We are much happier in our new house because it has a large garden, and you know how enthusiastic we both are about gardening. When we moved in a month ago, Mary wanted to get a dog to keep out burglars. However, we finally decided that it would be cheaper to put an iron grille in front of the door and get a burglar alarm.
Last week, I went to a shop and bought an alarm for just over £200. It consists of a control unit with three smaller units. I put the control unit in the lounge and put the other units in place by the front door, back door and lounge windows.
That night I soon fell asleep because I was confident that no one could get into our house undetected. At about 1:50 a.m. I woke up suddenly and heard the siren. It was like an ambulance driving right through our bedroom. I couldn’t leave the siren on all night. I went downstairs in the dark. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I switched on the light and looked around. Oh my gosh. The back door was unlocked. I rushed to lock it and it was just at that exact moment that the ‘burglar’ disappeared behind a curtain. Guess what? It was an ordinary house lizard(蜥蜴).Apparently the alarm system had been made for American or European homes in which lizards are never seen. I switched the alarm off and sat down to watch. A few moments later, a lizard ran across a wall, right in front of one of the alarm units.
I won’t bother to finish this story but if you’d like a burglar alarm system free of charge, just let us know.
1.What do we know about the author and his wife?
A. They are pet lovers.
B. They love plants and flowers.
C. They are fond of catching lizards.
D. They hate technology.
2.What happened after they got the alarm system?
A. It worked unexpectedly.
B. It did not work.
C. A burglar broke into the house.
D. Their neighbors complained about it.
3.What will the author do after the incident?
A. He will sell the alarm to someone else.
B. He will buy a dog to keep out burglars.
C. He will fix the alarm system immediately.
D. He will file a complaint to the company.
4.How does the author sound when telling the story?
A. Curious. B. Anxious. C. Cautious. D. Humorous.
书面表达
假定你是李华，前不久利用国庆假期与家人外出游玩并入住某国际连锁酒店。下面是酒店的外籍经理Mr. Wayne在最近给你发来征求反馈意见(feedback)的电子邮件。请根据以下要点写一封回邮：
1. 对本次酒店入住体验表示肯定；
2. 酒店仅在公共区域提供免费WiFi，而房间WiFi收费过高，希望改进；
3. 祝愿酒店越办越好。
注意：1. 词数120左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 邮件开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入词数。
Dear Mr. Wayne,
Thank you for your E-mail and I am glad to give feedback on my recent stay at Hotel MerryTime.
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Regards,
Li Hua
短文改错
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。
I have been a member of our local Community Youth Club for four years. So far I have took part in a lot of interested projects including activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized difference groups to help people in the need. We are particular proud of the most recent group we have created, that organizes regular visits to the local old people’s homes. The old people there tell us their personal story. Some of them are in poor health but very unhappy. My friends and I make up our mind to do more to help. Because our work is tiring, we think worthwhile.
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。
William Campbell, Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine___1.___their work against parasitic diseases (寄生虫病). 85-year-old Tu was awarded this prize for her contribution to__2.__ (reduce) the death rate of malaria (疟疾), minimizing patients’ suffering and promoting mankind’s health. This is __3.___ science is all about.
As a matter of fact, Tu has won some attention when she ___4._ (get) the Lasker Award in 2011. But there is no way to compare her popularity back to the attention she is receiving today. As the first Chinese mainland Nobel Prize Winner of natural science award, Tu’s winning ___5.___ (complete) surprised Chinese people, ___6.___have long been wondering when the first Chinese Nobel Laureate in natural science would appear.
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese scientist to win a Nobel Prize for work __7.___ (carry) out within China. She has spent 40 years’ time on scientific research. Although the Nobel Prize did not come to her until four decades later, it is definitely one of ___8.___most privilege rewards that recognizes Tu’s devotion and perseverance in discovering artemisinin (青蒿素). Her record-breaking winning __9.___(be) a reminder that science is never about instant success. There is no way to measure how much you spend on scientific research and compare __10.___with how much reward you get.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 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。
Life was hard, and Cam was broke as he had lost his job as a DJ. He had no cash on him but a brand-new dollar bill with all the autographs(亲笔签名)of the Opry stars, which he ___ ___ carefully and carried with him always.
