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.

The Shop Where It’s OK to Be Different

When Angela Makey knew her autistic (患自闭症的) son Adam wanted to open a comic shop, she laughed out loud. She knew he’d been keen on comics since childhood. But how would he  deal with  customers  and suppliers  and  all the  other jobs 1. are necessary for running a business?

At that time, Adam was looking for a job. He had a degree in philosophy and had learned to live independently, but there didn’t seem to be any suitable jobs for him. The family 2. (hope) he and his younger brother Guy, also with autism, could find work that matched their strengths: reliability, punctuality and attention to detail. But there were no available opportunities.

So the “laughable” comic shop idea began to grow on Angela. Eventually, she  used  her savings  to  buy  a shop  in  Cambridgeshire,  and  seven years  ago Niche Comics 3. (bear).

Like many autistic people, Adam loves comics for their world of rich detail and visual expression. He developed an interest in Marvel comic heroes on TV 4. he was seven years old. “They are a reminder 5. it’s OK not to be like everyone else,” Adam said. He’s now 30, and comics and their heroes are still part of his life.

In the comic shop, the brothers share their encyclopedic (渊博的) knowledge of comics with customers.  The brothers act  as guides  in this universe, 6. (introduce) customers to new comics.

The shop attracts  many  autistic customers. And being autistic 7. turns out to be a big help for the brothers to deal with customers. They are good at 8. (spot) the customers’ needs and feelings. “Maybe it’s the tone of the voice, the motion of a hand — small details that most people won’t pick up on — that I might have insight (深刻理解) into,” says Guy. Of course, the majority of customers who come to the shop are not autistic. Now the brothers get a steady stream of customers who are, both male and female, 9. young children to retired people. Once the shop had established itself, the brothers also began reaching out to people with autism beyond the shop.

Seven years on, Angela is glad she took the risk of  helping her  sons 10. (create) their dream shop. “This shop has a soul,” the mother says proudly.

假定你是李华，市电视台将举办《中国诗词比赛)(Chinese poetry Contest)国际友人专场， 你想邀请对中国文化感兴趣的外教老师Adam -同观赛。请给他写-封信，内容包括:

1. 时间:下周五晚六点半；

2. 地点:市民中心；

3. 诗词比赛的意义。

注意:

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Adam,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My dog Dino is really an superhero, who helps keep us safely, especially on the roads. Take a look at he did last week. Last Wednesday, Dino saved our neighbor’s boy who run in front of a car to get his ball. People can get very much angry when driving, usually on silly reasons. Last Tuesday, a driver behind us started shouting at my mum when she stopped her car to let several child cross the road. Dino soon made him shut up. Last Friday, Dino saw two girls running a red light but he soon made them changing their minds. Last Sunday Dino caught my dad talking on their mobile phone while my dad was driving. Dino immediately stopped him. What a smarter dog!

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

1.God created the first two people, Adam and his wife Eve, they lived in a beautiful garden-like paradise called Eden. They experienced close and loving fellowship with God all of the time. There were many wonderful things 2.(eat) in Eden, and God said that Adam and Eve were free to eat any of those things  3.the fruit of a special tree called “the tree of the knowledge of good and evil”. Satan,  4.angel  5.had rebelled (反叛) against God, hated God so much that he wanted to destroy the relationship between them. Finally, he had both of them look at the fruit of the tree and said, “Doesn’t that look delicious?”   6. (sad), both Adam and Eve took Satan’s advice and ate the   7.  (forbid)fruit. At that instant, their special relationship with God was broken, and they became spiritually separated from him. They were so aware of their new condition that they even tried to hide from God. This  8.(separate) was more than just a bad feeling. Not only did Adam and Eve’s first sin（罪）corrupt their own hearts, but also it corrupted all who came after them. The second sin followed quickly after the first, and many more followed after that. The tendency to rebel against God’s perfect standards of right 9.wrong became a part of mankind’s nature and   10. (pass) on from generation to generation ever since.

    From a young age, I was taught to be kind to people around. My parents _______ explained to me the importance of giving generously to the less _______. So out of habit, whenever there is something I can _______, I give it to someone on the streets.

Last week, as I left the house for work, I carried with me some _______ clothes, a handbag and some food to hand over to someone _______.

