What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A.Driving license. B.Car accidents. C.How to drive.

语法填空

Hiking tours are a kind of adventure (冒险) tourism. Generally speaking, these vacations focus almost entirely 1. hiking from one place to another. Hiking tours can be done as a group activity or alone.

There are many different ways of organizing hiking tours. Some people like to go out into the areas where there are very few people and travel over long 2. (distant) from one place to another. They usually stay in hotels overnight before 3. (travel)to the next place on the following day.

Guides can make hiking trips safer and more focused. Some hikers prefer to take hiking tours without guides because of costs or because they want to challenge 4. (they). However, employing a 5. (rely) guide during a hiking tour 6. (consider) as a better choice for less experienced hikers.

The activity can be very tiring, and those 7. are new to hiking may worry that they aren’t 8. (physical) able to finish the tours. Sometimes it can be helpful for people 9. (go) to the doctor and make sure it is safe for them to choose 10. difficult hike. Sometimes, a challenging hike can be deadly for someone having heart disease.

    You don't need to travel far away to write a travel diary. Your writing can start with a family vacation or a weekend get away. All you need is a destination or a place of departure(出发)!

1.Your trip journal can begin before your trip has started. Use your journal to start planning the things you want to do. It can be a cool restaurant where you want to eat, a hike you want to go on or different sights you want to see.

Write about what you imagine it will be. Sometimes when you travel, your destination is wildly different from what you expected. Maybe you expected the local food to be bad and it turned out to be delicious. 2.Maybe you thought you would not be comfortable with the climate while you adapted to it. Whatever, tr)r to write it down before you arrive. It will be interesting to compare these predictions to what you have actually experienced.

3.. It is always easier to remember things when they are fresh in your brain, but it may be diluted(淡化)with time going by. So try to write as much as you can during traveling every day if you can. Your journals don't have to be long, but letting them express your feelings is the most important or exciting.

Add pictures to your journal. 4.Combining pictures with your first-hand accounts of what they represent, or what happened when they were taken, will make for(有助于)a better travel journal.

Write about your trip after you leave. It is important to reflect on your travels, so you can have a new understanding. 5.

A. Ask a parent for help.

B. Use your journal to plan your trip.

C. Get prepared for your travel journal.

D. Write as much as you can during your trip.

E. Maybe you imagined the town to be smaller than it actually is.

F. This is also a great way to learn about yourself and other people you have travelled with.

G Even though your journal is meant for writing, pictures are still worth a thousand words.

    Train travel is becoming more popular. Amtrak, the US. national passenger rail company, reports that rider ship(公共交通工具的客流量) continues to grow each year. The passenger kilometres and numbers of passenger journeys are also increasing. There’s every reason to believe train travel will continue to attract more passengers as fuel prices climb.

As you plan your vacation, you’ll need to consider the advantages and disadvantages of train travel. Here are some things that you need to keep in mind.

Train travel is fast and direct between major cities, especially in countries with high-speed trains. It’s relatively easy to book a train trip. In many countries, you can book your tickets online or go to a train station to buy them. For single or couple travelers, travelling by train can be much less expensive than renting a car, especially when you consider the cost of fuel and tolls (通行费).

However, train schedules may not match your preferred travel times and days, so you might have to change your trip. This is especially true for long-distance train travel in the US. You may have to get off the train at midnight in a small station in an empty town in order to make a train connection.

You need to bring your own food and drink onto the train as the food and drink served on trains can be expensive. Conditions on the train may be crowded, dirty or uncomfortable, especially at busy travel times or in developing countries.

In the end, you’ll need to do some research on train ticket prices, check schedules against your own plan and weigh the advantages and disadvantages of train travel against your personal preferences.

1.What may be one cause of train travel increase from the text?

A.More new railways.

B.Growing fuel prices.

C.Improved train schedules.

D.Convenient food service.

2.What are the advantages of train travel according to the text?

a. It is the cheapest mode of travel.

b. It is easy to book a train ticket online.

c. It is cheaper for single or couple travellers.

d. It is fast and direct between big cities.

e. It’s easy to bring your own food and drink.

A.abe B.abd

C.cde D.bcd

3.What problem might passengers meet when travelling by train?

A.They might have to change a train midway for a long-distance trip.

B.They might have to pay for the fuel and tolls.

C.They might have to exchange another train in a crowded town.

D.They might have to book train tickets.

    I have dreamed of taking a trip to Hawaii since I graduated, but the best thing always needs waiting. I took a trip with my friends to Haleakala National Park, which lies in Hawaii.

When we arrived at Haleakala National Park, we were advised to watch the early morning sunrise. I was lost in the sightseeing that afternoon, so I could hardly wait to meet the sunrise. In the next morning, we all jumped out of the bed very early at 3 o’clock and walked to the rocks by the seaside. In the first half an hour, we imagined how wonderful it would be when the first light came out through the thick clouds and how soft it would be when the light touched our skin, so we waited and waited. However, another half an hour later, I gradually lost my patience since there was nothing but the chilly darkness, and I felt that I was frozen to death. But my friends were still extremely cheerful.

