In our life of journey, we each have important roles to play. Some are conductors and some are singers. And the rest are heroes in the supporting cast(配角演员) and are necessary to complete the different tasks in life. The “stars” would be greatly darkened if the individual heroes don’t support their performances. The magical accents of the performance section might sound terrible and out of place, unless you could also hear the music they accompany. Even one member of an orchestra doing less than their best could stop the harmony of the musical piece.

So even though you may not receive the attention of the other performers, your contribution is valuable and a unique part of the success of the whole in the life you lead.

When you do your job well, you put your own unique energy into the task. Each of us has a different personality and a different talent, just suited for the different roles we support. We can look around us at any moment and identify with the people we work with. Doing your job well displays your ability and gratitude, while learning the lessons from others can move us towards our goals.

When you are fully present in the job you do, you bring the fullness of your mind, body, and spirit to the moment. Your contribution is strengthened by your talents and abilities, and they can attract the right people and circumstances to your experience. You are playing your role to your very best. You are giving your best to be the world and making it a better place for all of us to live in. Remember, each of us is expected to be the best.

1.What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?

A. The “stars’ also need many other people’s support.

B. One person might perform different roles.

C. You are a failure unless you become the “stars’.

D. The “stars” are successful because of their own efforts.

2.According to the author, doing the job well can help you _________.

A. get a rise in your company

B. show your ability and talents

C. receive the attention of others

D. get a sense of success

3.What can we learn from the text?

A. No pains, no gains.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. All roads lead to Rome.

D. Everyone is expected to do his best.

A man enters a store to buy milk. He walks out of the store with milk. That is all— milk. At the same time, a woman enters the same grocery store also to buy milk. She buys it. But, she also buys chicken and lemons to make dinner that night. Then she remembers to buy food for her son to eat at school. She also gets a bottle of wine for drinks with friends and a birthday card for her husband's niece. Then she gets coffee for breakfast, ice cream for dessert and remembers stamps to mail the bills. And don't forget soap for the bathroom.

And that is the difference between the female and male brains simply explained in a grocery store. Generally speaking，men do one thing at a time. Women do many. Doing many things at one time is often called “multi-tasking”, a very popular word these days.

Now scientific research supports this theory about male and female brains. A recent study has confirmed what we have known all along—men and women think differently.

Scientist at the university of Pennsylvania studied brain images of 949 people aged from 8 to 22 years old. They found that male brains have more connections on one side of the brain, or hemisphere. In female brain, they found more activity and connections between the right and left sides of the brain. The left side of the brain is known as the side of “reason” The right hemisphere is known as the “creative” side.

Regina Verma is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She co-wrote the report. She says when women are asked to do something difficult they might use different parts of the brain. Men, she adds, generally use just one side of the brain.

As a result, men generally deal directly with a problem. There is a strong connection between the “understanding” and the “action” parts of their brains. Women, however, might include other parts of the brain, like the part connected with reason and the part connected with sensitivity when solving a problem. Women take a less direct path to find a solution.

Dr. Venma warns that the study should not lead anyone to expect some behaviors from women and others from men.

1.By describing the scene of shopping, the writer wants to ____ .

A. reveal men and women's preference of living expense

B. criticize women's wasted living expense

C. think highly of women's considerate behavior

D. illustrate men and women's different brains

2.When asked to deal with a problem, _____ .

A. men tend to take action straight

B. women tend to take action straight

C. women tend to use a single part of the brain

D. men tend to use connected parts of the brain

3.Dr. Verma's warning indicates that _____ .

A. women and men can hardly learn from each other

B. women and men can hardly cooperate well

C. women and men can hardly complete multitasks

D. women and men can hardly perform the same behavior

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. “reason” brain or “creative” brain

B. Multi-tasking or single-tasking

C. Costly shopping or economical shopping

D. Reason or sensitivity

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many， many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports, emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.

Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.

Twenty –five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. “Until we do that, nothing else will change!” say Bruce Anderson.

1.According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___

A. the social movement    B. recycling techniques

C. environmental problems    D. the importance of Earth Day

2.Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?

A. The grass –roots level    B. The business circle

C. Government officials    D. University professors

3.What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?

A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest

B. They have settled their environmental problems

C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.

D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.

4.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?

