At a meeting, a well-known speaker lifted up a bill of 20 dollars before starting his speech.
Facing 200 people, he asked, “Who wants this 20-dollar bill?” A great many hands were put up. Then he continued to say, “I intended to give it to any one of you, but allow me to do a thing before giving it to you.” Suddenly he crumpled （揉）it into a round mass. Then he asked, “Who wants it?” Still some hands were lifted up.
He asked again, “Well, how could it be if I do it like this?” he threw the bill onto the ground, stepped on it and twisted it. As he picked it up, the bill had become not only dirty but wrinkled.
“Who still wants it?” Still a few people put up their hands.
“My dear friends, you have had a meaningful class. No matter how I treated this bill, you still want it, because it is worth 20 dollars. On your life road, you may be knocked down（击垮） or even broken into pieces by your determination or unfavorable situations. We may feel ourselves worth nothing, but, my darling, remember that whatever happens in the future, you should never lose your value（价值） in the God’s heart. You’re particular ---- never forget it.”
1.How many times did the speaker ask the people whether they wanted the bill?
A. Once B. Twice
C. Three times D. Four times
2.The underlined word “wrinkled” in the third paragraph probably means ________.
A. broken B. having small lines or folds in it
C. flat D. having holes on it
3.The speaker did this test in order to _____________.
A. tell the audience that one should never lose one’s own value
B. tell the audience that gold values money most
C. test if some of the audience were extremely interested in money
D. play a trick on the audience
4.What would the speaker probably talk about next?
A. How money can make people crazy.
B. How to avoid being knocked down in one’s life.
C. How to keep one’s value of life.
D. How to give a meaningful class
I hate nosy (爱管闲事的) neighbors and it’s very unlucky that I had one for myself. They moved in a couple of months back and although I never felt that they were a strange family, I’ve always hated the way they get “too close” to me, my house, my garden, and even my garbage cans(垃圾桶).
One day, my neighbors were mowing their lawn (草坪). My garbage cans are near their lawn. For some strange reason, I found the wife looking through my garbage cans. I felt angry but since they were from a different culture, I thought that maybe it was “normal” from their ideas.
That afternoon, the couple knocked on my front door. When I opened, they gave me a plastic bag. Inside were my old daily bills, credit cards and bank statements, and an old birthday card that my old uncle sent. They said that they were returning them to me because these documents contained very private information that may be used by others.
I’ve heard it before. I asked them how those documents can be used by others and they started telling me their very own experience, which forced them to leave their home and move next door to us. The wife told me that she never destroyed the bills. They also had a “nosy neighbor” who looked through their garbage cans which they actually thought was pretty strange. Little did they know that this “nosy neighbor” was collecting their personal information from their rubbish. Then all their money was taken out from the bank by their neighbor.
It was a very painful experience for all of them and they wanted to leave them all behind so they left. I was very thankful. They were not nosy neighbors. They simply didn’t want us to experience the same thing that they did.
1.What made the author angry?
A. His neighbor’s wife was looking through his rubbish.
B. His neighbors were mowing their lawn one morning.
C. His neighbors got too close to his own home.
D. His neighbors came to knock at his door at night.
2.Why did the couple come to the author’s home?
A. To introduce themselves to the author.
B. To get to know each other better.
C. To return the documents to the author.
D. To borrow some money from the author.
3.The neighbors came to live next door to the author because .
A. they no longer had money to live in their former home
B. they didn’t want to live in such a noisy home as before
C. their personal documents were used by their former neighbor
D. they thought the author was much better than their former neighbor
4.Which of the following can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The author was kind and helpful to the neighbors.