Nearly another one hour later, “Amazing!”, a word yelled out from Judy and we all shouted to welcome the light orange greatness, which was really unbelievable. Until today, I dare say that it is the most impressive (印象深刻的) sunrise in my life. However, waiting in the morning darkness is also the one I cannot wipe out forever.

Waiting sometimes is really a hard thing for most of us as it needs patience and strong-willed determination, but what about the result after that? It might turn out to be pleasant, unbelievable and satisfactory. So, it is really worthwhile to wait for the best.

1.When did they see the first light of the sunrise?

A.About 3 o’clock. B.About 4 o’clock.

C.Nearly 5 o’clock. D.Nearly 6 o’clock.

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.My classmates and I took a trip to Hawaii.

B.Hawaii is a good place to enjoy the sunset.

C.I took a trip to Hawaii before I graduated.

D.Sometimes, it is worthwhile to wait for the best.

3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 2?

A.Total. B.Terrible.

C.Cold. D.Interesting.

课文语法填空

TRAVEL PERU

Amazon Rainforest Tour A short flight from Cusco takes you from the Andes into the Amazon rainforest. From there, you’ll spend one day travelling by boat to your 1. (accommodate) in the middle of the forest. You can then spend three days 2. (explore) the rainforest with a local guide and enjoying the plants and animals unique to the rainforest.

Machu Picchu Tour This four-day walking tour 3. (take) you on amazing paths through the Andes Mountains on the way 4. the city of Machu Picchu. After reaching your destination, you will have a day to explore and be 5. (amaze) by this ancient city.

Cusco Tour Spend your days enjoying the unique Spanish and local Indian culture at Cusco, 6. capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th 7. the 16th century.

Lake Titicaca Tour Enjoy the beautiful countryside 8. you spend a day driving along the new highway connecting Cusco to Lake Titicaca. There, a boat will take you to stay with a local Uros family on an island for three 9. (day).

For 10. (many) brochures about other package tours around Peru, contact us at tourinfo@ travelperu. org.

单词拼写

1.The ______ (租金) for the apartment in the downtown is 20, 000 yuan every month.

2.He bought a beautiful ______ (公寓) near the seacoast.

3.It is ______ (令人吃惊的) that China has made such a great achievement in the medical field.

4.In our life we are supposed to ______ (应用) theory to practice.

5.We arrived at our ______ (目的地), tired and hungry.

假定你叫李华，你的新西兰朋友Terry即将大学毕业，他打算应聘来中国教高中生英语口语。现在他给你发来邮件，询问有关事宜。请你回复邮件，给予相关建议。

内容包括：1. 行前准备；2. 教学内容；3. 教学活动。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

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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。

Nowadays there was a kind of language called Web language. Some people even speak Chinese mixed in English words. This is a phenomenon which is worth think about. Some people think it will ruin a Chinese language. However, the others, especially the youngsters, are fond this new language. They think it of special help in expressing them. What’s more, it may make the language having more uses. In my opinion, it’s no good using this kind of language. It may be popular, but you may also get others puzzling. It is hard to say whether it is good or not, but there is going to have a discussion about it tomorrow.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country 1.（grow）more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over 2. past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

A taste for meat is 3. (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 4. (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water 5. rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased 6. (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 7. (globe)fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government 8. (start) a soil-testing program 9. gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers - and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while 10. (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.

I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new____, and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting.____he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his____.

So when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely____for her lisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.____me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he____me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had____spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the____I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.

I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour,____what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without____knowing it? What I finally came to____was one day, several months before, when some students were____reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke____, and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had sai, “Speak up. Simon’s the expert on this. He is the____one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the____of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention,____more, and became happy. And it was all because he____to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed____was the one who took the last seat that day.

It taught me the most____lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came____and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

1.A. cleaner B. reporter C. monitor D. teacher

2.A. Or B. And C. But D. So

3.A. courage B. abilities C. feelings D. dream

4.A. desperate B. responsible C. unprepared D. unsuitable

5.A. Because of B. In spite of C. Apart from D. As for

6.A. loved B. envied C. pleased D. criticized

7.A. gradually B. constantly C. recently D. obviously

8.A. self-respect B. self-doubt C. self-pity D. self-defence

9.A. imagining B. observing C. wondering D. regretting

10.A. also B. even C. always D. still

11.A. expect B. remember C. believe D. accept

12.A. writing B. reviewing C. editing D. giving

13.A. quietly B. repeatedly C. quickly D. firmly

14.A. lucky B. lonely C. only D. likely

15.A. entrance B. middle C. front D. back

16.A. slept B. smiled C. shouted D. quarreled

17.A. intended B. pretended C. refused D. happened

18.A. change B. praise C. thanks D. visits

19.A. difficult B. painful C. valuable D. enjoyable

20.A. early B. slowly C. frequently D. occasionally

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出正确的填入空白处。选项中有两项为多余选项。This Way to Dreamland Daydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing. Daydreamers are usually unknown of what’s happening around them. They can seem forgetful and clumsy(笨拙的).1.They trouble us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things.But daydreamers are also responsible for some of the greatest ideas and achievements in human history.2.Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or looking like a fool?First, understand that some opportunities for daydreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slide into daydreams.3.And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while you’re daydreaming, try to do it while you are involved in another task—preferably(最好) something simple, like taking a shower or walking, or even making meaningless drawings.4.“Mindfulness”, being focused, is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep. It involves(需要) slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away.5.Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.

