单词拼写（共1小题）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many inventions have helped improved our day-to-day lives and are well remembered, for example, Alexander Graham Bell for the telephone and Thomas Alva Edison for the light bulb.
However, many other inventors’ names have been forgotten 1.______ their outstanding accomplishments．For example, who was Ezra J.Warner? Back in 1858, he was the first person 2.______ (get)a patent for a can opener．Although it was effective, it was also dangerous to use and didn’t make it into households until 1870, 3.______ William Lyman introduced an effective but much 4._____ (safe) model．For another inventor, Suan Hibbard, her invention didn’t transform the world, but if did make 5._____ difference for other women inventions．She took old turkey feathers and bound6.______ together to make the first feather duster．When she went to patent it in 1876, however, she had to battle in court to prove it was her idea．Eventually, Hibbard won the patent for her invention．Her fight helped other women gain 7.____(confident) in their ideas, and their right to patent them．Alice H．Parker patented a furnace(暖气炉)that could heat individual rooms of a building at different temperatures．Both energy and money8.______ (save) by Parker’s furnace, since the invention allowed people to heat only the room needed at a(n) 9.____ (give)time．These inventors may not have received worldwide fame for their achievement, but their creations 10.______ (certain) improved the lives of many people.
完形填空（共1小题）
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。
It happens every day, everywhere I go．At the supermarket and the post office, people keep telling me to enjoy my kids while they are ________ ．I spend my days taking care of them and answering ________ questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to ________ there are toilets in the heaven．They ________ me from eating a full meal or getting a full ________ sleep．
Yet, the other day, when I took my kids to a children’s museum, I began to ________ what people were trying to tell me．It was the ________ time we had gone there without diaper (纸尿片) bag, baby bottle or stroller (小推车)．As I watched my sons paint there, I was suddenly ________by a wave of ________．My babies weren’t babies any more．
Now I’m paying more attention to the ________ that won’t happen when my kids are ________．I’m enjoying the minute when Christ looked up the sky and cried ________ “Wow! The moon!” In a few ________ , it will take a rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited．I’m ________ the moment when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked, “Mommy, how are you doing?” About ten years from now, he ________ not care about me．When they’re in primary school, they won’t want to hold my ________ any more．In junior high school, they won’t hug me and say, “I love you, too.” In high school, they won’t even want to be ________together with me．
Pretty ________ they’ll both be gone．And I’ll ________ through the supermarket and the post office alone, warning young ________ to enjoy their kids while they are little．Hope they’ll listen．
1.A．well B．humorous C．funny D． little
2.A．endless B．boring C． strange D.special
3.A．how B．whether C．why D.when
4.A．make B．turn C．take D.keep
5.A．day’s B．time’s C．night’s D.bed’s
6.A．realize B．admit C．remind D.admire
7.A．very B．real C． first D．best
8.A．hit B．thrown C．stuck D.moved
9.A．happiness B．sadness C．luck D.failure
10.A．accident B．event C．scene D.moment
11.A．younger B． older C．worse D．better
12.A．excitedly B．disappointedly C．lovely D.shyly
13.A．days B．weeks C．months D.years
14.A．measuring B．pleasing C．treasuring D.surprising
15.A．might B．should C．must D.need
16.A．hair B．hands C．bag D.basket
17.A．seen B．talked C．carried D.treated
18.A．quickly B．slowly C．soon D.more
19.A．come B．go C．wander D.pass
20.A．fathers B．mothers C．people D．ladies
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: How to Keep Psychologically Healthy? You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
1.心理健康问题往往是导致疾病的原因；
2．分析人们产生心理健康问题的原因（可从失业、压力过重、缺乏支持、缺乏人际交往能力等方面分析）
3．你认为人们应如何保持心理健康。
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
The revision period is, arguably, the most difficult part of any exam process．The exam itself–usually between one and three hours． 1. However, the knowledge that it is the culmination of the entire process should provide some comfort．A well-structured revision plan can help you revise well．Below are my top tips for creating a well-structured and comprehensive revision plan, which will provide the best chance of success in the summer.
1． 2.
It ought to go without saying that planning your revision timetable must be done before anything else, to ensure there is enough time for comprehensive coverage of all subjects．With most exams starting at the end of June, the revision plan should be in place by the end of March at least.
