---What happened to you this morning?
---The teacher wanted to know the _______ why I was late for the meeting.
A. information B. conversation
C. reason D. purpose
--- I hear ______ new building appears in our school.
--- Yeah, it’s_____ good place for teachers and students to do exercise.
A. the; a B. a; a
C. a; the D. the; the
书面表达（15分）
“餐桌手机控”是指那些在餐桌上先拍照后用餐、并在用餐过程中扔只关注手机的群体。然而，最近发表的一篇科学研究表明：分享或关注食物的照片会使人们对食物的满意程度下降。此外，“餐桌手机控”的现象也疏远了人与人之间的距离。
请根据上述内容，以Not taking photos of food makes us happier为题写一篇80词左右的英语短文。
Not taking photos of food makes us happier
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补全对话（5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话的意思连贯、完整。
A: Long time no see. ___________1.__________?
B: I’ve been to England for a training course.
A: Oh, really? Sounds great. ___________2.___________?
B: About 4 months.
A: Where did you stay during the time?
B: I stayed at an English couple’s house. ____________3.__________.
A: How cool! Did you often have parties?
B: Not very often. But we are very good friends now. __________4.___________?
A: I’m going to the mall.
B: The greatest mall? _________5.___________. I want to buy some gifts for the English couple. Shall we go there together?
A: Of course. Let’s go!
词语运用（10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面题号后的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
Jasmine（《茉莉花》） is a popular song in China. Many of_____1.____ are quite familiar with it, and have learned it in primary school. At the CCTV Spring Festival Gala （央视春节联欢晚会）of 2013, Song Zuying sang the song ___2._______Celine Dion. This time, however, another foreign singer named Christine Guldbrandsen is going to bring her version of Jasmine to us all.
Christine is a Norwegian （挪威的）____3.______. She began to sing at the age of three. When she was 15, she signed a contract（合同） with Sony. One year___4._____, her first album （专辑）came out. Many people were amazed by her pure voice. In 2011, her ____5.______album, Colors, became one of the best-sellers in Europe. Since then, Western media have ____6.____her as a female singer with the most beautiful voice in Europe, _____7.____often compare her with the popular American singer Taylor Swift.
Christine has a great love ____8.______traditional music. That is the reason why she ____9.______to sing Jasmine. In order to sing the song well, she has invited a professional Chinese teacher to teach her Chinese. To be ___10._____, Christine will combine Chinese folk music with Nordic（北欧的） music.
Such a unique Jasmine is certainly worth our expectation. Let’s look forward to it.
With the development of science and technology, newspapers seem to be less and lesspopular. ______1._____However, newspapers have a long history. It is not so easy for newspapers to face their end.
_____2._____They prefer printed publications(), because reading on digital devices make them feel uncomfortable.
Second, newspapers can use the money they get from ads to develop themselves. Of course, ads can also be published on the Internet, but those ads are not reliable. Some of them may just be fraud（诈骗） information. If believing in these ads easily, people may face great troubles. _____3.______Because newspapers are often read by intellectuals（知识分子）, if the ad information is not real, people will not buy the newspaper. _______4._______
Third, newspapers are better materials for learning. Nowadays, many people like learning on the Internet, because there is lots of information for free. ____5.______If the information is incorrect and you learn it, no one will be responsible for it. But the newspapers are different. They are carefully written by editors and checked for accuracy （准确性）several times.
So, you see, the future of newspapers is still promising.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。
A.Then the sales of the newspapers will decrease.
B.Some people even think the newspapers are dying.
C.But ads in newspapers are different.
D.First, many people have a special love for newspapers.
E.But have you ever thought about whether the information is correct or not?