    At one time it was the dream of many little girls to become a nurse. Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2,000,000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages, large enough to threaten the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.

What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that women have greater career options. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the workforce, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as“merely a nurse”. Teachers many be also at fault. Many high school students are actually away from nursing, told by teachers that they are“too bright to be a nurse”.

Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal(致命的) diseases mean long hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.

1.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A.How teachers have influenced their students.

B.What has caused nurse shortage.

C.How nurses have been looked down upon.

D.Why women have chosen many different jobs.

2.The passage tells that high school teachers are at fault for       .

A.not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the US

B.introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their students

C.persuading the students not to be nurses

D.not asking the government to raise the nurses’ payment

3.The author writes the passage in order to         .

A.warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problem

B.call on women to choose different kinds of jobs

C.tell us women’s free choices of jobs today

D.describe the unequal treatment of women in the US

4.It can be inferred from the passage that        .

A.of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed

B.women in the US have greater career choices than those in other countries

C.high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses

D.nursing used to be a popular job among women

    Recently, many e-commerce platforms, including Didi Taxi, Ctrip, Fliggy, JD ad Taobao, have been uncovered that they are cheating their frequent customers. Their ways are pretty clever. When there are new users or conservative old users, they will give a quite appealing price to attract them into registering and buying goods. However, their big data is not that friendly to the stable users and frequent visitors. The system always offers them higher price for the same products or service. How does this happen? According to the data analysis, the system knows clearly that although they feel the price is high, they will finally pay the bill. By collecting and analyzing users’ profiles, buying habits and other information, big data recommends the same products to different users with different prices.

Companies also try other ways to make money, making online consumption far more worrying. For example, video websites always offer 120 seconds’ advertisements, which drives people crazy. And even if you pay for the membership to get rid of the ads, you have to “enjoy” 15-second “private” ads. By broadcasting them, companies make huge profits — second to the membership fees. Also, owning 100Mbps network, you still put up with the slow speed when you are downloading a song. You have no choice but to become a VIP when you seek high quality services. Users seem to be lambs(羊羔) among wolves. Even though they say, “Since you have money, I’ll charge you more”, we can’t do anything about it.

It pains us that we haven’t figured out a way to deal with the problem. The only thing we can do is replacing our iPhones with Android phones if we want to buy a membership card, and applying for new accounts if we want cheaper hotels. Not finding a way to fight back, we can’t do anything but accept them passively.

1.How does big data serve companies according to the text?

A.By being kind to all users.

B.By giving a discount to stable users.

C.By attracting new users by analyzing their shopping habits.

D.By recommending the same products with higher prices to regular users.

2.What do we know from the third paragraph?

A.Membership can rid you of all the ads.

B.Only by being a VIP can you get a better service.

C.The slow download speed is due to your poor network.

D.Advertising income is the biggest income for video websites.

3.What is the author’ attitude towards the chances of finding a way to fight back?

A.Uncertain. B.Casual.

C.Negative. D.Positive.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.The big data provides helpful information to users.

B.We have to accept online consumption as it is.

C.There exist many online consumption traps.

D.Regular customers are richer.

    This holiday weekend will be about more than Thanksgiving treats and extra days off from school for eighth-grader Shreya Nair. Shreya will also spend some of her time conducting an interview that will end up in the Library of Congress.

Shreya, 13, is participating in a StoryCorps initiative called The Great Thanksgiving Listen. The project encourages students to interview family members and friends about their lives in an effort to preserve the stories and voices of an older generation.

“ It would be interesting to see her view on life and how it’s different from mine based on the circumstances she grew up in,”Shreya said about her interview.

StoryCorps' aim is to use audio to preserve the stories of people of all ages and backgrounds. Students will be able to record their interviews using a new app and upload them to the StoryCorps Archive at the Library of Congress.

Shreya’s English teacher decided to get involved in spreading the word about the project, by assigning the interview as homework. Alison Matthews teaches Shreya at McCall Middle School in Winchester, Massachusetts. She incorporated(纳入) the StoryCorps interview assignment into a unit on the book, The Giver. Matthews describes the novel as a“story about this community where there’s one man — the giver — who holds all the memories of the community.”

“The StoryCorps project fit in so perfectly. The Library of Congress is the keeper of our memories. So I asked kids to think about the importance of memory in our society,” Matthews said.