As the car stopped at a traffic red light, I saw a girl of five or six asking for _______. I _______ her to come to me and quickly _______ all the stuff I had into the handbag. As I started handing it over, she seemed _______. She looked up at me with a sweet smile on her face and asked what was in the ________. I told her there were some clothes and food for her.

Once again she ________ me, “Can you give me some water?” It was then that I ________ her dry lips. It seemed that she had not had a ________ of water all day. I took out the water bottle that I always carry with me and ________ her to drink from it. She finished it quickly and gave me a heartwarming smile of ________.

I was thankful that I could ________ what she really wished and realized once again that day that you don’t necessarily have to make big ________ to help someone. And this incident, as well as a lot that followed, ________ my belief in the simple acts of kindness and how they can make someone’s day.

The next time you want to do something ________ for someone, don’t hold back, seizing the right ________, or it would be late. Go ahead and do it!

1.A.cheerfully B.particularly C.confidently D.repeatedly

2.A.fortunate B.rich C.comfortable D.difficult

3.A.find B.spare C.exchange D.abandon

4.A.casual B.worn C.old D.clean

5.A.clumsy B.lucky C.lonely D.needy

6.A.candy B.trouble C.clothes D.money

7.A.wanted B.ordered C.signaled D.touched

8.A.threw B.collected C.dragged D.dropped

9.A.surprised B.satisfied C.panicked D.amused

10.A.pocket B.car C.bag D.hand

11.A.waved at B.nodded at C.shook hands with D.looked up at

12.A.realized B.noticed C.discovered D.saw

13.A.drop B.bottle C.lot D.cup

14.A.required B.advised C.helped D.directed

15.A.satisfaction B.communication C.expectation D.appreciation

16.A.offer B.afford C.understand D.remember

17.A.differences B.donations C.senses D.kindness

18.A.changed B.shook C.strengthened D.destroyed

19.A.nice B.brave C.big D.great

20.A.idea B.power C.position D.opportunity

    Many people think that personal development is something they can't do. 1. You might find a few new suggestions in this article.

A great way to help one's mood is to live in the here and now. The idea is similar to the idea in Eckhart Tolled The Power of Now. If you live in the present moment, you cannot ever possibly be in pain, because to know pain there has to be a past.

2. During hard times we tend to always think about what is troubling us and lose sight of the bigger picture. A faith helps one focus on that bigger picture while changing the focus from hardship to a higher power.

To help yourself, focus on helping others. 3. Do you view them as unique individuals who are worthy of respect, or do you just see them as obstacles（绊脚石）who are always getting in your way? The more you care about others, the more you will care for yourself.

When you are trying to improve yourself, it is important to remember to focus on one thing at a time. 4. This leads to frustration and eventually you may give up.

One of the most important things about self-improvement is to set achievable goals for yourself. Setting goals that are unreachable will only make you feel discouraged!

The information you just looked at should help you to feel more confident of your efforts to grow as an individual. 5.

A.God helps those who help themselves.

B.Pay attention to your attitudes towards others.

C.If you try to improve several different aspects, you may lose control of all of them.

D.But the truth is that everyone can help themselves personally develop.

E.Sometimes finding a faith to devote oneself to is a great self-help idea.

F.Keep a positive mindset（心态）, and apply your chosen tips consistently.

G.Being kind is always helpful to yourself.

It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a damaged brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives for only three to five minutes. More often the doctors can' t fix the damage. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctors might make the person worse if he operates on the brain.

Dr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.

Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain' s temperature was 10°C, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.

1.The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that _______.

A.the time is too short for doctors

B.the patients are often too nervous

C.the damage is extremely hard to fix

D.the blood-cooling machine might break down

2.The brain operation was made possible mainly by _______.

A.taking the blood out of the brain

B.trying the operation on monkeys first

C.lowering the brain' s temperature

D.having the blood go through a machine

3.What is the right order of the steps in the operation?

a. send the cooled blood back to the brain

b. stop the blood to the brain

c. have the blood cooled down

d. operate on the brain

A.a,b,c,d B.c,a,b,d

C.c, b, d, a D.b, c, d, a

4.With Dr. White's new idea, the operation on the damaged brain _______.