One morning, he saw a young man _____quietly in an old yellow Dodge in the parking lot. Cam waved to him and drove away. When he went back to the parking lot that night, he noticed the car again, parked in the ______space. This car had not moved.
The next morning, as Cam walked near the car, the man______his window down, ______ himself and said he had been in his car for days with no money or food. Then, very ______, the man asked if he might borrow a dollar for a snack to get him by until the next day. Cam explained his ______ that he didn't have a dollar to lend him. He walked to his car, wishing he could have ______ him.
Then Cam suddenly ______ his Grand Ole Opry dollar. He ______ with his conscience（良心） a minute or two, pulled his wallet out and ______ the bill. Then he walked back to the man and gave him his ______dollar, “Somebody has ______ all over this,” the man said, but he didn't notice that the writing was dozens of ______. He took the bill.
That very morning when Cam was back home trying not to ______what he had done, things began to happen. The phone rang; a recording studio wanted him to do a commercial that paid $ 500, which _____ like a million. In the next few days more ______ came to him out of nowhere. Good things kept coming _____.
Cam ______ saw the man in the old yellow Dodge again. But whether the guy was a ______or an angel doesn't matter.
1.A. possessed B. guarded C. worried D. held
2.A. begging B. crying C. sitting D. singing
3.A. same B. right C. proper D. wrong
4.A. turned B. pushedC. rolled D. opened
5.A. introducedB. explained C. praised D. told
6.A. warmly B. merrily C. rudely D. hesitantly
7.A. job B. situation C. car D. hobby
8.A. saved B. forgotten C. helped D. missed
9.A. discovered B. rememberedC. found D. saw
10.A. thought B. considered C. searched D. struggled
11.A. touched B. dropped C. smelled D. studied
12.A. big B. only C. small D. nice
13.A. written B. drawn C. paintedD. damaged
14.A. lines B. signaturesC. words D. pictures
15.A. lie in B. stick to C. think aboutD. rely on
16.A. sounded B. looked C. seemedD. became
17.A. news B. phones C. opportunitiesD. messages
18.A. finallyB. steadily C. quickly D. slowly
19.A. never B. just C. yet D. still
20.A. driverB. painter C. helper D. beggar
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。
As the saying goes, you cannot change the environment, but can change their own. ___1.___ You cannot change the past, but can be changed now.
___2.___ Winners will put setbacks and difficulties down to the imperfection of personal ability and experience, to emphasize the inherent factors, and they are willing to continuously improve and develop the right direction. However, the losers are always emphasizing external and uncontrollable factors that have created the position of their life. __3.___ They always complain, wait and give up!
In many cases, it is a humble person who looks down upon his own. A priori condition, such as one’s appearance and family, can’t be changed, but at least the inner state and the spirit of the will are entirely under their own control. __4.___There is nothing absolutely bad, but the mentality of the absolutely poor people. If even the state of mind will not be adjusted, how they deal with things more complicated than the mentality of it!
___5.___ Passion put to work and numbness to work are completely different. Failure is seldom because we do not have the strength, but always because we are susceptible to all around us, and get used to going along with the lack of assertive, unstable attitude, and easily frustrated reason. As long as we change our attitude and face a number of disappointments in life bravely, we can feel the power of attitude, which decides the height of the final decision.
A. Only when we are the masters of our own, can we do everything well.
B. They will blame on injustice of the opportunity and the environment.
C. Mentality is the final decision of life high.
D. You can’t change the facts, but can change attitudes.
E. As long as we try our best, we can be successful.
F. No matter what the situation, a person's attitude is very important.
G. The difference between successful people and the losers lies in their mind.