Shreya said that her classmates like the assignment.”It’s an interview that will help us not only understand the book we’re reading right now, but help us later in life,” Shreya said.  “One of the things I like about the project is that you get to hear so many other people’s voices,”she added. “Sometimes in this world it feels like our opinion is the only one, but when you sit down and listen, it’s amazing what it can bring.”

1.Whom might Shreya meet this holiday weekend?

A.Her grandmother. B.one of her cousins.

C.Her English teacher. D.one of her classmates.

2.What is the purpose of the project?

A.To start a new tradition.

B.To narrow the distance between people.

C.To record history through oral communication

D.To teach students to communicate more effectively.

3.Why does Matthews support the project?

A.It fits in a lesson perfectly.

B.It is a new teaching method.

C.Her students want to learn about interviewing.

D.Her students want to visit the Library of Congress.

4.What might be the best title of the passage?

A.A Holiday Weekend.

B.A Girl Participating in a New Project.

C.An Interview to the Older Generation.

D.A Meaningful Thanksgiving Day.

    American Watersports    Tuesday-Saturday

Located on the beach of the Sea Gardens Beach Resort, there are fun things to rent for the whole family. They offer rentals for kayaks, jet skis, and even parasail! Enjoy the water up-close or from a bird’s eye view! No matter what activity you’re enjoying, be sure to protect yourself and your family from the sun’s powerful rays and apply plenty of sun block!

15th Street Boat Company  Monday-Saturday

15th Street Boat Company offers rental boats of all kinds. They’re sure to have what you are looking for, whether it’s a small boat for a quick and simple outing or an extravagant boat with comfortable seats with a stereo and high tech navigation. You can rent a boat for half a day or a couple of days, or even weeks at a time. If you want it, they’ve got it. It’s fun for everyone!

Coconut’s Watersports      9am-5pm Monday through Sunday

Coconut’s Watersports is open 7 days a week for your convenience and offers tons of water fun for the whole family. Jet Ski activities last 30 minutes or 1 hour and can make stops along the way. You must be at least 14 years of age to ride alone and can be as young as 3 to ride along with an adult. Everybody is required to wear a life jacket and a license is required to operate the Jet Ski. Bathing suits and shorts are recommended.

Jet Ski Tours of Miami      Thursday-Sunday 10am-7pm

Jet Ski Tours of Miami includes onsite parking, indoor restrooms, lockers, and life jackets for participants. You may choose a one or two tour and each Jet Ski can hold up to 3 people. You must be at least 18 years old in order to ride. As long as you are accompanied by an adult, there is no age limitation for any passenger. There is a restaurant nearby to eat at. The tour visits 6 different islands and passes by Bayside and Hard Rock. You may even catch a glimpse of dolphins or a manatee resting in these fabulous Florida waters.

1.Which of the following can help you enjoy sailing a boat?

A.Choose Jet Ski Tours of Miami. B.Go to the Sea Gardens Beach Resort.

C.Visit 15th Street Boat Company. D.Visit Coconut’s Watersports.

2.What’s a necessary requirement to ride alone in the Jet Ski activities?

A.One must stay with parents. B.One must be at least 14 years old.

C.One apply plenty of sun block. D.One must wear bathing suits and shorts.

3.What will you do to satisfy your son’s curiosity about marine(海洋的) animals?

A.You prefer the tour to Bayside and Hard Rock.

B.You prefer a luxury boat with comfortable seats with a stereo.

C.You’d like to choose American Watersports.

D.You would like to rent a boat to ride with him.

Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

当今社会，人们越来越注重对时尚的追求，一时间，“学生是否有必要穿校服”这一话题引发热议。作为一名高中生，请你就“中学生是否有必要穿校服”谈谈你的看法

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Directions：Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.你对考试越是焦虑，你就越不可能考出理想的成绩。（anxious）

2.事实证明，一个人的情商对个人的成长非常重要，这值得我们关注。（worth）

3.17岁的马拉拉被授予了诺贝尔和平奖，她为促进女孩的教育做出了巨大贡献。（award）

4.近十年中，皮草大衣受到了强烈抵制，因为我们大多数人意识到野生动物正濒临灭绝，保护野生动物，刻不容缓。（afford）

Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

If you suffer from shyness, you are not alone, for shyness is a universal phenomenon. It is not surprising that social scientists are exploring its environmental causes

The first environmental cause of shyness may be a child’s home and family life. today's children are growing up in smaller and smaller families, with fewer and fewer relatives living nearby. Growing up in homes in which both parents work full time, children may not have the socializing experience of frequent visits by neighbours and friends. Because of their lack of social skills, they may begin to feel shy when they start school

A second environmental cause of shyness in an individual may be one's culture. In a large study conducted in Japanl, 57% participants rated themselves as shy. Researchers Lynne Henderson and Philip Zimbardo say, " One explanation is that in Japan, an individual's performance success is credited externally to parents, grandparents, teachers, coaches, and others, while failure is entire blamed on the person. "Therefore, Japanese learn not to take risks in public and rely instead on group-shared decisions.