A.can last as long as 30 minutes

B.can keep the brain's blood warm

C.can keep the patient's brain healthy

D.can help monkeys do different jobs

    Catalin Baciu from Romania wanted to make money in Germany. So, he and his wife, Oltita went to Bucharest, the capital city of Romania to get legal papers to move to Germany. However, when they arrived, they were surprised by what they saw. “Hundreds of street children were living in a busy and dirty city of two and a half million people. Many of them were using drugs. They all seemed lost. Most of them were under ten years old. Oltita had tears in her eyes,” Catalin said.

Many of these streets children were orphans (孤儿). They had grown up in the government orphanages, but had run away. They thought any place would be better than the orphanages. But the streets were cold and hard. The winters were freezing. The children had to sleep in warm sewers (下水道) under the ground. Many of the children even became involved with crime and violence (暴力).

The Baciu’s did not like the sight of so many pitiful children in Bucharest. They wanted to leave immediately and go to Germany. However, that night, Catalin and Oltita stayed with a friend in Buchares. “The friend we were staying with was working with street children. I was deeply touched by what he and his fellows were trying to do…they were sacrificing (牺牲) their jobs and lives to save street children,” Catalin said.

After that visit, the Baciu’s completely changed their life plan. Instead of moving to Germany, they began working with street children in Bucharest. They started by opening a home called House of Hope, which provided a warm and loving place for children who needed to get away from the streets. Many hospitals and business workers called House of Hope when they found troubled kids. Everyone knew the House of Hope would help.

1.Oltita had tears in her eyes because ________.

A.she felt pity for the street children

B.she almost lost her Way in Bucharest

C.she didn’t get legal papers

D.she would leave Romania

2.We can infer that the orphans in the orphanages ________.

A.liked to run around

B.lived a very busy life

C.didn’t receive good care

D.were under ten years old

3.Which of the following can best describe the couple’s friend?

A.Kind-hearted. B.Short-sighted.

C.Hard-working. D.Self-confident.

4.The Baciu’s opened House of Hope ________.

A.at the risk of losing their home

B.under the influence of their friend

C.in support of the local hospital

D.with the help of the Germany government

    The English language is changing, and you are responsible! Whether we consider changes in grammar, spelling, pronunciation, or the very vocabulary of the language, you have played your part and continue to do so.

When we first learned basic grammar and spelling, perhaps in elementary school, we might have gotten the impression that these things were sacred. The rules that apply to such things might have been presented as unchanging and unchangeable. While this approach might be beneficial for teaching children, it is far from accurate.

The English language, like many others, is a living, growing, ever-evolving thing. Like it or not, you are involved in this change. These changes take many forms. Grammar and spelling have changed radically over the years and centuries, with the spelling differences in different countries today a reflection of this. While the language of a thousand years ago might be called English, most of us would hardly recognize it today as the same language.

The first involves changes in the pronunciation of words. Many are familiar with the differences between the British and American ways of pronouncing certain words. In addition to these differences, the pronunciation of many words has changed over the years because of how you have decided to pronounce them. For example, consider the word "err." The traditional pronunciation of this word rhymes with the word "her." However in recent years, more and more people have been pronouncing it so that it sounds like "air."

Another change in the language involves the addition and removal of words. The makers of dictionaries decide which words deserve to be officially adopted as part of the English language. Through the centuries, many words have come from other languages. In fact, English has probably done this more than any other language in the world, which is why spelling and pronunciation rules for English have so many exceptions.

Of course many slang words have been just short-lived fads that have died out quickly. Others,though, have been adopted by mainstream society and become respectable, as have many technical terms. So then remember, the next time you repeat the newest expression to hit the street, or make up your own words, you may be contributing to the future of the English language.

1.When we begin to learn English, we think        .

A.it is interesting to take up a new language

B.grammar and spelling rules are unchangeable

C.only grown-ups have the ability to affect a language

D.English rules are wrongly presented in fact

2.The pronunciation of words are changing because        .

A.people speak in different ways B.the British don’t agree with others

C.people adopted foreign words D.makers of dictionaries created them

3.Which of the following statement about English slang words is True?

A.All the slang words have become standard English.

B.English slang words are popular for a short time.

C.Some slang words have been accepted.

D.English slang words have different meanings actually.

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

A.You can change the English language.

B.English is changing over years.

C.The British speaks differently from Americans.

D.Foreign words involved in English.

