You’ll fail the exam _____ you work hard.
A. if B. unless C. or D. so
We ___________to speak aloud in the public place.
A. shouldn’t be allowed B. should allow
C. should be allowed D. shouldn’t allow
Write at least 60 words according to the given situation. (根据所给情景，写一篇不少于60词的短文，标点符号不占格。)
Situation: Nowadays many students go to school by
bike, by car, by underground ... How do you go to school? What do you think of
it? 眼下不少学生骑自行车、乘私家车、乘地铁等方式上学。你是怎么去学校的？你觉得你的方式如何？谈谈你的想法
并简述其理由。
Words and patterns fo
r
reference（以下单词或词组可供选用）
choice, convenient, save time, stop ... from
（注意：文中不得出现任何姓名、校名及其它相关信息，否则不予评分。）
Answer the questions.
My
daughter, Tina, began to look for a job several months before she graduated
from university. “Because of the financial crisis（金融危机）,
it is mo
re
difficult to get into a company than to take the college entrance exam.” I told
her, “You shouldn’t have too much hope or you would feel really disappointed.”
Tina applied for a position in a company in the city center. The competition
was fierce. The company was to employ only one among the twenty people. Tina
said to me, “I am not afraid of disappointment. As long as I try, there will
always 
be
hope! ”
Everything seemed to go quite well and Tina passed the first round and entered the final in a week’s time.
On the day of the final interview, Tina and two other candidates （候选人）arrived on time, waiting for the test. To their great surprise, the interview was quite simple, and the intereviewer only chatted with them for a moment. The interviewer said to them, “All of you are super. Please go home and wait for our anwer. We will tell you the result in three days. Good luck to all of you!” On the third day, Tina received the message from the company telling her that she was not employed. She felf upset. In order to comfort her, I pretended to be relaxed and said, “It does not matter! I believe you will have more opportunities in the future!”
Late
in the afternoon, Tina suddenly told me excitedly on the phone, “Dad,
good news. I’ve mde it! ” I could not wait to ask her, “What’s the whole
matter?” Tina told me that she received a second message saying that she was
employed. She was so confused that she made a call to the company. In fact, the
message Tina got in the morning was alse part of the test of the interview. The
three candidates received the same message this morning and only Tina’s reply
was satisfying to the company. “How did all of you reply?” I asked. “One did
not reply. The other said ‘Goodbye’ and I said ‘Thank you’ .”
1.Has Tina graduated form universtiy? （此题1分）
2.In
the writer’s opinion, which was more
difficult, to get into a company or to take the college entrance exam?
3.How many people entered the final round of the competition?
4.Why did the writer pretend to be relaxed when he learned Tina was not employed?
5.What does the underlined sentence mean “I’ve made it!” mean in English?
It means “_______________________________”.
6.What can we learn from Tina? (Give at least two points.) （此题3分）
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (14分)
You know that eating a sensible diet and getting plenty of exercise help make your body healthy and strong. But do you know that there are ways to make your brain healthier and smarter? Here are seven steps toward a smarter brain.
Limit your TV viewing
Never spend too much time on TV viewing, for it n__1.__ very little brain activities. Your brain will become weak just as your muscles do. If you do watch TV, choose something educational and meaningful.
Travel
Travelling to a____2.__ country forces you to see and do things in a fresh way, bringing stimulation to the brain. Learn a new language
Learning a new language involves different learning methods. Learning a language sharpens your brain and helps prevent memory p___3.___ that you may meet in later years.
Read often
As you read, take the time to look up people or places that aren’t familiar. Reading makes your vocabulary much l___4.__ if you always search for words and definitions that you don’t know. Each week, choose an animal, a bird or fish, and read everything you can about it. Stretch your brain as you become an expert on the subject.
Calculate w_____5.___ you shop
As you put things in your
grocery cart, total everything in your head. See how close you get to the
actual total.
Use your non-dominant（不占优势的）hand
If you are right-handed, use your left hand for everyday activities, or use your right hand if you are left-handed. Doing familiar things in a different way will make your brain c____6.__ new neural （神经）networks.
Wechat（微信）!
Read messages from people who has different interests. And some say that learning to express y____7.___ in just 100 words is a great brain challenge.
Have a try and do these every day. Little by little you can get into the habit of challenging your brain, and make your brain smarter!
Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage. (12分)
People of all ages, especially young children, follow comic strips in newspapers, magazines and the movies. Who is your favourite superhero --- Spideman? Wonder Woman? These heroes have been around for a long time. Comics came out even earlier. In ancient times, people made funny drawings of animals _____ paper.
Comic strips first came out during the 1800s and remain much the same style today. These comics are drawn in connected boxes. The boxes usually show a dramatic _________. Some comic strips are printed in newspapers, which often continue from day to day. Some people even read the comics before they read the front page.
The
comic books first _____ dur
ing
the 1930s. It seemed that everyone wanted to read comic books. They loved
reading about the adventures of The Man of Steel and Batman. During the 1940s,
the nation was at war and some comic book characters, such as Captain America,
reflected （反映）the times. Others, such as Bugs Bunny and
Daffy Duck, made people laugh during this _______ time in history.
After the war, people became __________ interested in old comic book characters, so new superheroes had to be made. The new superheroes, such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Spideman, talked and acted more like real people. As time went on, comic books had to _________ TV because TV has offered a lot of fun to people.
Comic strips are usually good for a laugh or at least a smile. But they have held a place in history. They take people away from their daily lives into another world. In this world, the hero always wins, and failure only comes to the bad guys.
1.A. with B. on C. without D. over
2.A. story B. copy C. collection D. picture
3.A. grew B. knew C. appeared D. finished
4.A. happy B. alone C. noisy D. terrible
5.A. more B. much C. less D. little
6.A. link wih B. compete with C. talk with D. communicate with