Technology may also play a role. In the United State, the number of young people who report being shy has risen from 40% to 50% in recent years. Due to our huge advances in technology, watching TV, playing video games, and surfing the Web have replaced recreational activities that involve social interaction for many young people. Adults, too, are becoming more isolated as a result of technology. face-to face interactions with bank clerks, gas station attendants, and shop assistants are no longer necessary because people can use machines to do their banking fill their gas tanks, and order goods. In short, they become shy.

It appears that most people have experienced shyness at some time in their lives. Therefore, if you are shy, you have lots of company.

Directions：Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

The future of the press?

Interesting things are happening in press. Newspaper circulation in Europe is falling and Ireland and the UK have experienced the biggest drop. 1. Global newspaper sales are increasing and revenue from ads is still very strong. Nevertheless, it is clear that newspapers need to change to meet the demands of a rapidly changing readership in a digital world.

The industry in Europe has made a number of changes, such as introducing more colour and moving from the big broadsheets to the much more user-friendly tabloid（娱乐小报）size. The greatest innovation has been the introduction of online newspapers, which have boomed since their introduction a little over ten years ago. 2. On the one hand, it is clear from the massive increase in online readers that e-papers are popular. On the other hand, their financial future is not so certain. This is basically because most people are not prepared to pay for online news. In fact, if it wasn’t for advertising, online newspapers would have a very hard time indeed.

A growing number of people are reading electronic newspapers instead of the print press and with good reason. First of all, they can read the news whenever they want. Secondly, readers are free to explore a subject as much or as little as they want. Thirdly, it is the perfect medium for‘real-time’news. 3. Readers were able to get minute-by-minute coverage at any hour of the day. Only 24-hour news on TV could compete with that.

The general view is that the future‘paper’will be a multimedia mix. Advanced technology and programming software will allow the user to create their own‘news package’. And it will arrive instantaneously, fed by superfast internet connections. The reader will receive up-to-the-minute news about everything from their local traffic problems to updates on news of specific interest to them. Nobody knows for sure what will happen, but as one expert put it,‘we won’t be saying“Here is the news”, we will be saying,“4.”’

A. But are online papers here to stay?

B. The news is everywhere.

C. Take, for example, the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.

D. But how different are online papers from printed ones?

E, Despite this, the news isnt all bad for the industry.

F. Here is your news.

    To describe the sorrow of bookstores is to join the dirge-singing chorus. Everyone knows the tune: sales at bookstores have fallen because buyers are ordering books online or downloading them to e-readers. Bookstores may be great places to browse and linger, but online is where the deals are. In the latest chapter in the Borders legend, the bookstore chain has agreed to sell its assets（资产）for $215m to Direct Brands, a media-distribution company owned by Najafi, a private-equity firm, which would also assume an additional $220m in liabilities（债务）. This will serve as the opening bid for the company’s bankruptcy-court auction（拍卖），scheduled for July 19th.

Whatever happens at the auction will decide the fate of the bookseller, which has already closed more than a third of its stores. Because Direct Brands is an online and catalogue-based distributor of music. DVDs and books, some think that a deal with Najafi will do little to keep the remaining bookstores open. Rather, the company will probably see value in the Borders distribution network and liquidate（清算）almost everything else. Regardless, the story doesn’t look good for store employees and their shrinking customers.（The company, which employs more than 11,000 people, has racked up more than $191m in losses since seeking bankruptcy protection in February, according to the Wall Street Journal.）

Nashville, Tennessee, is still facing several bookstore closings, including a Borders and the more beloved Davis-Kidd. The result, as reported in the Nashville Scene, is an“object lesson in how truly awful it is to live in a town where used bookstores and the pitiful offerings of Books-a-Million are all we have.”The problem, however, is that no one seems willing to buy full-price books anymore. Campaigns to get people to buy books from their local bookstores—such as“Save Bookstores Day”on June 25th—miss the point. While there is a demand for real bcicks-and-mortar places to gather, drink coffee and read new books, such places can’t exist if the market can’t accommodate them.

Besides coffee, access to Wi-Fi and yoga mat, what will people pay for to enable a bricks-and-mortar bookstore? Could independent stores charge membership fees, which grant access to books at slightly lower prices? Would a corporate-sponsorship model work? Perhaps bookstores could become tax-subsidized（补贴税收的）places where people can browse and linger, but only borrow the books for limited periods of time—what the hell, let’s call them libraries.

At any rate, the market is squeezing out a meaningful public space. It will be interesting to see what fills the void（真空）these bookstores leave behind.

1.According to Paragraph 1, Borders went bankruptcy because ______.

A.its bookstores are not cozy enough to stay

B.a media-distribution company has purchased it

C.customers tend to buy books online or read e-books

D.online bookstores have totally replaced it

2.It is suggested in Paragraph 3 that ______.

