不苦不累，高三無(wú)味;不拼不搏，高三白活。高考加油!下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家推薦的英語(yǔ)高考試卷全國(guó)卷一2017，僅供大家參考!

　　英語(yǔ)質(zhì)量抽檢檢測(cè)卷

　　第一部分：聽(tīng)力(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)

　　做題時(shí)，先將答案劃在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。

　　第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1.5分， 滿分7.5分)

　　聽(tīng)下面五段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

　　1. What is the woman trying to do?

　　A.Read a book. B.Watch a movie. C.Work on the computer.

　　2. When will the girl learn how to surf?

　　A.In 5 years. B.In 10 years. C.In 15 years.

　　3. Why is the woman in Texas?

　　A.For fun. B.For business. C.For study.

　　4. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

　　A.Careers. B.Health problems. C.Types of hospitals.

　　5. What does the woman think of the parrot?

　　A. He's funny. B.He's quiet. C. He's allergic to juice.

　　第二節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1.5分， 滿分22.5分)

　　聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘;聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

　　聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

　　6. What is the dog’s name?

　　A.Harry. B.Yoda. C.Luke.

　　7.What is the dog like?

　　A.Young and fast. B.Old and loyal. C.Big and scary.

　　聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

　　8. What does the woman show the man last?

　　A. Jupiter. B. The North Star. C. Mars.

　　9. Who might the woman be?

　　A. A doctor. B. A scientist. C. An artist.

　　聽(tīng)第8段材料， 回答第10至12題。

　　10. When did the man see the bear?

　　A. At about 9:15 a.m. B. At about 9:30 a.m. C. At about 9:45 a.m.

　　11. How did the bear act toward the man?

　　A. It attacked him. B. It showed its teeth. C. It ran away quickly.

　　12. What does the man think of the bear?

　　A. It isn't very dangerous. B. It is a beautiful brown bear.

　　C. It often attacks runners in spring.

　　聽(tīng)第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

　　13. How does the woman feel about rock music?

　　A. It comes from the heart. B. It's something you have to think about.

　　C. It never gets boring.

　　14. What did the woman look like?

　　A. She had long black hair. B. She wore leather clothes.

　　C. She never wore pants.

　　15. What was the name of the woman's band?

　　A. Up Your Alley. B. The Blackhearts. C. Rock and Roll.

　　16. What does the woman suggest in the end?

　　A. She didn't actually have much influence. B. People still don't understand her.

　　C. She still wants to perform.

　　聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

　　17. What is the topic of the talk?

　　A. Bad behavior in schools. B. New education methods.

　　C. Making kids healthier.

　　18. Who is Ashanti Branch?

　　A. An assistant principal. B. The company founder of Ergotron.

　　C. A parent of a student at Montera Middle School.

　　19. According to the radio interview, what is difficult for students to do?

　　A. Sit still in class. B. Adjust to the new education system.

　　C. Work independently on assignments.

　　20. What was the solution to the problem?

　　A. More teachers. B. Shorter class time. C. Different furniture.

　　第二部分 閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

　　第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分)

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、 B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

　　A

　　To: Director of Operations, Greensboro Hospital

　　From: Worldwide Express (WW-EX)

　　Date: September 3, 20,14

　　We are writing to inform you that our company, Worldwide Express (WW-EX), now provides the advanced Medical Express Solutions system, a best available packaging and delivery service customized especially for the healthcare industry. The transport of materials can be costly, but our service can offer your hospital a safe, inexpensive, technologically advanced method for shipping your healthcare materials. Worldwide Express, already a trusted name in packaging and delivery, can guarantee that you can place your confidence in our new Medical Express Solutions.

　　As fierce competition and tighter regulations force companies to operate in a more cost-effective manner, the pace of change in the healthcare market is creating some difficult challenges. Medical Express Solutions helps address these challenges with a fast and reliable transportation system that uses unique protective packaging. By joining forces with Medical Express Solutions, your medical facility will have an unbroken delivery chain, providing temperature-controlled protection for all medical products and diagnostic specimens (診斷標(biāo)本) at various stages of storage and transport.

　　Medical Express Solutions' special packaging system provides reliable delivery of time and temperature-sensitive materials without the need to replace dry ice during transport. Made of recyclable materials, our patented packaging is more environmentally friendly and guarantees safe storage, support, and delivery of healthcare-related products in cooled or deep-frozen states for up to 120 hours. In addition, our service is easy to use. Attached, please find a sample copy of our WW-EX Airbill. Hospital staff simply fill out the information on the Airbill, and Medical Express Solutions takes care of the rest, including the packing.

