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When will the football program begin? A. At 7:00. B. At 8:25. C. At 9:30.
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What did the woman get from her mother? A. A new CD. B. A new bike. C. A birthday card.
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| 3. 难度：中等 | |
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What subject does the man have trouble with? A. Math. B. Science. C. English.
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| 4. 难度：简单 | |
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What does the man usually do on the weekend? A. Go to the movies. B. Meet up with friends. C. Read books at home.
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| 5. 难度：中等 | |
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What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Friends. B. Boss and employee. C. Salesman and customer.
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| 6. 难度：中等 | |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Chinese tea culture. B. Famous places in China. C. Different kinds of tea in the world. 2.How does black tea taste according to the woman? A. Sweet. B. Heavy. C. Light.
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| 7. 难度：中等 | |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Where were the man's shoes made? A. In France. B. In Spain. C. In Germany. 2.What are the speakers doing now? A. Having lunch. B. Shopping at a mall. C. Watching a fashion show.
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| 8. 难度：中等 | |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What is the man famous for? A. Collecting coins. B. Starting a college. C. Teaching mathematics. 2.When did the man begin to collect coins? A. When he was thirteen years old. B. When he got a special book from his uncle. C. When he picked some rare coins on the road. 3.Where does the man usually get coins? A. From his friends. B. From small shops. C. From other collectors.
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| 9. 难度：中等 | |
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does Mike look like? A. He has a beard. B. He's tall and heavy. C. He has blue eyes and brown hair. 2.Who is the person the man is describing? A. His mother. B. The woman's mother. C. Mike's mother. 3.How does the woman feel about what happened in the game? A. Embarrassed. B. Bored. C. Sad. 4.What is the most important in the game the speakers are playing? A. A person's appearance. B. A person's character. C. A person's career.
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| 10. 难度：中等 | |
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.When did the speaker start taking music lessons? A. At age two. B. At age ten. C. At age twenty. 2.How often did the speaker practice as a child? A. Two hours a day. B. Three hours a day. C. Ten hours a day. 3.Why did the speaker play in concerts? A. To travel to other cities. B. To get into a good college. C. To make his parents happy. 4.What is the speaker's attitude toward music now? A. He only does it for fun. B. He wants to be the best. C. He never plays it anymore.
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| 11. 难度：中等 | |
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For those who may not be familiar, there is no such thing as a bicycle grants(补助金). As a matter of fact, there are a number of organizations and programs offering bicycle grants to bicyclers all over the world. Now of course, you can't simply receive money, because you want to buy a new mountain bike. Usually, those awarded grants are working on improving the quality of life. People are excited about the bicycle grants. This type of influence and achievement is gaining the attention of various companies that want to help by providing the necessary funding. Eastman Kodak Company Kodak has developed a fund called the “ Kodak American Greenways Awards". They are cooperating with the National geographic Society and the Conservation fund. Each year, they present grants as high as $2,500. The“seed” grant award is awarded to organizations that focus on improving blueways, greenways, natural areas, and trails. US Government The government has developed their only program for bicycle riders, called " The US Department of transportation's Recreational Trails Program". The government’s program is primarily focused on funding trail projects. The benefits of the fund is recreation, which includes bicycling, hiking, in-line skating, snowmobiling, all-terrain(地面)vehicle riding, and so forth. The great addition to the fund is that they distribute the funding to all the states. This means that everybody has the opportunity of receiving bicycle grants. Bikes Belong Coalition The Bikes Belong Coalition makes putting more people on bicycles their priority. They advocate for a better environment, recreation, sports, and better health, by way of bicycling. At the same time, they provide funding for supporting projects and bicycle facilities. Some of the projects they accept are paved lanes and bike paths. Applications for their grants can be submitted by either a facility class or a supporting class. Also, Bikes Belong Coalition are not quick to award bicycle grants to those who have been awarded in the past 3 years. This is partially due to their limited amount of funding 1.What's the main purpose of the bicycle grants? A. To encourage a healthy lifestyle. B. To make bicycles more popular. C. To advertise their companies. D. To give money to bicyclers directly. 2.Who can receive grants offered by the US government? A. Organizations. B. Riders. C. States. D. Supporters. 3.What’s the primary purpose of the passage? A. To explain the reason for the latest bicycle grants. B. To attract more bicycle riders around the country. C. To organize a big event of bicycling across the country. D. To introduce some organizations of the bicycle grants.