A.people in Nashville have protested against bookstore closings

B.the campaign to save bookstores did have some effect

C.people’s reluctance to buy full-price books is a reason for bookstore closings

D.people in Nashville feel indifferent to the bookstore closings

3.Which of the following is true about saving bookstores?

A.Local business and government should help out.

B.There is no proper and feasible method by now.

C.Bookstores should learn management from libraries.

D.Bookstores should enlarge entertainment places.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A.Goodbye to Bookstores

B.Online Reading or Buying Books from Bookstores?

C.The Bankruptcy of Borders

D.How to Save Bookstores from Closing?

    As the summer travel season rolls in, prices at the gas pump are usually going in the wrong direction for our wallets. That’s when drivers become more concerned about how to squeeze the most miles from their fuel dollars and keep their cars running their best. To help you stay in the know, here are some common questions that our auto-experts often get asked about gas mileage and related topics:

What if I need to carry stuff on my car’s roof?

Carrying things on the roof hurts fuel economy. When tested a 2013 Honda Accord at a steady 65 mph①, it got 42 mpg② with nothing on the roof. Adding even an empty bike rack（架子）dropped the mileage by 5 mpg. And with two bikes on the roof, gas mileage dropped to 27mpg.

Does running the A/C① hurt fuel economy compared with opening the windows?

It depends on-how hard the air-conditioning system has to work. When we measured the fuel-economy difference, we found that fuel use with the A/C running went up with higher outside temperatures. At 55℃ F, there were unnoticeable differences. But when we measured again on days when the temperature was in the low 70s and high 80s, we got fewer miles per gallon with the A/C on.

How far can I go when my low-fuel warning light comes on?

There is no set rule, but most cars have a reserve of between 1 and 2 gallons of gas when the light goes on, or enough to travel about 40 miles or so at a moderate speed. To maximize those last couple of gallons, we suggest slowing down and maintaining a steady pace.

Can I improve gas mileage by installing a special air filter（过滤器）?

With modern cars, changing your air filter probably won’t improve your fuel economy. When we tested a car to see whether a dirty air filter hurt its gas mileage because of reduced air intake, we found that the car’s fuel economy wasn’t hurt. The engine’s computer automatically made up for the restricted airflow by reducing fuel use to maintain the right air/fuel proportion. We expect similar results from any air-filter change.

①mph: mile per hour

②mpg: mile per gallon

③A/C: air-conditioning

1.The passage is intended to give answers to questions related to _____.

A.how to save fuel

B.what fuel drivers can use

C.how to keep cars working well

D.what mileage is most suitable for a car

2.It is suggested in the passage that ______.

A.a special air filter be installed to improve air intake

B.the engine’s computer be updated as often as possible

C.drivers carry an empty bike rack on the roof just in case

D.cars move at a fixed low speed with a warning of low fuel

3.At which temperature is there a most noticeable difference in fuel economy between running A/C and opening the window?

A.40° F B.51° F

C.55° F D.73° F

    Standing in line is a pain. At the post office. At the box office. At a restaurant. But on Black Friday, it’s an experience.

The first spot outside some Best Buy stores is usually claimed weeks before Black Friday, often by a person in a tent. Shoppers at Walmart will print out maps of the store, with circles around their primary targets. Someone, somewhere, will try to cut in line at a Target, arousing the anger of the people who played it fair.

At risk are both bargains and bragging rights, turning what would otherwise be a miserable experience into an adventure.

“These queues are quite different than the usual annoying ones we encounter day to day at the A.T.M. or in the subway,”said Richard Larson, a professor at M.I.T. who has spent years studying line behavior.

Professor Larson, whose nickname in academic circles is Dr. Queue, said he would never wait in a line on Black Friday himself. The lines, he said, are“once a year, they’re exciting. They’re the kind you might tell your grandchildren about.”

Lines test patience, personal space and principles of fairness and rationality, especially on Black Friday, when the crowds can be overwhelming. Still, the promise of a once-a-year score draws shoppers to queues that start before sunrise—or in some cases, the night before.

J. Jeffrey Inman, a veteran of Black Friday lines and president of the Society for Consumer Psychology, said that many families treat the hours long experience as a bonding ritual and a cherished tradition.

“It’s not something unimportant,”said Mr. Inman, who is also a professor of marketing at the University of Pittsburgh.“And there’s this layer of competition to it, with people edging forward, because there are only so many of those big screen TVs inside the door.”

People may actually gravitate toward longer lines, so they can feel a greater sense of accomplishment once they finally make a purchase. Professor Larson said,“Even if they don’t know what the line is for, they reason that whatever’s at the end of it must be fantastically valuable.”

1.From the second paragraph, we can learn that _______.

A.people in Target are most likely to cut in line

B.shops will hand out store maps to shoppers

C.shoppers dislike queuing well in advance

D.queuing for Black Friday is common

2.Which of the following statements is J. Jeffrey Inman most likely to agree with?

