_______by flowers and applause does not necessarily mean one is living a happy life.

A.Being accompanied B.Having accompanied

C.To be accompanied D.Accompanied

______ is surprising to us is that Tom, for ______ English was once boring, can speak English fluently as though he were a native speaker.

A.What; whom B.What; whose

C.It; whose D.As; whom

-Professor Li, how can my son develop his interest in literature?

﹣You may first_____ him to classical literary works.

A.devote B.apply C.assign D.expose

--- Can you introduce me a high quality machine?

--- My pleasure. _______ well even on wet roads, this kind of car is very popular.

A.Handled B.To handle C.Handling D.Being handled

Only my cousin has chosen to apply for a job in Africa _______ the majority of this year’s graduates working in Britain.

A.in common with B.as well as

C.in contrast to D.by reason of

Each misfortune you come across will carry in     the seed of tomorrow's good luck. So hang on until you succeed.

A.one B.some C.that D.it

Travel agencies claim they work in close______ with the local authorities to bring tourism back to its former glory.

A.reference B.company

C.sympathy D.cooperation

﹣Now more and more people have realized the importance of health.

﹣______. Nothing can be achieved without health.

A.I am afraid not. B.That’s all right.

C.I can’t agree more. D.You can’t serious.

假如你是李华，你们学校的英国交换生Jeff准备参加为外国人举办的比赛 “讲中国成语比赛” (Chinese Idiom Story Competition)，他发邮件请你帮忙。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 热心答应提供帮助；

2. 提供实用准备建议；

3. 询问见面时间地点。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jeff,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

Li Hua

根据首字母或中文解释写出空缺处单词的正确形式。

1.He lost his b__________ and fell down the stairs.

2.Learning a musical ___________ (乐器) introduces a child to an understanding of music.

3.The boat was totally at the mercy of the v__________ storm.

4.____________ (与……相反) to our expectation, he was defeated in the first round.

5.Do you believe that television may a_________ children’s behaviour?

6.Those desks will be _________ (稍微地) more expensive but they last a lot longer.

7.People are i__________ by China’s speed to build two hospitals just in a few days in Wuhan.

8.It has been _________ (确认) that the meeting will take place next week.

9.He celebrated the a_________ of the Chinese New Year with a grand party.

10.As a global language, football can bridge social, cultural, and _________ (宗教上的) divides.

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。

People say that the dog is man’s best friend, 1. goats are also very important. In fact, people 2. (keep) goats for thousands of years — longer than we have kept dogs.

Goats are useful to us 3. many different ways. We can cut the hair from goats and spin it into wool. We can make clothing from the wool. One kind of wool 4. (make) from goat hair is called cashmere. A cashmere sweater can be very expensive.

Goats also give milk, just like cows do! Did you know that 5. (many) people around the world drink goat’s milk than cow’s milk? Goat’s milk is easier for babies 6. (drink). We make delicious cheese, such as feta, from goat’s milk. Some people put goat’s milk on their skin, 7. can keep it soft.

8. large numbers of goats are kept, its meat is eaten instead of beef or pork. We also use goatskin to make 9. (glove) and boots. Goatskin leather is very soft.

10. everything that goats give to us, we can say that goats are our best friends.

    Music is something I could never live without. Without music, I was _______ and would only talk when asked to. Music allowed me to _______ myself and be as loud as I wanted to. Singing my _______ out during choir class, auditioning (试演) for choir concert solos, and _______ the school play, I felt the most like myself. There was nothing that could keep me away from my_______, until high school.

Everyone who wanted to be in show choir auditioned for the _______, including me. In the audition room, there was a piano, notes and different lyrics _______ on the chalkboard. I hit every note, and the _______ was amazing. When my audition was over, I took a breath of _______. Weeks passed and the list of who had made it into show choir was ________. I found my ________. “Angelica H. –– alternate (候补者)”. After I saw this, my ________ disappeared. My outside showed I wasn’t sad, but on the inside, my whole world had ________.

A year passed, I was at a ________ that also held karaoke to the customers. My parents begged me to go up and ________. Finally, I got enough courage to ________ a song by Sam Smith and started off. While I hit the high notes, people eating ________ for me. I realized, I did not get into one program but that did not mean that I had to give up all ________. I still liked singing. The lesson learned was that if you are ________ or do not get what you want, and it is something you’re in ________ with, don’t give up.