　　With reliable and speedy service, guaranteed delivery times, and dependable tracking of sensitive shipments, your hospital staff can track the progress of their deliveries at all times. Do not wait another day. Phone l-800-290-5992, and one of our experienced staff will assist you in obtaining further information on setting up a WW-EX Medical Express Solutions account for your facility today.

　　Thank you for your attention,

　　Bill Grawley,

　　President, Worldwide Express

　　21. What do we know about Worldwide Express?

　　A. It designs shipping packages.

　　B. It' s a reliable delivery company.

　　C. It produces healthcare materials.

　　D. It' s a newly developed shipping system.

　　22. The Medical Express Solutions system __

　　A. was created by Greensboro Hospital

　　B. helps solve challenges in the healthcare industry

　　C. provides high-quality packaging and delivery service

　　D. was designed to protect diagnostic specimens for hospitals

　　23. We can infer from the text that hospital staff______.

　　A. must present their personal information

　　B. need to pack their items before delivery

　　C. will open a Worldwide Express account for free

　　D. can view where their items are during the delivery process

　　24. What is the purpose of this letter?

　　A. To recommend a superb service.

　　B. To market a patented packaging.

　　C. To advertise healthcare facilities.

　　D. To introduce a trusted company.

　　B

　　J. K. Rowling, author of the hugely popular Harry Potter series, has written her own special magic in the fantasy genre (體裁). Though she may be the best-known fantasy writer to the current generation, she is hardly the first. A number of others, many of whom, like Rowling, are British, were writing fantasy novels before J. K. Rowling was born.

One such writer is George MacDonald, a Scottish author, best known for his novels Phantastes and Lilith. MacDonald's work, like Rowling' s, showed that fantasy literature could hold appeal for older children and even adults. In Phantastes, a young man named Anodos journeys through a fantasy land where he experiences magical adventures. While Phantastes is a relatively light story, Lilith, a much later work by MacDonald, is a darker and more serious tale. In this novel, a character called Mr, Vane travels through a fantasy land. There he meets Lilith, an attractive but troubling fairy princess; In describing Mr. Vane s experiences, MaCDonald explores the question of what it means to be human.

　　Another British fantasy writer, C. S. Lewis, acknowledged that he was grateful to George MacDonald. It was MacDonald's mythmaking, rather than his writing style, that Lewis admired. Lewis' s The Chronicles of Narnia, a tale of mythical power, is a group of seven books tied together more by the fictional world they created than by the description of a particular character's experiences.

　　Narnia is a magical place where animals can talk and time progresses at its own rate. Like Harry Potter and his mates at Hogwarts, the characters who live in Narnia struggle with the conflicting forces of good and evil.

　　Yet another fantasy series, occupying fewer printed pages but treating its material in the way the Harry Potter series does, is J.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The series describes a group of seven characters who journey together in order to destroy a ring which would give an evil lord power if he gets it. As Lewis does with Narnia, Tolkien invents a universe, which he calls Middle Earth, and peoples, from humans to terrifying creatures called “ores” and “uruk-hai."

　　25. What do the four writers in the text have in common?

　　A. They are all Scottish writers.

　　B. They are all fantasy novelists.

　　C. They are all best-selling writers.

　　D. They have the same writing style.

　　26. We can infer from the text that __________.

　　A. Phantastes is a serious story.

　　B. Lilith is one of MacDonald' s early works.

　　C. The Chronicles of Narnia is a fantasy series.

　　D. The Lord of the Rings is the earliest fantasy work.

　　27.It can be learned from the text that ________

　　A. J.K.,Rowling was born much later than the others

　　B. MacDonald's works are only popular among children

　　C. Narnia is the name of a character in Lewis' s novel

　　D. Lewis disliked MacDonald' s mythmaking

　　28. The main purpose of the text is to _______

　　A. introduce several British writers

　　B. discuss Rowling' s Harry Potter series

　　C. show fantasy stories' influence on Rowling

　　D. explain the development of fantasy literature

　　C

　　“It' s all pretty surreal(超現(xiàn)實(shí)的);it' s amazing, fantastic," Hugo Bugg, 27, said after finding out he had become Chelsea Flower Show' s youngest gold medal winner.

　　His Waterscape Garden, in cooperation with the Royal Bank of Canada, was designed to show how gardeners can conserve(保存)and use storm water all year round.