A.Shoppers stand in line to enjoy the pleasure of bargaining with salespeople.

B.People feel like winning if they get something after queuing for some time.

C.Standing in line on Black Friday is not an exciting experience for some people.

D.Grandchildren like hearing grandparents talking about their experience of queuing.

3.The phrase“gravitate toward”is closest in meaning to ______.

A.turn a blind eye to B.be attracted by

C.pick up bargains in D.be cheated by

4.Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A.Why Stand in Line on Black Friday?

B.Fairness: Key to Consumer Psychology

C.Standing in Line Is a Pain, Says Professors

D.Black Friday is Getting Increasingly Valuable

    Instead of cruising in on a hoverboard, I rode my bike to the office today. The bicycle was invented in the 19th century. Instead of taking a pill for breakfast, I had a bacon roll, cooked using gas. Science fiction has ________ to us.

Making predictions is tricky, especially about the future, as physicist Niels Bohr joked. In science fiction, you can’t escape that ________ though. Since its birth in the 19th century, writers have ________ imagined the things to come: devices that humankind will invent to make life easier. But in so many instances, those promises have not come to pass. The biggest ________ are in travel—jet packs, hoverboards and flying cars are yet to fill the skies. Air travel has become significantly cheaper and wide-reaching, but only using distinctly 20th-century technology: commercial aeroplanes are much the same as they were 50 years ago.

________ is what science fiction frequently delivers, but its arrival in the real world has been unpredicrable. Domestic robots with a degree of intelligence are yet to ________, though robotic vacuum cleaners are commercially available—even if they are fairly hopeless. Video calls have now arrived—sort of—but conferencing on Skype is still dissatisfying. In mobiles, video call technology is now available, so when your dad rings to update you on his vegetable patch, he’ll be able to ________ your look of boredom.

The truth is that we quickly ________ the astonishment of invention: our wonderment is soon replaced with the feeling of nothing new. We should try to stay in that period of ________. It is astonishing that the contents of every book ever written can be stored in a small box. Or that you can carry 10,000 albums on an object kept in your pocket. Or that almost all the information in the world can be accessed almost anywhere at any time. All these ________ are dependent on the emergence of the microchip and its place in computers. Yet sci-fi didn’t ________ the dominance of the computer in running our lives.

But the real area where ________ far outstrips（超越）predictions is medicine. Sure, fiction would describe humans as“disease-free”but without going into detail.“Disease-free”humans are still absent, but the progress made in ________ life is breathtaking. With relative ease, we can sequence anyone’s genome（基因组），giving a read-out of our entire genetic code. This means we can find out the underlying genetic cause of thousands of diseases in minutes.

Photosensitive implants now exist that can replace damaged cells in the retina（视网膜）and can, thus ________ sight to the blind. While the inventions of science fiction can show great ideas we’d like to happen, nothing ________ the inventiveness of people in the real world.

1.A.turned B.lied C.objected D.talked

2.A.opportunity B.challenge C.imagination D.conflict

3.A.hesitantly B.critically C.temporarily D.tirelessly

4.A.disappointments B.advancements C.enjoyments D.experiments

5.A.Modernization B.Exploration C.Automation D.Transportation

6.A.materialise B.identify C.honour D.liberate

7.A.imagine B.feel C.see D.ignore

8.A.arouse B.discover C.forget D.evaluate

9.A.frustration B.amazement C.boredom D.limitation

10.A.modes B.worries C.potentials D.actions

11.A.predict B.overlook C.motivate D.prevent

12.A.quality B.obstacle C.passion D.reality

13.A.maintaining B.creating C.researching D.encountering

14.A.show B.lend C.restore D.label

15.A.guarantees B.overestimates C.releases D.outperforms

Directions：After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

On an otherwise ordinary afternoon in mid-December, the Hakata to Tokyo express pulled into Negoya and a thousand passengers were ordered 1. the train. The burning smell and unusual sound turned out to be cracks in the chassis（底盘）.

It was the first time that the Shinkansen（新干线），the country’s symbol of industrial power and“made in Japan”engineering quality, 2.（give）way to an officially called“serious incident”. Once upon a time, the cracks would have been unthinkable; the nation—3.the outside world—has long been conditioned to think of Japanese manufacturing as perfect. But after suffering a succession of different scandals. Japan’s problem is that imperfection is far less untbinkable than it 4. be.

The bullet train breakdown marks the peak of months of public admissions by some of Japan’s greatest names—including Nissan Motor. Subaru, Toray Industries, Kobe Steel and Mitsubishi Materials—5. they have either been cheating on quality tests or faking documents 6.（sell）products of a lower quality than stated. For an industrial economy that has built its global fame on its reputation for quality, these are nerve-racking times.