1.A.calm B.mad C.nervous D.quiet

2.A.teach B.praise C.express D.help

3.A.heart B.brain C.mind D.head

4.A.looking forward to B.getting along with C.trying out for D.picking up

5.A.pride B.enthusiasm C.knowledge D.courage

6.A.program B.activity C.service D.job

7.A.suggested B.written C.translated D.recorded

8.A.play B.scene C.sound D.answer

9.A.relief B.concern C.anger D.sympathy

10.A.removed B.signed C.expected D.posted

11.A.signature B.mark C.name D.position

12.A.confidence B.curiosity C.pressure D.kindness

13.A.continued B.started C.crashed D.existed

14.A.theater B.park C.garden D.restaurant

15.A.eat B.dance C.sing D.drink

16.A.create B.compose C.play D.choose

17.A.cheered B.stopped C.struggled D.voted

18.A.efforts B.ideas C.knowledge D.hope

19.A.picked out B.brought up C.turned down D.left behind

20.A.connection B.love C.touch D.common

    Eating healthy isn’t always easy, but committing to a healthy diet can be the smartest decision you ever make. Why? Not only can eating well make you look and feel better, it can also save you money. 1.

Productivity can be increased. Like a car, your brain needs quality fuel to run efficiently. As one will experience increased focus shortly after improving their diet with nutritious foods and supplements, a higher working productivity is usually the outcome.

It benefits finance. If your employer provides health coverage discounts, count your blessings! You can save a considerable amount of money through them. 2. By simply switching to a healthier diet and dropping a few pounds before you apply could significantly lower your costs.

3. What you eat has an impact on your brain, including the parts that regulate mood. Maintaining stable blood sugar through regular, proper nutrition will help you feel better overall on most days. Foods rich in vitamins and minerals, seeds and fresh vegetables for instance, are associated with a lower risk of depression, as are foods rich in omega-3 fats.

You can control your weight better. More than half of the Americans are overweight or obese, and obesity contributes to 1 in 5 American deaths. Simple healthy choices such as replacing soda with water, choosing vegetables instead of chips, and ordering a side salad in place of French fries will not only help you lose weight, it also can help you save money. 4.

A relatively longer life is expected. The same diseases that make you feel bad and cost a lot of money may also decrease your life expectancy. Many studies show a healthier diet relatively leads to a longer life.

Your body is your temple and you are housed in it, so treat it nicely to whole nutrient foods that are good for it. 5.

A.A better mood is made possible.

B.It will prevent you from getting sick.

C.In return your body will serve you better.

D.There is no reason not to eat a healthy diet.

E.Here are several top reasons to turn to a healthier diet.

F.Besides, life insurance cost is partly based on how healthy you are.

G.A normal-weight person can save some $3,000 per year on health care.

    When you purchase fresh-cut flowers, do you think about where they came from? It might make sense to think they were grown somewhere nearby. The reality, though, is that the cut flower trade is increasingly international. Today, thanks to airplanes and high-tech cooling systems, even the most delicate flower can be exported, and sold in a florist thousands of kilometers away from where it was grown.

The country that dominates the world cut flower trade is the Netherlands. It handles about 60 percent of the world’s cut flowers. The Netherlands is also a world leader in developing new flower varieties. Dutch companies and the government invest a considerable amount of money in flower research. Their scientists look for ways to lengthen a flower’s vase life, to strengthen flowers to prevent them from being damaged while traveling, and also to strengthen the natural fragrance of the flowers.

Despite the Netherlands’ dominance of the flower market, there are many places with a better climate for growing flowers, and the climate of Ecuador is almost perfect. Mauricio Davalos is the man responsible for starting Ecuador’s flower industry. “Our biggest edge is nature,” he claims. “Our roses are the best in the world.” Every year, Ecuador sells about 500 million flowers to the U.S. alone. The industry has brought employment op portunities and a stronger economy to regions of the country. “My family has TV now. There are radios,” says Yolanda Quishpe, 20, who picked roses for four years.

To others, the increasingly international nature of the flower trade is very bad news. In recent years, local growers in the U.S. faced huge competition from international flower companies, and many lost their businesses, Lina Hale, an independent rose grower in California, said her father had predicted the situation. “I see a freight train coming down the track,” he warned her, “and it’s coming straight towards us.”

1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.Cut flowers can survive a long trip. B.You should buy flowers from local florists.

C.Flowers you buy come from far away places. D.Few thinks about where they buy your flowers.