　　The garden has a number of pools for collecting rainwater, which is then filtered (滲透) out into the garden through loose stones.

　　“Because of the severe flooding we' ve seen in parts of the UK, I wanted to show how even inexperienced gardeners can manage storm water in their gardens through simple techniques," said Bugg.

　　While those unfamiliar with the gardening world may not have heard of the young designer, Bugg has been gradually building a reputation for himself- and collecting a number of gardening prizes -- over the last few years.

　　In 2010 he was named RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)young designer of the year and in 2011 he.won a gold medal at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

　　RHS was founded in the UK in 1804 for the improvement of gardening, and is responsible for the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show taking place in London in May every year.

　　But Bugg, who had studied garden design at Falmouth University, said he was not ready to become a celebrated gardener yet.

　　Instead, he chooses to focus on his design business, Hugo Bugg Landscapes. It is based in Exeter, Devon, where he now lives. He said he had received a few offers to do television work but had so far turned them down.

　　Born in Oxfordshire, Bugg said he was five when he first found a love for gardening, when his family moved to "an old house with a large garden" in Devon.

　　"You could say I' ve grown up in the garden," said the award-winning designer, who remembers spending many weekends clearing the three acres of wilderness (荒地) with his father (Stephen, 66, an art teacher).

　　As RHS's golden boy, Bugg is favorably impressed by the increased involvement of the new generation.

　　"There are definitely more young people at Chelsea this year, which is fantastic," he said. "Hopefully, when you start seeing more young people at the shows doing things it will attract more."

　　29. Hugo Bugg' s Waterscape Garden was designed " mainly to __

　　A. teach people how to avoid storm damage

　　B. show people how to make good use of rainwater

　　C. let people know about the Royal Bank of Canada

　　D. increase the confidence of inexperienced gardeners

　　30. According to Hugo Bugg, the next step of his work is

　　A. to run his company better

　　B. to achieve international fame

　　C. to make more TV appearances

　　D. to win more prizes at garden shows

　　31. What is Hugo Bugg' s wish?

　　A. Helping young people to improve their gardening skills.

　　B. Greater participation of the youth in the garden shows.

　　C. Attracting more people to his Waterscape Garden.

　　D. Increasing support from new gardening societies.

　　32. The author wrote the text to_____

　　A. invite visitors to Chelsea Flower Show

　　B. introduce a new infiltration technology

　　C. report an award-winning young gardener

　　D. describe the Royal Horticultural Society's work

　　D

　　The D.C. public school system is ready to greatly expand its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) offerings, thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant (獎(jiǎng)助金) from the company Lockheed Martin.

　　The global security and aerospace company announced Friday that it has committed million to Project Lead The Way, a non-profit STEM curriculum (課程) provider, to train teachers and build programs in urban school districts, starting with D.C. public schools.

The District expects to receive about

　　不苦不累，高三無(wú)味;不拼不搏，高三白活。高考加油!下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家推薦的英語(yǔ)高考試卷全國(guó)卷一2017，僅供大家參考!

　　英語(yǔ)質(zhì)量抽檢檢測(cè)卷

　　第一部分：聽(tīng)力(共兩節(jié)，滿分30分)

　　做題時(shí)，先將答案劃在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容結(jié)束后，你將有兩分鐘的時(shí)間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。

　　第一節(jié)(共5小題;每小題1.5分， 滿分7.5分)

　　聽(tīng)下面五段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C 三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

　　1. What is the woman trying to do?

　　A.Read a book. B.Watch a movie. C.Work on the computer.

　　2. When will the girl learn how to surf?

　　A.In 5 years. B.In 10 years. C.In 15 years.

　　3. Why is the woman in Texas?

　　A.For fun. B.For business. C.For study.

　　4. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

　　A.Careers. B.Health problems. C.Types of hospitals.

　　5. What does the woman think of the parrot?

　　A. He's funny. B.He's quiet. C. He's allergic to juice.

　　第二節(jié)(共15小題;每小題1.5分， 滿分22.5分)

　　聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘;聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

　　聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6、7題。

　　6. What is the dog’s name?

　　A.Harry. B.Yoda. C.Luke.

　　7.What is the dog like?

　　A.Young and fast. B.Old and loyal. C.Big and scary.