A. Education    B. Planning

C. Green living    D. CO reduction

The Healthy Habits Survey (调查) shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.

1．How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?

●Finding：A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.

●Step：Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery－operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes，at least twice a day.

2．How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?

●Finding: Seniors，on average，bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day—half of the number doctors recommend.

●Step：We touch our faces around 3，000 times a day—often inviting germs(病菌) to enter our mouth，nose，and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And，most important，wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.

3．How often do you think about fighting germs?

●Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.

●Step：Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge (海绵)that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs，keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.

1.What is found out about American seniors?

A. Most of them have good habits.

B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.

C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.

D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.

2.Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands ________．

A. twice a day    B. three times a day

C. four times a day    D. eight times a day

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A. We should keep from touching our faces.

B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.

C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.

D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.

4.The text probably comes from ________．

A. a guide book    B. a popular magazine

C. a book review    D. an official document

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.Who could the text be written for?

A. Schoolchildren    B. Parents    C. Teachers

2.What’s the second advice?

A. Get up early

B. Go to bed early

C. Do things the night before

3.What kind of breakfast is suggested?

A. A sweet breakfast    B. A simple breakfast    C. A fast breakfast

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When will Jane leave?

A. Tomorrow morning

B. Tomorrow evening

C. The day after tomorrow

2.Who will go to meet Jane at the station?

A. Her uncle    B. Her aunt    C. Her sister

3.What will the weather be like there?

A. Cool and dry    B. Hot and wet    C. Cold and wet

4.Why is Jane going to see her uncle?

A. She misses him    B. He is not well    C. She needs his help

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When will the man go shopping?

A. On Saturday morning

B. On Saturday afternoon

C. On Sunday morning

2.What does the man promise to do?

A. Make some chocolate cakes

B. Come to lunch on Saturday

C. Come to tea on Sunday

3.On what day may the man get his salary raised?

A. Monday    B. Tuesday    C. Thursday

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where did the woman notice the article?

A. On the Internet    B. In the newspaper    C. In a magazine

2.Where does the woman come from?

A. America    B. Canada    C. China

3.What does the woman think of what the man says?

A. Understandable    B. Unbelievable    C. Unreasonable

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How does the woman feel about the additional course in English schools?

A. Boring    B. Helpful    C. Easy

2.What do we know about such English schools?

A. They will test your English before training

B. They charge high fees

C. There are many foreign teachers

Why didn’t Helen come to the party?

A. She was not invited

B. She forgot the time

C. She had a piano lesson

Where did Alice go on the weekend?

A. To the countryside

B. To the entertainment park

C. To the cinema

How old is Tina now?

A. 19    B. 20    C. 21

What are the speakers probably talking about?

A. TV shows.    B. Stories.    C. Books.

What is the weather like?

A. It’s fine.    B. It’s rainy.    C. It’s too hot.

假如你是李华，你的朋友Xiao Dong给你写了一封邮件，说他进入高中以来，感觉学习压力很大，不适应新的生活学习环境。现请你给他回封邮件，给他提一些建议。

要求:1. 词数:100词左右；信的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Xiao Dong,

I feel sorry to hear that you are suffering from the great stress.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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。作文中共有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:在缺词处加一个漏子符号(∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除: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。

Ever since I graduated from college, I had dreamed about traveling. I will get a chance to go to Dali. Because of I care about details very much, I am going to find more informations about it. I think the trip should be organized careful. As I am a determining person, I always like doing everything well no matter what hard it is. In my view, once you have made up your mind to do something, better not change them. Even if you may meet with some difficulty, it’s not good idea to give up. If you are fond of something which is really interesting, keep a positive attitude with it.

Recently, a survey has been made about the common view on graduates(毕业生)from key universities.1.(actual)，this is not the first time that this kind of survey 2.(be) made. Sadly , these graduates are not highly3.(think) of, as only 28% of the companies are 4. (satisfy)with these graduates. More than one company says the graduates only concern 5.(they) about their own matters and lack teamwork spirit. Besides, they may have trouble6. (communicate) with others; because of that, they suffer from7. (lonely) easily.

Believe it8. not, most companies don’t think9. necessary to employ graduates from key universities. It is students’ overall(全面的) abilities10. matter most in job hunting.

It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on. A _____came. “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to______that shirt away, but gave it to her instead.” I was______. I wanted to hide.

