools provide better education
B．public schools offer better jobs to their students
C．they don’t want to be influenced by the falling economy
D．the cost of public schools is lower and they can save money
小題4:Which of the following is TRUE about Sherian Huddleston?
A．She is working more hours than before because of the worsening economy.
B．She is a student of Middle Tennessee State University.
C．She disagrees with those who are returning to school.
D．She is surprised to see the enrollment go up.

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the website you’ve visited or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping calling habits
In fact, it’s likely that some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it’s important to reveal yourself partly to friends, family and lovers at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to know who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter?
For many Americans, the answer apparently is “no”.
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. 60 percent of respondents say they feel their privacy is “slipping away, and that bothers me”.
But people say one thing and do another. Only a small number of Americans change any behavior in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. Privacy economist Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will give up personal information like social security numbers just to get their hands on a 50-cents-off coupon. But privacy does matter－at least sometimes. It’s like health: when you have it, you don’t notice it. Only when it’s gone do you wish you’d done more to protect it.
小題1:What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?
A．Friends should open their hearts to each other.
B．Friends should always be faithful to each other.
C．There should be a distance even between friends.
D．There should be fewer arguments between friends.
小題2:Why does the author say “we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret”?
A．Modern society has finally developed into an open society.
B．People leave traces around when using modern technology.
C．There are always people who are curious about others’ affairs.
D．Many search engines profit by revealing people’s identities.
小題3:According to the passage, privacy is like health in that _____.
A．people will make every effort to keep it
B．its importance is hardly understood
C．It is something that can easily be lost
D．people don’t value it until they lose it
小題4:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Value your health.
B．Treasure your privacy.
C．Boundaries are important between friends.
D．The information age has its own shortcomings.

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