　　聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8、9題。

　　8. What does the woman show the man last?

　　A. Jupiter. B. The North Star. C. Mars.

　　9. Who might the woman be?

　　A. A doctor. B. A scientist. C. An artist.

　　聽(tīng)第8段材料， 回答第10至12題。

　　10. When did the man see the bear?

　　A. At about 9:15 a.m. B. At about 9:30 a.m. C. At about 9:45 a.m.

　　11. How did the bear act toward the man?

　　A. It attacked him. B. It showed its teeth. C. It ran away quickly.

　　12. What does the man think of the bear?

　　A. It isn't very dangerous. B. It is a beautiful brown bear.

　　C. It often attacks runners in spring.

　　聽(tīng)第9段材料，回答第13至16題。

　　13. How does the woman feel about rock music?

　　A. It comes from the heart. B. It's something you have to think about.

　　C. It never gets boring.

　　14. What did the woman look like?

　　A. She had long black hair. B. She wore leather clothes.

　　C. She never wore pants.

　　15. What was the name of the woman's band?

　　A. Up Your Alley. B. The Blackhearts. C. Rock and Roll.

　　16. What does the woman suggest in the end?

　　A. She didn't actually have much influence. B. People still don't understand her.

　　C. She still wants to perform.

　　聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

　　17. What is the topic of the talk?

　　A. Bad behavior in schools. B. New education methods.

　　C. Making kids healthier.

　　18. Who is Ashanti Branch?

　　A. An assistant principal. B. The company founder of Ergotron.

　　C. A parent of a student at Montera Middle School.

　　19. According to the radio interview, what is difficult for students to do?

　　A. Sit still in class. B. Adjust to the new education system.

　　C. Work independently on assignments.

　　20. What was the solution to the problem?

　　A. More teachers. B. Shorter class time. C. Different furniture.

　　第二部分 閱讀理解(共兩節(jié)，滿分40分)

　　第一節(jié)(共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分)

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、 B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

　　A

　　To: Director of Operations, Greensboro Hospital

　　From: Worldwide Express (WW-EX)

　　Date: September 3, 20,14

　　We are writing to inform you that our company, Worldwide Express (WW-EX), now provides the advanced Medical Express Solutions system, a best available packaging and delivery service customized especially for the healthcare industry. The transport of materials can be costly, but our service can offer your hospital a safe, inexpensive, technologically advanced method for shipping your healthcare materials. Worldwide Express, already a trusted name in packaging and delivery, can guarantee that you can place your confidence in our new Medical Express Solutions.

　　As fierce competition and tighter regulations force companies to operate in a more cost-effective manner, the pace of change in the healthcare market is creating some difficult challenges. Medical Express Solutions helps address these challenges with a fast and reliable transportation system that uses unique protective packaging. By joining forces with Medical Express Solutions, your medical facility will have an unbroken delivery chain, providing temperature-controlled protection for all medical products and diagnostic specimens (診斷標(biāo)本) at various stages of storage and transport.

　　Medical Express Solutions' special packaging system provides reliable delivery of time and temperature-sensitive materials without the need to replace dry ice during transport. Made of recyclable materials, our patented packaging is more environmentally friendly and guarantees safe storage, support, and delivery of healthcare-related products in cooled or deep-frozen states for up to 120 hours. In addition, our service is easy to use. Attached, please find a sample copy of our WW-EX Airbill. Hospital staff simply fill out the information on the Airbill, and Medical Express Solutions takes care of the rest, including the packing.

　　With reliable and speedy service, guaranteed delivery times, and dependable tracking of sensitive shipments, your hospital staff can track the progress of their deliveries at all times. Do not wait another day. Phone l-800-290-5992, and one of our experienced staff will assist you in obtaining further information on setting up a WW-EX Medical Express Solutions account for your facility today.

　　Thank you for your attention,

　　Bill Grawley,

　　President, Worldwide Express

　　21. What do we know about Worldwide Express?

　　A. It designs shipping packages.

　　B. It' s a reliable delivery company.

　　C. It produces healthcare materials.

　　D. It' s a newly developed shipping system.

　　22. The Medical Express Solutions system __

　　A. was created by Greensboro Hospital

　　B. helps solve challenges in the healthcare industry

　　C. provides high-quality packaging and delivery service

　　D. was designed to protect diagnostic specimens for hospitals

　　23. We can infer from the text that hospital staff______.

　　A. must present their personal information

　　B. need to pack their items before delivery

　　C. will open a Worldwide Express account for free

　　D. can view where their items are during the delivery process

　　24. What is the purpose of this letter?

　　A. To recommend a superb service.

　　B. To market a patented packaging.

　　C. To advertise healthcare facilities.

　　D. To introduce a trusted company.

　　B

　　J. K. Rowling, author of the hugely popular Harry Potter series, has written her own special magic in the fantasy genre (體裁). Though she may be the best-known fantasy writer to the current generation, she is hardly the first. A number of others, many of whom, like Rowling, are British, were writing fantasy novels before J. K. Rowling was born.