2．Continual assessment
3. In order to chart (跟踪记录) your development effectively, we recommend that our students attempt practice papers in each subject, marked according to the relevant mark scheme and curriculum.
3．Order your subjects strategically
4. Ordering your subjects in an effective manner can help to do this．For example, scheduling English revision to appear early in your revision plan may provide useful when revising essay-based subjects such as History, Religious Studies and Politics later on.
4．Each subject is different
Depending on your learning style, you may find one easier than the other．More unusual exam types, such as performance exams, require their own unique attention． 5.
A．Besides, your time allocation (分配) may be dependent on your own aptitude in that subject．
B．Make a detailed timetable
C．Pressure and nerves can undoubtedly make it an uncomfortable experience.
D．Revision is a process of improvement.
E．Plan early
F．Starting with a subject that appears early on in the exam schedule is a wise decision.
G．The best revision plans have an element of strategy to their creation.
More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children, a new survey showed last Tuesday.
The survey, published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $ 3 million or more in assets．It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”.
The majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made, first-generation rich．Fifty-two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are, and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth．One in their parents said they had never thought to do it.
They are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely, make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.
Only 34 percent strongly agreed that t heir children would be able to handle any inheritance(遗产) they plan to leave them.
“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said Sallie Krawcheck, president of the Bank of America Globai Wealth and Investment Management．“Our research, however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”
The trend is led by the world’s richest man Bill Gates, who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金会), and not to his children.
“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact,” he said.
Of his plans for his children, Gates said: “I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage… they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”
1.We can learn from the passage that .
A．rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance
B．rich parents don’t equal rich kids, at least in the US
C．American children don’t get to inherit their parents’ wealth
D．poor children don’t expect themselves to be as rich as their parents
2.According to the survey, most rich Americans .
A．think they owe their children nothing
B．think it best to give their money back to society
C．doubt their children’s ability to handle wealth
D．are confident of their children’s ability to handle wealth
3.From the last paragraph, we can see that Bill Gates wants to show .
A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to children
B．the positive impact of charity on society
C．the way of giving back to society
D．the importance of independence for children
I am sure we’ve all come across inspiring quotes that made us nod in agreement or made us think, “Wow, that’s good quote”．But we end up going back to procrastinating (拖延) on whatever it was we were procrastinating on．So are these inspirational quotes even worth reading? Well, that depends.
Quotes, books, articles, audio programs… all of these things are just tools and they’re only effective when you use them．I don’t know about you but most quotes I read don’t do anything for me．However, every now and then, I will come across one that will positively affect me in some way such as reminding me to be grateful, getting me to work out extra hard at the gym without being pressed by my wife, or never give up when things get tough.
From my experience, reading quotes is more effective when you’re actually trying to motivate yourself rather than just reading them for the sake of reading them．The second you feel the urge to take action, you’d better immediately get up off your chair and take action.
These quotes aren’t for everyone．If you have read tons of them and have never been motivated or had a positive change in the way you look at life or how you treat others, or these quotes don’t help you to insist on doing something when you feel like giving up on it, then it’s probably not worth your time reading more of them．If you have done something a bunch of times and it’s not giving you the results you want, don’t keep doing it．Try something else.
Now if you’ve found some value in reading these quotes in the past, continue to make them more effective by letting them guide your life.
I’ll end this text with one of my favorite quotes, which reminds me to constantly examine my habits．“We are what we repeatedly do．Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”---- Aristotle
1.What attitude does the author have towards most quotes he has read?
A．Negative
B．grateful
C．Doubtful
D．Interested
2.What does the author’s wife expect him to do?
A．To be grateful for life．
B．To exercise at the gym
C．To do extra work at home
D．To read more inspiring quotes
3.For whom will the quotes be effective according to the author?
A．those who read them carefully
B．Those who lack practical tools in life
C．Those who have no one to turn to for help
D．Those who take immediate action after reading them
4.What is the purpose of the passage?
A．to persuade people not to waste time on quotes.
B．to explain how to make inspiring quotes effective.
C．to encourage people to read more inspiring quotes.
D．to give people advice on how to choose useful quote.