2.Which of the following are mentioned as large investors in flower research?

A.Dutch companies and the government B.airplane and high-tech cooling companies

C.Ecuador’s local flower growers and pickers D.American businessmen and their government

3.The underlined word in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _________.

A.end B.advantage

C.challenge D.difference

4.What did Lina Hale’s father mean when he said, “I see a freight train coming down the track and it’s coming straight toward us.”?

A.He could predict a train was soon to arrive.

B.He knew his business would be threatened.

C.He thought customers wouldn’t want roses.

D.He thought trains were the new way to move flowers.

    We know it’s good to learn another language. It opens doors, makes you more employable, helps you make new friends, and it’s fun too. But to improve our language skills, many of us have to endure hours of school lessons or evening classes, with our heads buried in textbooks. It’s no wonder that technology appears to be providing a better and more accessible way of learning.

There is certainly a huge demand for language learning, and having a smart phone means you can have a virtual teacher with you wherever you go. Many app developers are keen to earn money on the demand, and there are numerous learning apps available.

Some educational apps offer languages not popular enough to be taught at evening classes, or at most universities. And others offer “invented” language courses in Esperanto, Elvish and Star Trek’s Klingon –– lessons you might not find in a traditional classroom. Whatever you want to learn, apps allow you to go at your own pace and fit learning around other commitments. But they’re not perfect –– you might not get your head round the grammar and will lack the partner support you could get in a classroom environment.

So, does technology imply the end of traditional classrooms and teachers? Guy Baron, head of modern languages at Aberystwyth University, thinks not. He thought that apps should be used alongside classroom methods, not to the exclude traditional teaching. And he adds: “The apps are not formal... they’re not designed for degrees, but they could be additional resources.”

Certainly, technology is going to help in and outside the classroom. But attending a real lesson, facing a real teacher, probably forces you to be more devoted. Motivation can be a problem when using an app. But if you have a genuine and practical reason to learn another language, you will no doubt stick with it.

1.All the following are the benefits of learning another language except _______________.

A.saving you more money

B.giving you much pleasure

C.helping you in making new friends

D.making you more competitive in finding jobs

2.It can be learned from paragraph 3 that _______________.

A.apps permit you to learn at your own pace

B.languages taught on apps are common ones

C.you can learn any language on educational apps

D.you don’t need partner support while learning on apps

3.According to the author, using an app _______________.

A.can make you stick with it

B.shouldn’t be considered at all

C.fails to make you more devoted

D.will offer you a strong motivation

    In 1945, there was a young boy of 14 in a concentration camp (集中营). He was tall, thin but had a bright smile. Every day, a young girl came by on the other side of the fence. She noticed the boy and asked him if he spoke Polish, and he said yes. She said he’d looked hungry, and he said he was. She then reached in her pocket and gave him her apple. He thanked her and she went on her way. The next day, she came by again, bringing with her another apple which she gave him. Each day, she walked by the outside of the fence, hoping to see him, and when she did, she happily handed him an apple in exchange for conversation.

One day, he told her not to come by anymore. He told her he was being shipped to another concentration camp. As he walked away with tears streaming down his face, he wondered if he’d ever see her again. She was the only kind soul he’d seen acro ss the fence.

He made it out of the concentration camp, and immigrated to America. In 1957, his friends had fixed him up on a blind date . He had no idea who the woman was. He picked her up, and during dinner began talking of Poland and the concentration camp. She said she was in Poland at that tim e. She said she used to talk to a boy and gave him apples daily. He asked if this boy was tall, skinny and if he had told her that she shouldn’t come back because he was leaving. She said yes.

It was her, the young girl who came by every day to give him apples. After 12 years, after the war and in another country, they had met again. What are the odds? He proposed to her on that very night and told her he’d never again let her go. They are still happily married today.

1.Why did the girl give the boy her apples?

A.Because the boy asked for it.

B.Because the boy was hungry.

C.Because both of them were Polish.

D.Because the girl wanted to talk with the boy.

2.Which of the following word can be used to describe the young girl best?

A.Far-sighted B.Simple-minded

C.Kind D.Generous

3.What is the best title for the passage?

A.A special marriage

B.An unexpected gift

C.A pleasant memory

D.A lovely coincidence

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。

1.What does the speaker say about popular restaurants?

A.They are open 24 hours a day.

B.They accept checks for payment.

C.They may not accept reservations.