One such writer is George MacDonald, a Scottish author, best known for his novels Phantastes and Lilith. MacDonald's work, like Rowling' s, showed that fantasy literature could hold appeal for older children and even adults. In Phantastes, a young man named Anodos journeys through a fantasy land where he experiences magical adventures. While Phantastes is a relatively light story, Lilith, a much later work by MacDonald, is a darker and more serious tale. In this novel, a character called Mr, Vane travels through a fantasy land. There he meets Lilith, an attractive but troubling fairy princess; In describing Mr. Vane s experiences, MaCDonald explores the question of what it means to be human.

　　Another British fantasy writer, C. S. Lewis, acknowledged that he was grateful to George MacDonald. It was MacDonald's mythmaking, rather than his writing style, that Lewis admired. Lewis' s The Chronicles of Narnia, a tale of mythical power, is a group of seven books tied together more by the fictional world they created than by the description of a particular character's experiences.

　　Narnia is a magical place where animals can talk and time progresses at its own rate. Like Harry Potter and his mates at Hogwarts, the characters who live in Narnia struggle with the conflicting forces of good and evil.

　　Yet another fantasy series, occupying fewer printed pages but treating its material in the way the Harry Potter series does, is J.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The series describes a group of seven characters who journey together in order to destroy a ring which would give an evil lord power if he gets it. As Lewis does with Narnia, Tolkien invents a universe, which he calls Middle Earth, and peoples, from humans to terrifying creatures called “ores” and “uruk-hai."

　　25. What do the four writers in the text have in common?

　　A. They are all Scottish writers.

　　B. They are all fantasy novelists.

　　C. They are all best-selling writers.

　　D. They have the same writing style.

　　26. We can infer from the text that __________.

　　A. Phantastes is a serious story.

　　B. Lilith is one of MacDonald' s early works.

　　C. The Chronicles of Narnia is a fantasy series.

　　D. The Lord of the Rings is the earliest fantasy work.

　　27.It can be learned from the text that ________

　　A. J.K.,Rowling was born much later than the others

　　B. MacDonald's works are only popular among children

　　C. Narnia is the name of a character in Lewis' s novel

　　D. Lewis disliked MacDonald' s mythmaking

　　28. The main purpose of the text is to _______

　　A. introduce several British writers

　　B. discuss Rowling' s Harry Potter series

　　C. show fantasy stories' influence on Rowling

　　D. explain the development of fantasy literature

　　C

　　“It' s all pretty surreal(超現(xiàn)實(shí)的);it' s amazing, fantastic," Hugo Bugg, 27, said after finding out he had become Chelsea Flower Show' s youngest gold medal winner.

　　His Waterscape Garden, in cooperation with the Royal Bank of Canada, was designed to show how gardeners can conserve(保存)and use storm water all year round.

　　The garden has a number of pools for collecting rainwater, which is then filtered (滲透) out into the garden through loose stones.

　　“Because of the severe flooding we' ve seen in parts of the UK, I wanted to show how even inexperienced gardeners can manage storm water in their gardens through simple techniques," said Bugg.

　　While those unfamiliar with the gardening world may not have heard of the young designer, Bugg has been gradually building a reputation for himself- and collecting a number of gardening prizes -- over the last few years.

　　In 2010 he was named RHS (Royal Horticultural Society)young designer of the year and in 2011 he.won a gold medal at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

　　RHS was founded in the UK in 1804 for the improvement of gardening, and is responsible for the world-famous Chelsea Flower Show taking place in London in May every year.

　　But Bugg, who had studied garden design at Falmouth University, said he was not ready to become a celebrated gardener yet.

　　Instead, he chooses to focus on his design business, Hugo Bugg Landscapes. It is based in Exeter, Devon, where he now lives. He said he had received a few offers to do television work but had so far turned them down.

　　Born in Oxfordshire, Bugg said he was five when he first found a love for gardening, when his family moved to "an old house with a large garden" in Devon.

　　"You could say I' ve grown up in the garden," said the award-winning designer, who remembers spending many weekends clearing the three acres of wilderness (荒地) with his father (Stephen, 66, an art teacher).