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| 12. 难度：中等 | |
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Mary Anning was an English fossil(化石)collector，dealer and paleontologist(古生物学家).Her fossil-hunting helped change the way people thought about the world. Mary was born into a poor family in England on May 21, 1799. She lived in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, in Dorset. The family had nine children. Only Mary and her brother Joseph grew up. Mary's father took his children along the beach. They picked up shells and stones to sell to visitors. Mary did not go to school much. Her family was too poor. And schools did not teach children about fossils. Mary could read and write. She taught herself. She learned about rocks and how bodies are made. In 1811 when Mary and Joseph were fossil hunting, Joseph saw a bone sticking out of the rock. Mary had a hammer to chip away at the rock. Very carefully she uncovered it. She found the first complete fossil of the ichthyosaur(鱼龙). Since then, Mary became crazy about fossil hunting. She liked to hunt on the beach after a storm. The wind, rain and waves made the rocks crumble. It was easy to spot fossils. Most days Mary went fossil hunting with her dog, Tray. Rich friends helped Mary by selling fossils for her. They sent her money. Scientists wrote letters and came to see her. One good friend was William Buckland, a professor at Oxford University. Mary also opened a shop to sell fossils, stones and shells. She chatted with visitors. Mary Anning died in1847. How evolution(进化)works was explained by Charles Darwin not long after Mary died. Her fossils had helped scientists understand how things began. 1.Why did Mary’s father take his children along the beach? A. To enjoy life. B. To make a living. C. To look for fossils. D. To teach them about fossils. 2.What can we learn about Mary? A. Her father was a paleontologist. B. Her father educated her at home. C. She had nine brothers and sisters in all. D. She might be popular at that time. 3.Who was the first one to catch sight of the rock containing the first complete ichthyosaur fossil? A. Charles Darwin. B. Mary's dog. C. Joseph. D. Mary. 4.What does the underlined word crumble in the fourth paragraph means ? A. break B. shake C. float D. dive
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| 13. 难度：困难 | |
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Despite what so many people would love to believe，NASA hasn’t discovered any evidence of past or present intelligent life on Mars. Therefore, when the Curiosity rover (好奇号探测器)found something suspicious on the Red Planet’s surface, they were not only surprised but also a little bit worried. The thin fragment (碎片)was suspicious enough to guarantee its own name, with NASA’s Curiosity rover team calling it the “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris，” named for where it was discovered. With no idea what it was or where it came from, the rover’s handlers began to worry that it might actually be a piece of the rover itself，suggesting some unseen damage or other issue with the robot. Thankfully，those concerns seem to have been unfound. In a new update from NASA the object has now been identified as a natural piece of rock rather than a piece of any man-made craft or vehicle. The team analyzed the unusual object with a tool called the Chem Cam RMI. The instrument uses a laser (激光器)to sniff out the makeup of anything that is pointed at, and the results for this particular piece of debris revealed that it’s actually just a very thin piece of rock. NASA describes the inspection: The planning day began with an interesting result from the previous plan’s Chem Cam RMI analysis of a target that was referred to as “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris”(PPFOD)，and supposed to be a piece of spacecraft debris fact. In fact it was found to be a very thin slice of rock, so we can all rest easy tonight. Curiosity has not begun to shed its skin! How this particularly thin sliver of rock got to where it is—and why it seems to be a different colour than the surrounding sand and debris—remains unexplained, but at least the rover isn’t falling apart. 1.What attitude did NASA hold towards the newly found thin fragment? A. Positive and excited. B. Surprised and delighted. C. Interested and doubtful. D. Amazed and worried. 2.What is the “Pettegrove Point Foreign Object Debris” named for? A. Its finder. B. Its location. C. Its researcher. D. Its shape. 3.According to the passage, which of the following is right? A. Most people believe there isn’t any intelligent life on Mars. B. The recent concerns connected with the thin fragment have not been discovered. C. According to NASA, the object found recently was a piece of man-made craft or vehicle. D. The object once making many people worried has the same colour with the surrounding sand. 4.In which part of newspaper can you read the text? A. Travelling. B. Sports. C. Science. D. Food.
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| 14. 难度：中等 | |
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Two of the saddest words in the English language are "if only". I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment. My father is famous in our family for saying, "Take the extra minute to do it right. " I always try to live by the "extra minute" rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an "if only" moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. I don't only avoid those "if only "moments when it comes to safety. It's equally important to avoid "if only" in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had lost an opportunity to say "I love you" or "I forgive you". When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be there. But then I thought about the fact that he's 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all. I know there will still be occasions when I have to say "if only "about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality (不测的事) . And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I' m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being. 1.Which of the following is an example of the "extra minute" rule? A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated. B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working. C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. D. Move an object out of the way before it lets someone fall down. 2.Why did the author decide to go to her office on Good Friday? A. To keep her appointment with the eye doctor. B. To meet her father who was already an old man. C. To join in the holiday celebration of the company. D. To finish her work before the deadline. 3.What can we infer from the passage? A. It is the most important thing to avoid “if only” in our daily life. B. The author must have a good relationship with her children. C. We should buy insurance to make our life better. D. Avoiding “if only” can make the author comfortable. 4.What is the best title for the passage? A. The Emotional Well-being. B. The Two Saddest Words. C. The Most Useful Rule. D. The Peace of Mind.