I stuck my shirt in the back of the closet and told my ______what had happened. She then dialed her _____ , “I will no longer _____ for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t just clean anymore; she knew her life’s achievement was something______ , so she decided to find another job.

The next morning she ______with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to _____a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “Are you serious? I think I have a_____for you as a teacher’s assistant. This ______deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of _____.” Mom accepted that job opportunity very______.

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling ______. Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal showed up in her _____. The principal said, “We have watched how you______ the children and how they communicate with you, and we  _____ your hard-working spirit over the last five years. We all ______that you should be the teacher of this class.”

My mom ______more than twenty years there. During her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the bad comment made in my classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle  ___ situations and never give up.

1.A. voice    B. student    C. teacher    D. noise

2.A. get    B. take    C. carry    D. throw

3.A. thankful    B. silent    C. cheerful    D. careless

4.A. father    B. sister    C. mother    D. classmate

5.A. assistant    B. adviser    C. director    D. employer

6.A. pay    B. apply    C. employ    D. work

7.A. sweeter    B. quicker    C. greater    D. louder

8.A. went    B. met    C. worked    D. stayed

9.A. visit    B. build    C. attend    D. prepare

10.A. position    B. duty    C. key    D. part

11.A. event    B. problem    C. meeting    D. opportunity

12.A. learning    B. judging    C. obeying    D. imagining

13.A. patiently    B. eagerly    C. successfully    D. angrily

14.A. upset    B. frightened    C. happy    D. comfortable

15.A. home    B. classroom    C. apartment    D. car

16.A. punish    B. beat    C. treat    D. touch

17.A. hate    B. forget    C. admire    D. follow

18.A. discuss    B. argue    C. disagree    D. agree

19.A. waited    B. spent    C. took    D. wasted

20.A. challenging    B. simple    C. dangerous    D. strange

1.You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:

Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 2. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

Make good use of your time in class.3. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material.  4.If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.

5.You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.

A. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.

B. There are other methods that might help you with your studying

C. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.

D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E. This will help you understand the next class.

F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.

G. Maybe you are an average student.

A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression(情绪低落) as young adults.

The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent(青少年的)health to survey the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than 4,000 adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in the year 2000.

As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of five and one-half hours a day. More than two hours of that was spent watching TV.

Seven years later, in 2007, more than seven percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was twenty-one.

The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio, etc. But the study did find that every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. Young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.

The study didn’t explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility is that it was taking time away from activities that could help prevent depression.

Last December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active, to read, to attend religious services and to vote.

1.We can learn from the survey that of all the media use ___________________.

A. computer games are teenagers’ favorite

B. most teenagers prefer to listen to the radio

C. teenagers enjoy watching TV very much

D. newspaper is not included in the survey

2.According to the passage, what kind of activity may help prevent depression?

A. Taking part in sports.    B. Playing computer games.

C. Listening to the radio.    D. Watching movies.

3.We can conclude that a teenager should ____________.

A. play more video games instead of watching TV

B. attend religious services and care for politics

C. be more active in reading and studying

D. be active in taking part in outdoor activities

Email has brought the art of letter writing back to life, but some experts think the resulting spread of bad English does more harm than good.

Email is a form of communication that is changing, for the worse, the way we write and use language, say some communication researchers. It is also changing the way we interact(交流) and build relationship. These are a few of the recently recognized features of email, say experts, which should cause individuals and organizations to rethink the way they use email.

“Email has increased the spread of careless writing habits,” says Naomi Baron, a professor of linguistics(语言学) at an American university. She says the poor spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure of emails reflect(反映) a growing unconcern about the way we write.

Baron argues that we shouldn’t forgive and forget the poor writing often shown in email. “The more we use email and its tasteless writing, the more it becomes the normal way of writing,” the professor says.

Others say that despite its poor writing, email has finished what several generations of English teachers couldn’t: it has made writing fashionable again.

“Email is a critical new communication technology.” says Ian Lancashire, a professor of English at Toronto University. “It fills the gap between spoken language and the formal methods of writing that existed before email. It is the purest form of written speech.”

Lancashire says email has the mysterious ability to get people who are usually scared by writing to get their thoughts flowing easily onto a blank screen. He says this is because of email’s close similarity to speech. “It’s like a circle of four or five people around a campfire,” he says.