2.What’s the drinking age in America?

A.21. B.20. C.15.

3.How much should you tip for superior service?

A.Less than 15% of the total bill.

B.About 20% of the total bill.

C.Over 25% of the total bill.

4.What can we learn from the monologue?

A.Americans smoke less than Europeans.

B.Asians smoke less than Europeans.

C.The legal smoking age in America is 16.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What will the girl do tonight?

A.Go over her lessons. B.See a movie. C.Attend an exam.

2.What do we know about Miss Smith?

A.She talks quickly and seldom repeats things.

B.She is the girl’s favorite teacher.

C.She teaches English.

3.Who doesn’t like history?

A.The girl. B.Jim. C.The boy.

4.How often does the girl’s class have a history test?

A.Once a month. B.Twice a month. C.Once a week.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.How does the man like learning Chinese?

A.It’s easier and easier.

B.He’s more and more interested in it.

C.It’s as difficult as learning European languages.

2.What are the woman’s difficulties in learning English?

A.Writing and listening.

B.Spelling and writing.

C.Spelling and pronunciation.

3.What does the man say about the woman’s spoken English?

A.Good. B.Strange. C.Poor.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the woman want to do?

A.Attend a meeting.

B.Ask for leave.

C.Invite the man to visit Mr. Green.

2.Where is the woman’s grandma?

A.At home. B.In the office. C.In the hospital.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What happened to Mike?

A.He broke his right foot.

B.He was hurt accidentally.

C.He played basketball yesterday.

2.What’s the relationship between Tom and Mike?

A.Classmates. B.Teacher and student. C.Workmates.

What does the man mean?

A.He can’t let out the information.

B.The woman failed the exam.

C.Dr. Wilson doesn’t want to be disturbed.

What’s the relationship between the speakers?

A.Teacher and student. B.Boss and secretary. C.Colleagues.

Where did the woman spend her summer holiday?

A.In Beijing. B.In Tokyo. C.In London.

Why did Cathy call the woman?

A.To borrow magazines.

B.To make an invitation.

C.To get her magazines back.

How did the woman usually go to school?

A.On foot. B.By bus. C.By bike.

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

1.不久之后，失主就来认领他的行李了，这出乎我们的意料。(which)

2.在如此这样的一个特殊时期，对于吉祥航空的这一人性化操作，很多网友手动点赞。(Such)

3.在采访最后，提起武汉，这个84岁，为国家操劳了一生，和病魔战斗了一辈子的钟南山院士academician却哽咽了。(devote)

4.趁着寒假宅在家，有的学生挥剑，有的学生在网上练习配音，还有的泼墨挥毫，尽管被限于家中，他们做完寒假作业之余可谓是丰富多彩。(take advantage of ,describe)

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.

This is a story about a book that just kept selling, catching publishers, booksellers and even its author off guard. The book is Sapiens, by the Israeli academic Yuval Noah Harari, published in the UK in September 2014.It is a recondite(深奥的) work of evolutionary history charting the development of humankind through a scholarly examination of our ability to cooperate as a species.

Sapiens sold well on publication, particularly when it came out in paperback in the summer of 2015.What is remarkable about it, though, is that it's still selling in vast numbers. Sapiens has sold a further half million copies, establishing itself firmly at the top of the bestseller lists. The book's wild success is symptomatic of a broader trend in our book-buying habits: a surge in the popularity of intelligent, challenging nonfiction, often books that are several years old.

It was trade publication, the Booksellers, that first noted the rise of what is called the “brainy backlist”, it also highlighted a concomitant fall in the sales of the books that had been such a staple of publishers' catalogues-celebrity biographies. We are turning away from exciting but disposable stories of fame towards more serious, thoughtful, quiet books that help us understand our place in the world. Mark Richards, publisher at John Murray Prese, see the return to serious works of nonfiction as a response to the spirit of the age, “People have a hunger both for information and facts, and for nuanced(有细微差别的) exploration of issues, of a sort that books are in a prime position to provide.” he says.

In the end, the story of Sapiens is about a book becoming part of a national conversation. At a time when politics is more furious and fragmented than ever, when technology is colonizing our everyday existence.

Directions:Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

Fed up with constantly having to recharge or replace batteries in your ever-expanding electronic devices? The solution may be just a few steps away.

“Energy harvesting” promises to power countless consumer devices, often with nothing more than your body's movement or heat.1..But many experts believe the market for the technology could explode due to electronic devices being developed for the Internet of Things.