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| 15. 难度：中等 | |
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Rivers play an important role on the earth, and we can't imagine what the earth would be like without rivers. 1. With a length of 6, 650 kilometers, the Nile is the longest river in the world. The Nile River has been the source of human civilization since ancient times. The Nile has two main branches—the White Nile and the Blue Nile. The White Nile starts from the Great Lakes region of East and Central Africa through Lake Victoria.2. The Blue Nile carries with it a lot of fertile soil which turns out to be very important to farming in Egypt. The Amazon River is the world's largest river with a width of about 40 kilometers during the rainy seasons but about 10 kilometers wide when it is not flooded. The Amazon River has such a big water volume that it accounts for(占.....比例) more than 20% of all the world’s fresh water—far more than any other river. 3.The main Amazon River flows mostly through Brazil and Peru but its tributaries can also be found in many other countries. 4.It has a depth of about 250 meters. Its length is 4, 700 kilometers. The sources of the Congo River are in the highlands and mountains in the Eastern Africa Rift Valley. It's the second largest river in terms of water volume. 5.The Congo River basin(盆地) is the catchments(流域，集水区) area of the Congo River. It lies in both north and south of the Equator, making its flow very stable as there are always some tributaries experiencing a rainy season at any time. A. Some of them are worth mentioning. B. The Congo River is the world's deepest river. C. Do you know which is the deepest river in the world? D. The Blue Nile originates from(发源于)Lake Tana in Ethiopia. E. Without rivers, there would be no living life in and along them. F. And it flows through the second largest rain-forests in the world. G. Streams that begin in the Andes Mountains are its sources.
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| 16. 难度：中等 | |
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My grandmother was always encouraging me to set goals and work hard to achieve them. She would tell me not to be a follower and not to set ______ on what I could achieve. She ______ believed that there were no limits and that you could ______ whatever you wanted to. I would never forget the following story that she once told me: A farmer won first ______ at the country fair for his huge radish (萝卜)that was the exact shape and ______ of a milk bottle. Many were ______ as to how the farmer was able to grow this radish that was the exact shape of a milk bottle. ____ one gentleman went up to the farmer and asked the question. The farmer replied, " It was _______. I got the seed growing and then I put it into the milk bottle. It had ______ else to go.” You can use this story as an analogy(类比，类推) to life--our lives are ______ by the kind of surroundings we place ourselves in, the people that we allow to ______ us, and the goals we give ourselves. If we only ______ and take no action, then we get no further. But if we ______ , set a goal and take action, then our life takes a ______ shape. Goals and actions can help us accomplish more in a year than what some people will accomplish in a lifetime. To prove this ______, read the biographies of ______ people and you will see that goals and actions ______ played a big role in their success. ____ Mary Kay Ash puts it, "Don’t limit yourself.” Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go ______ your mind lets you. Whatever you believe, remember, you can achieve. In summary, don 't put yourself in a bottle; in other words, move out of what is ______ and secure if you want to move forward. 1.A. expectations B. rules C. limits D. lines 2.A. truly B. naturally C. tightly D. partly 3.A. win B. grasp C. wonder D. achieve 4.A. remark B. prize C. bargain D. reward 5.A. size B. quality C. weight D. colour 6.A. doubtful B. worried C. anxious D. curious 7.A. Immediately B. Gradually C. Finally D. Actually 8.A. strange B. easy C. funny D. secret 9.A. nowhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. anywhere 10.A. shaped B. founded C. controlled D. improved 11.A. understand B. help C. influence D. contact 12.A. dream B. refuse C. survive D. change 13.A. struggle B. insist C. continue D. plan 14.A. fancy B. different C. solid D. clear 15.A. theory B. lesson C. point D. evidence 16.A. successful B. brave C. friendly D. careful 17.A. as usual B. above all C. at all D. in fact 18.A. Which B. As C. That D. What 19.A. as if B. in case C. as far as D. as long as 20.A. comfortable B. valuable C. ordinary D. boring
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 The Amber Room was made of several tons of amber. The amber which1.(select ) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, 2.took the country's best artists about ten years 3. (make). The Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I. 4., the next King of Prussia Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave 5. to Peter the Great. 6. return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room 7.(move )to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.8.(lucky), although the Amber Room was considered one of the9. (wonder)of the world, it is now10.(miss).
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| 18. 难度：中等 | |
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 It was my 17th birthday and I was looking forward to see my friends. I arrived at my favorite restaurant, waiting for him. We would have the special birthday dinner. I looked for a familiar face but failed. Soon the restaurant was filled customers, none of which were my friends. An hour later, I went back home, lonely and disappointing. To my great surprise, I found the door was wide open while I arrived home. Nervously, I walk into the dark room. Suddenly, all the light went on and my friends were appeared shouting ‘‘surprise”. I had an unforgettable birthday.
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| 19. 难度：中等 | |
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假如你是李明,请给报社写一封关于拯救老虎的信,要点如下: 1. 老虎的现状(比如目前数量日趋减少等); 2. 问题出现的原因(比如人为、环境等因素); 3. 应采取的措施。 注意:1.书信必须包括所有要点，适度增添细节; 2.词数100个左右。 Dear editor， ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Ming
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