1、unit 23 b卷一、閱讀理解amore than one in ten uk teenagers has been left without a job or college place，despite 11 years of compulsory education，figures show.the number of 16to18yearolds branded as“neet”not in education，employment or traininghas risen amid growing fears that schoolleavers are bearing the br

2、unt of_job_shortages_in_the_recession.some 261,000 young people had no job or training place，according to official data.the figure rose to 1,082,000 among 16to24yearolds.the conservatives branded the figures“shocking”david willetts，the shadow skills secretary，said：“it is a damning indictment of the

3、governments failure to help young people during the recession.”“despite all gordon browns guarantees and pledges，the number of young people neither earning nor learning is increasing at a rate of more than 9,000 a week.ministers must stop making empty gestures that do so little to help young people.

4、”the government has a target to reduce the proportion of young neets to 7.6 per cent by next year.the latest annual data from the department for children，schools and families put the figure at 10.3 per cent by the end of 2008.the percentage of 16to18yearolds who fell into the same bracket remained h

5、igher in the past year than in the previous 12 months，it was revealed.in a further disclosure，figures for the third quarter of this year show almost a fifth of 16to24yearolds were in the categorymore than at any point since 2005.iain wright，the schools minister，said：“we are giving all 16to17yearolds

6、 the opportunity to stay in education or training so they can gain the skills they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive labour market.”“we must not repeat the mistakes that were made in recessions of the past and abandon a whole generation of young people.we recognize that we need to carry

7、 on helping young people through this tough economic climate.”he said the government would offer every neet a place on an“entry of employment”course in january.1according to what david willetts said，the number of young people neither earning or learning will increase about _ in a year.a261,000b1,082

8、,000c9,000 d432,0002the underlined sentence in para.2 means“_”aschoolleavers are the cause of job shortages in the recessionbschoolleavers are not to blame for job shortages in the recessioncschoolleavers are receiving the main pressure of job shortages in the recessiondschoolleavers are to be freed

9、 from job shortages in the recession3what david willetts said indicates that _.athe government has tried its best to solve the problembthe problem is unavoidable during the recessioncwhat the government has done is far from satisfactorydhe is sure the government can solve the problem4which of the fo

10、llowing is not true according to iain wright?athe government has realized how serious the problem is and will take effective measures.byoung people are facing a tough economic climate.cthe government responded too late in face of the situation.dit will be difficult for young people to be employed if

11、 they dont have relevant skills.bwe may all have had the embarrassing moment：getting halfway through a story only to realize that weve told this exact tale before，to the person were boring with it now.why do we make such memory mistakes?according to research published in psychological science，it may

12、 have to do with the way our brains process different types of memory.researchers nigel gopie，of the rotman research institute in toronto，and colin macleod，of the university of waterloo，divided memory into two kinds.the first was source memory，or the ability to keep track of where information is com

13、ing from.the second was destination memory，or the ability to recall whom we have given information to.they found that source memory functions better than destination memory，in part because of the direction in which that information is travelling.to study the differences between source and destinatio

14、n memory，the researchers did an experiment on 60 university students，according to a new york times report.the students were asked to associate 50 random(隨意的)facts with the faces of 50 famous people.half of the students“told”each fact to one of the faces，reading it aloud when the celebritys picture a

15、ppeared on a computer screen.the other half read each fact silently and saw a different celebrity picture afterward.when later asked to recall which facts went with which faces，the students who were giving information out(destination memory)scored about 16 percent lower on memory performance compare

16、d with the students receiving information(source memory)the researchers concluded that outgoing information was less associated with its environmental context(背景)that is，the personthan incoming information.this makes sense given what is known about attention.a person who is giving information even l

17、ittle facts，will devote some mental resources to thinking about what is being said.because our attention is finite(有限的)，we give less attention to the person we are giving information to.after a second experiment with another group of 40 students，the researchers concluded that selffocus is another fa

18、ctor that undermines destination memory.they asked half the students to continue giving out random information，while the other told things about themselves.this time around，those who were talking about themselves did 15 percent worse than those giving random information.“when you start telling these

19、 personal facts compared with nonself facts，suddenly destination memory goes down more，suggesting that it is the selffocus component(成分)thats reducing the memory，”gopie told live science.5the point of this article is to _.agive advice on how to improve memorybtell what causes the memory to worsencex

20、plain why we repeat stories to the same persondintroduce different kinds of memories6those who read each fact silently and saw a different celebrity picture afterwards _.acan memorize more informationbhave worse memorycare more likely to repeat storiesdpaid more attention to themselves7the person wh

21、o is giving information _.amay receive little factsbfocuses more on what he is sayingchas finite attentiondpays much attention to his own behavior8the underlined word“undermines”probably means“_”aweakens bbenefitscexplains dsupports二、任務型讀寫(2012銅陵第三中學高三月考)閱讀下面短文，根據所讀內容在表格中的空白處填入恰當的單詞。注意：每個空格只填一個單詞。fa

22、rmers and gardeners have long used greenhouses to extend the growing season in cold weather.now，hoop houses are gaining popularity.hoop houses are sometimes called a temporary greenhouse or passive solar greenhouse.some hoop houses are rounded；others are shaped more like a traditional house.a hoop h

23、ouse is basically a metal frame covered with plastic or other allweather material.a common design looks like a high tunnel.unlike a greenhouse，which uses a heating system，a hoop house is heated by the warmth of the sun.now，the united states department of agriculture has announced a program to help f

24、armers who want to build hoop houses.the department has been supporting a project in michigan.that state has a short growing season.as part of the research project，nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house.the results showed that wellmanaged hoop houses can grow

25、 highquality crops.however，crops are not the only things that grow well.the research found that weeds grow faster in a hoop house.weeding，seeding and watering requires at least as much work as crops grown in the open air.the researchers also advise growers to add compost(堆肥)material to the soil in h

26、oop houses to build nutrients.eliot coleman is an organic farmer and a writer in maine who has helped popularize the idea of fourseason farming.his ideas about hoop houses sounded good to john biernbaum in the horticulture(園藝)department at michigan state university.professor biernbaum tried hoop hou

27、ses on the student organic farm at michigan state and had success.project director david conner says it was a“test drive(試車)”for the research on private farms.the agricultural economist points to the demand for locally grown crops.“people are hungry for good，fresh vegetables，”he says.topichoop house

28、sdesignshapelike a high tunnel：some round；others like a 1._ greenhouse.materialmetal frame；plastic or other allweather material2._the warmth of the sunresearch project in michiganthe programit is 3._ by the us department of agriculture；michigan was chosen due to its short 4._ season；nine farmers were given materials and trained how to build and use a hoop house；it is greatly inspired by the ideas from eliot coleman.5._