No one thought that Japanese companies were basically more honest than their competitors around the world, says one former Toshiba executive, 7. there was an assumption both inside and outside Japan that everyone on the factory floor was devoted to the perfection of monozukuri. 8. craftsmanship that represents what is arguably the proudest Japanese corporate boasts.“That assumption is 9. has taken the heaviest beating,”he said.

When Hiroya Kawasaki, the chief executive of Kobe Steel, first confessed that the company had been taking part in data falsification（伪造）10.（data）back to the 1970s, his statement was almost apocalyptic（预示灾难的）.“Trust in our company has fallen to zero,”he said.

阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

One day, my brother and I were alone in our apartment. The reason was that my parents had both gone for a ball party and had left me in charge of everything. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. All of a sudden, the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! Ding-Dong! My younger brother had rushed to the door before I decided to answer the door. We both thought that our parents had come home. As a result, he unlocked the door and opened it.

Outside of the house stood a man who wore a black raincoat and black rubber boots. He looked no different from other people and he said that he was a salesman and asked politely if our mother or father was at home so he could talk with them.

Without any thinking, my brother said, “No.” He asked if we would like to buy some comic books, which he was selling. I quickly explained to him that we were not supposed to buy anything without our parents’ permission. However, it seemed that he was not willing to follow my advice and he had an intention to enter our house.

Then, I realized something terrible would happen. As I was about to close the door, he forced his way into our house. He took out a knife and forced me to tie up my brother’s hands with some rope which he took out from his pocket. I tied up his hands but I tied itin a special way so my brother could untie himself as we often did. The man then tied my hands up and locked both of us in the kitchen.

Soon, he went upstairs to search the bedroom for something valuable. I managed to teach my brother to untie the roop on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, but line was dead.

注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150词左右；

2.应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语；

3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

The doors were all locked from the outside and what’s more, I did not have the keys.

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Paragraph 2:

Just at the same time our parents came back home.________________________________________________

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假如你是李华，你的英国笔友罗伊正在中国某城市作交换生，他因交不到朋友而苦恼，发来邮件想你求助。

请你用英文给他写封电子邮件，内容主要包括：1.表示安慰2. 你的建议。

Dear Roy,

I am sorry to hear that you are having some problems in China. _____________________________________

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Yours,

Li Hua

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；

只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jack,

I’m sorry to hear that you feel lonely in the new school, because you find hard to make friends. Now, I’d like to offer you any advice.

Firstly, it’s normal for you to feel lonely because you were living in a new environment. Secondly, you should greet your classmates when met them on campus. Thirdly, it will be a good idea if you take an actively part in class activities, what can help them learn more about you. I believe you will be able to make new friends soon unless you’re friendly to the others.

I hope the suggestion above will be helpful to you and everything will be fine with you for the future.

Yours,

Li Hua

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。

When I was in the primary school，I didn’t like going to school. I had 1. (difficult) in reading and writing and I always could not answer the teacher’s questions 2. (correct). I cried a lot because I 3. (laugh) at by my classmates. I felt very upset and didn’t have any interest 4. study.

But then one day, I decided 5. (change) my attitude towards study. So I ended up 6. (pay) more attention in class and I started to practice my vocabulary and spelling skills. Also，I always 7. (go) to my teachers to ask for help when I had any trouble. I started to do better in Grade 3. 8. I was in Grade 4, I was still improving. By Grade 5, I had become a top student in class.

Now I am 9. freshman in high school，I know it might be difficult at first. But I know if I keep working and don’t give up I will be 10. (success).

    I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was _____and I was crazy enough to forget my hats and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy _____ and my hands were as numb as they can be.

All of a sudden, an old lady _____ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride _____. At first, I said it was OK and her _____smile melted(融化) away the thought that I should never talk to _____! We had an amazing chat and she was just _____ a good woman. She told me her ________and she dropped me off.

I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I_____ her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of _____ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit _____she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was _____ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so _____ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that she _____and told my mom on the phone that she _______because she was so touched. She said she would never _____ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such _____! There really is nothing else joyful like helping _____and making someone’s day _____!

Let us never forget the joy we get ______ giving others a hand!

1.A.blowing B.freezing C.flowing D.flying

2.A.red B.pure C.white D.pale

3.A.picked B.turned C.drove D.took

4.A.hospital B.family C.school D.home

5.A.warm B.easy C.simple D.strange

6.A.women B.drivers C.strangers D.neighbors

7.A.so B.such C.that D.as

8.A.numbers B.car C.family D.address

9.A.remembered B.forgot C.repeated D.regretted

10.A.bread B.salad C.cookies D.sweets

11.A.nervous B.disappointed C.confused D.worried

12.A.generally B.completely C.hardly D.usually

13.A.puzzled B.surprised C.satisfied D.fearful

14.A.visited B.came C.drove D.called

15.A.cried B.slept C.left D.laughed

16.A.permit B.pardon C.forget D.imagine

17.A.sadness B.interest C.puzzle D.happiness

18.A.others B.the other C.another D.other

19.A.busier B.brighter C.easier D.harder

20.A.for B.in C.by D.on