　　As RHS's golden boy, Bugg is favorably impressed by the increased involvement of the new generation.

　　"There are definitely more young people at Chelsea this year, which is fantastic," he said. "Hopefully, when you start seeing more young people at the shows doing things it will attract more."

　　29. Hugo Bugg' s Waterscape Garden was designed " mainly to __

　　A. teach people how to avoid storm damage

　　B. show people how to make good use of rainwater

　　C. let people know about the Royal Bank of Canada

　　D. increase the confidence of inexperienced gardeners

　　30. According to Hugo Bugg, the next step of his work is

　　A. to run his company better

　　B. to achieve international fame

　　C. to make more TV appearances

　　D. to win more prizes at garden shows

　　31. What is Hugo Bugg' s wish?

　　A. Helping young people to improve their gardening skills.

　　B. Greater participation of the youth in the garden shows.

　　C. Attracting more people to his Waterscape Garden.

　　D. Increasing support from new gardening societies.

　　32. The author wrote the text to_____

　　A. invite visitors to Chelsea Flower Show

　　B. introduce a new infiltration technology

　　C. report an award-winning young gardener

　　D. describe the Royal Horticultural Society's work

　　D

　　The D.C. public school system is ready to greatly expand its science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) offerings, thanks to a multimillion-dollar grant (獎(jiǎng)助金) from the company Lockheed Martin.

　　The global security and aerospace company announced Friday that it has committed $6 million to Project Lead The Way, a non-profit STEM curriculum (課程) provider, to train teachers and build programs in urban school districts, starting with D.C. public schools.

The District expects to receive about $2 million in training and course materials over time, enough for every school in the District to carry out the program.

　　On Friday, some seventh grade robotics students at McKinley were building simple gear trains (齒輪系) and exploring some complex concepts.

　　This kind of exposure to hands-on projects gives students more motivation to work hard and take higher-level math and science classes, educators say.

　　A mentoring (指導(dǎo)) program is also being developed that will connect high school students with Lockheed Martin engineers, who can serve as role models and help students keep on through the challenging course work,

　　Educators and business leaders are increasingly concerned about the growing gap between skills students have by graduation and skills employers require in a high-tech economy.

　　There are many efforts underway that focus on encouraging women and minority students to become scientists and engineers, because very few consider these careers.

　　"We absolutely need the best and brightest technical talent to help us keep our competitive edge," said Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager for Lockheed Martin' s information systems and global solutions civil business.

　　33. Educators believe the projects and activities

　　A. should be limited to top schools

　　B. will replace the current school courses

　　C. should be attractive to women and minority students

　　D. will help students understand math and science better

　　34, We can infer from the text that

　　A. minority students won' t take STEM courses

　　B. women scientists and engineers are greatly needed

　　C. students' abilities can' t meet the employers' demands

　　D. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a mentoring program

　　35. What is Stephanie C. Hill' s attitude toward the program?

　　A. Unconcerned. B. Skeptical.

　　C. Positive. D. Critical. million in training and course materials over time, enough for every school in the District to carry out the program.

　　On Friday, some seventh grade robotics students at McKinley were building simple gear trains (齒輪系) and exploring some complex concepts.

　　This kind of exposure to hands-on projects gives students more motivation to work hard and take higher-level math and science classes, educators say.

　　A mentoring (指導(dǎo)) program is also being developed that will connect high school students with Lockheed Martin engineers, who can serve as role models and help students keep on through the challenging course work,

　　Educators and business leaders are increasingly concerned about the growing gap between skills students have by graduation and skills employers require in a high-tech economy.

　　There are many efforts underway that focus on encouraging women and minority students to become scientists and engineers, because very few consider these careers.

　　"We absolutely need the best and brightest technical talent to help us keep our competitive edge," said Stephanie C. Hill, vice president and general manager for Lockheed Martin' s information systems and global solutions civil business.

　　33. Educators believe the projects and activities

　　A. should be limited to top schools

　　B. will replace the current school courses

　　C. should be attractive to women and minority students

　　D. will help students understand math and science better

　　34, We can infer from the text that

　　A. minority students won' t take STEM courses

　　B. women scientists and engineers are greatly needed

　　C. students' abilities can' t meet the employers' demands

　　D. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a mentoring program

　　35. What is Stephanie C. Hill' s attitude toward the program?

　　A. Unconcerned. B. Skeptical.

　　C. Positive. D. Critical.