B. The neighbors had to move from place to place.
C. The neighbors didn’t have enough money.
D. The author changed his idea about his neighbors.
学校将组织一次志愿者活动，现有两种方案，一种是去故宫博物院（The Palace Museum）当解说人员（narrator），一种是去儿童福利院（children’s welfare institution）当服务人员。假如你是李华，请你用英语给组织活动的陈老师写一封100~120个词的信，内容包括：
1、选择其中的一种方案，或者自己另选一个方案
2、陈述理由
3、相关准备
注意：信的开头已给出（不计入词数）。
Dear Mr. Chen ,
I’m writing to recommend
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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：在钷的词下画一横线，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。
Long long ago , there lived a famous beauty , who named XI Shi . Since she suffered from heartburn , she would often frown in front of all neighbour .
A ugly girl—Dong Shi , lived in the same village . She noticed this , thinking it very charmed , also put her hand to her breast and frown in front of everyone . When the rich saw her ,they closed their doors and would come out . But for the poor , they ran across , taking their wives and children . Poor thing ! She should admire Xi Shi’s frown , but did not know why she was beautiful .
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
Spending more than an hour on your smartphone each day may be a sign that you are suffering from depression , 1. new study has suggested . The more time is spent 2. ( use ) a phone for any reason including texting and going online , the more likely volunteers were 3. have the blues .
Monitoring people’s comings and 4. ( go ) using GPS tracking on their phones also helped track mood . Spending most of your time at home was also 5. ( link ) to depression , as was having an 6. ( regular) daily schedule , such as unusual shift patterns . “ 7. people are depressed , they tend to withdraw and don’t have the motivation and energy to go out and do things , ” said senior author David Mohr . “ The data 8. showed depressed people tended not to go many places 9. ( reflect ) the loss of motivation seen in depression ”
“ The significance of this is that we can detect if a person has depressive symptoms and the severity of those symptoms 10. asking them any questions . Phones can provide data obviously and with no effort on the part of the users . ”
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Yesterday I was shopping with my 5-year old daughter a group of punk rockers walked by with orange spiked hair and tattoos much of their bodies . At the sight of them , my daughter immediately asked me , “ Daddy , why are they like that ? ” Years ago I would have felt very with such young people . I would have given a judgmental explanation and passed along to her my . However , that day I said to my daughter , “ I’m not really sure , but it’s interesting how we all are , isn’t it ? ” She said , “ Yeah , I like my own hair . ”
Actually , I was pretending to be an anthropologist . Anthropology（人类学）is a science which deals with man and his social habits . I think of anthropology here as “ being interested , without , in the way other people choose to live and . ” – When you are curious about the way someone behaves or the way they feel about something , it’s that you will be annoyed .
When someone acts in a way that seems to you , rather than react in your usual way , such as “ I can’t believe they would do that , ” say something to yourself like “ I see , that must be the way they things in their world . Very interesting . ” In order for this to help you , you have to be genuine as I tried that day . I my perspective from the bottom of my heart . And that made me .
When you are interested in other perspectives , it doesn’t mean you’re them . I certainly wouldn’t choose a punk rock lifestyle or it to anyone else . At the same time , however , it’s really not my to judge it either . One of the most important rules of joyful living is that judging others takes a great deal of energy and you away from where you want to be .
1.A. While B. Until C. since D. when
2.A. Showing B. Covering C. Painting D. presenting
3.A. tried on B. taken up C. acted out D. dressed up
4.A. delighted B. interested C. bored D. obsessed
5.A. views B. questions C. advice D. plan
6.A.similar B. confident C. humorous D. different
7.A. And B. but C. So D. or
8.A. agreement B. judgment C. Improvement D. entertainment
9.A. Behave B. speak C. grow D. seek
10.A. natural B. certain C. obvious D. impossible
11.A.passive B. common C. conventional D. abnormal
12.A. just B. Also C. still D. never
13.A. make B. find C. See D. get
14.A. person B. way C. interest D. word
15.A. blocked B. changed C. enlarged D. raised
16.A. softer B. Higher C. narrower D. angrier
17.A. as B. for C. beside D. against
18.A. adapt B. connect C. fault D. decide
19.A. place B. attempt C. fault D. decision
20.A. gives B. Brings C. pulls D. puts