Among the most basic forms of the technology is body power,2.Automatic watches have employed the concept for decades, for example, by winding themselves when their user moves their arm. Now the concept is being considered for a number of other devices.

In an contest seeking visionary ideas for wearable technologies, Intel awarded$5,000 for a concept to change the temperature difference between a person's body and a special piece of clothing they'd wear into electricity for mobile devices.

3.. Stanford University engineers are testing smart microchips that create electricity from ultrasound to power implantable devices that can analyze a person's nervous system or treat their diseases.

A textile research association in Spain is proposing to obtain electricity from radio waves that flow around everyone to power sensors sewn into clothes, which can monitor a person's heartbeat or other vital signs.

Obtaining stable energy from devices can be complex, however. For one thing, the motlon that generates the electricity has to be constant to be useful. Moreover, the amount of power the devices produce depends on the person using them, according to a Columbia University study, It determined that taller people on average provide about 20percent more power than shorter ones when walking, running or cycling.

4.. While such devices are expected to cost less than battery-powered alternatives when compared over many years ,experts say, people may continue buying ones with batteries merely because those would be cheaper in the short term.

A.Dozens of companies around the world already offer such products

B.Using sound to power devices is another energy-harvesting variation

C.It's also unclear how eagerly consumers might welcome energy-harvesting products,

D.With the Internet of things expected to combine billions of devices, we'll have to use energy harvesting.

E.When certain materials are squeezed or stretched, the movement of their atoms creates an electrical charge.

F.Research fim IDTechEx has estimated that annual global sales of energy-harvesting products could hit $.2.6 billion by 2024.

    More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called “preparation for future learning.” The researchers asked fifth graders and college students to create a recovery plan to protect bald eagles from extinction. Shockingly, the two groups came up with plans of similar quality (although the college students had better spelling skills). From the standpoint of a traditional educator, this outcome indicated that schooling had failed to help students think about ecosystems and extinction, major scientific ideas.

The researchers decided to go deeper, however. They asked both groups to generate questions about important issues needed to create recovery plans. On this task, they found large differences. College students focused on critical issues of interdependence between eagles and their habitats. Fifth graders tended to focus on features of individual eagles (“How big are they?” and “What do they eat?”). The college students had cultivated the ability to ask questions, the cornerstone (最重 要部分)of critical thinking. They had learned how to learn.

Museums and other institutions of informal learning may be better suited to teach this skill than elementary and secondary schools. At the Exploratorium in San Francisco, we recently studied how learning to ask good questions can affect the quality of people's scientific inquiry. We found that when we taught participants to ask “What if?” and “How can?” questions that nobody present would know the answer to and that would spark exploration，they engaged in better inquiry at the next exhibit-asking more questions, performing more experiments and making better interpretations of their results. Specifically, their questions became more comprehensive at the new exhibit. Rather than merely asking about something they wanted to try，they tended to include both cause and effect in their question. Asking juicy questions appears to be a transferable skill for deepening collaborative inquiry into the science content found in exhibits.

This type of learning is not confined to museums or institutional settings. Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools. Perhaps many teachers have too little time to allow students to form and pursue their own questions and too much ground to cover in the curriculum. But people must acquire this skill somewhere, Our society depends on them being able to make critical decisions about their own medical treatment, say, or what we must do about global energy needs and demands. For that, we have an informal learning system that gives no grades, takes all comers，and is available even on holidays and weekends.

1.What is traditional educators interpretation of the research outcome mentioned in the first paragraph?

A.Students are not able to apply prior knowledge to new problems.

B.College students are no better than fifth grader in memorizing facts.

C.Education has not paid enough attention to major environmental issues.

D.Education has failed to lead students to think about major scientific ideas.

2.College students are different from children in that_____ ?

A.they have learned to think critically.

B.they are concerned about social issues.

C.they are curious about specific features.

D.they have learned to work independently.

3.What is the benefit of asking questions with no ready answers?

A.It arouses students’ interest in things around them.

B.It cultivates students’ ability to make scientific inquiries.

C.It trains students’ ability to design scientific experiments.

D.It helps students realize not every question has an answer.

4.At the end of the passage the author seems to encourage educators to ____.

A.train students to think about global issues

B.design more interactive classroom activities

C.make full use of informal learning resources

D.include collaborative inquiry in the curriculum