Still, he accepts that this new-found freedom to express themselves often gets people into trouble. Emails sent in a day almost exceed(超过) the number of letters mailed in a year. But more people are recognizing the content of a typical email message is not often exact.

1. From what Baron says in the third paragraph we can see that ________.

A. careless people use email more than careful people

B. email requires people to change their native language

C. professors in universities don’t need to use email

D. people communicate by email full of mistakes

2.What does the underlined word “it”(in Paragraph 4) refer to?

A. The poor writing.  B. Email.

C. The good writing.  D. A new communication technology.

3.In Lancashire’s opinion, email is a wonderful technology because _______.

A. it can be useful all over the world

B. it is the fastest way to communicate

C. we can express ourselves in a free way

D. we can save a lot of paper

4.This passage mainly shows us that ______.

A. people should stop using email to communicate

B. experts hold different opinions about email writing

C. Americans only use email to communicate

D. email makes people lose interest in English

Betty is not traditional American beauty. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth. But this hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of American’s favorite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it?

The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.

The TV show has just started. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.

Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA.“ I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it’s about the underdog (弱者)”，says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show.

The program is so popular because of the performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen.

1.Betty is popular because of ____.

A. her clothes    B. her appearance

C. her personality    D. her charm

2.Which is the reason for the success of the show?

A. A large number of viewers.

B. Her life as an office worker.

C. The wonderful performance.

D. Two Golden Globes awards.

3.Which of the following is NOT true according of the show?

A. Betty is a girl of wisdom.

B. Betty acts as a beautiful swan on the show.

C. Betty is an American favorite TV character.

D. Betty is often looked down on by the people around.

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Beauty from within.    B. A romantic story.

C. An ugly girl.    D. An exciting experience.

These people are studying English. However, they are now facing some problems.

1.Who may say, “I go to bed late last night”?

A. Pablo.    B. Maria Luisa.

C. Li Ping.    D. Yoshi.

2.What would be the best advice for Maria Luisa?

A. Try to have a wide vocabulary.

B. Develop a good knowledge of grammar.

C. Read as many English books as possible.

D. Make friends with English-speaking people.

3.Why do people find it hard to understand Li Ping's English?

A. She can't pronounce words in English correctly.

B. She speaks at a very fast speed.

C. Her grammar is terrible.

D. Her voice is very low.

4.What can we learn about Yoshi?

A. He was born in the United States.

B. He has a very small vocabulary.

C. He has learned English for years.

D. He is very good at listening.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.When did the boy’s mother find that he had a good memory?

A. At the age of 2    B. At the age of 3    C. At the age of 4

2.What grade did the boy directly go to in primary school?

A. Grade 6    B. Grade 5    C. Grade 4

3.When did the boy go to middle school?

A. In 2007    B. In 2008    C. In 2013

4.What does the boy’s mother think of him?

A. He is different from others

B. He is very intelligent

C. He is hard-working

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Where did the man probably get the news?

A. On a newspaper    B. On the radio    C. On TV

2.What happened according to the report?

A. Some people died

B. A big fire broke out

C. Thirty people were lost

3.What did the woman want the man to do?

A. Make supper

B. Talk about the news

C. Help Mom make supper

4.When will Mom come back?

A. At 7:00    B. At 6:30    C. At 6:00

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What do we know about Lucy and Lily?

A. They are studying in the same class

B. Lucy is older than Lily

C. They look like each other a lot

2.What’s the relationship between Lily and the man?

A. Old friends    B. Classmates    C. Brother and sister

3.Why is the man Probably here ?

A. To pick a friend up    B. To wait for a friend    C. To see a friend off

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.Why does the woman call the man?

A. To ask the man to see a movie

B. To invite the man for a walk

C. To ask the man to go to a museum

2.When is the movie over？

A. At 5:00pm    B. At 5:30 pm    C. At 6:00pm

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.When is the man leaving for London?

A. On July 5th    B. On July 10th    C. On July 15th

2.How will the man go to the airport?

A. By bus    B. By taxi    C. In Jim’s car

What’s the woman’s plan for tonight?

A. To visit her parents

B. To see a movie with the man

C. The have classes with the man

Where is Lucy?

A. In her office    B. In the meeting room    C. On the playground