Pappadavada, a popular restaurant in Kochi, India, is urging customers and the community to put their leftover food in a fridge located outside of the restaurant for the hungry to take.

People who are in need of a meal are encouraged to take from the fridge at any time, for any reason. Minu Pauline, who runs Pappadavada, has nicknamed the fridge, which was placed there on March 23 and is shaded by a neighboring tree, "tree of goodness".

The fridge is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and stays unlocked. Pauline asks that people write the date they left the food, so those who take know how long it's been there. But most food doesn't stay in the fridge for long. In spite of a huge response from the community and plenty of donations, the fridge needs to be brought more in to replace in time. Pauling herself adds around 75% to 80% of food from Pappadavada a day in the fridge.

The idea to put a fridge on the street came to Pauline late on night when she saw a lady searching in a dustbin for food. She was especially saddened because that particular night, her restaurant had made a ton of food that they could have easily given the woman, instead of her searching for it. She felt like she contributed to waste, and avoiding waste is what Pauline pays her attention to.

"The only thing I want to say no is that people are actually buying food and putting it in the fridge. But I'd rather people put their food they bought but aren't going to eat in the fridge instead of the dustbin," she said.

1.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A tree planted on March 23.

B. The fridge outside for the hungry to take from.

C. The popular restaurant in Kochi, India.

D. A neighboring tree near Pappadavada.

2.What does the manager of the restaurant advise in the last paragraph?

A. People shouldn't throw foods into dustbin.

B. Everyone should always avoid waste.

C. People shouldn't buy food for that.

D. Everyone should help those in need.

3.What is special about Minu Pauline?

A. She runs her restaurant in a different way.

B. She saves food and helps others in a wise way.

C. She sets a higher standard to deal with waste.

D. She makes the community more friendly to each other.

第一节  应用文写作

假定你是李华，计划组织一次郊游，请给你的英国朋友Chris写封邮件邀请他参加。内容包括：

1. 参加者；

2. 时间、地点；

3. 活动：登山、野餐等。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。每句中均有一处语言错误。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。

One night I was going to work on my usually bus route. Upon our arrive at the terminal, I noticed that I was the only passenger left on the bus. I looked around and saw a mobile phone in a chair that must have been left behind by the passenger. I give it to the conductor.

Two day later, the conductor told me that the passenger was very much happy that I returned the mobile phone. The passenger was trying to get her name, so she wanted to post on Facebook about what had happened as a sort of appreciation. I thought it was unnecessary. What was important was when I saw the smile on her face, I was happy.

A mouse, because of an 1.(luck) chance, made close friends with an evil frog. One day, 2.frog played a trick on the mouse by 3.(tie) a foot of the mouse to his own. At first, both of them joined together and the frog4. (lead) his friend toward the pool in which he lived, and didn’t stop5.he reached the side of the water. Then the frog suddenly jumped into the water and the mouse was pulled in with6.(he). The frog enjoyed the water and swam in it around, happily crying7.if he had done a great deed. The unhappy mouse died soon in the water, and his dead body floated around on the surface,8.(fasten) to the foot of the frog. A hawk saw the dead mouse, suddenly flew down towards it, caught it and flew away. The frog, still tied to the leg of the mouse, was also carried off as a9.(prison), and it10.(eat) by the hawk. Harm hatch, harm catch.

    Skylynn always had a love for reading. For her, stories served as ______ to new worlds. As she surrounded herself with ______ tales, Skylynn developed a ______ for writing as well. Nowadays she can often be found writing stories in her room or ______ at the library. After being ______ by her love of reading, she published her own book ______ Sky’s the Limit.

Sky’s the Limit is about a little girl who wants to become a famous playwright and ______ challenges that come her way by staying ______ throughout the story. The tale is based on actual ______ in Skylynn’s life and Skylynn identifies strongly with the ______ of her book. In fact, she, too, has been bullied (欺凌) before and laughed at. Sometimes people would claim her dreams were ______ and she would come home crying. In the end, ______, just like the little girl in her book, she never let the ______ stop her.

Skylynn stays strong by ______ herself. Whenever she is feeling down, she tries to think positive thoughts and ______ herself with positive people. Her mother tells her that this “waterfall of positive attitudes” can ______ the bulling. By believing in herself and others, Skylyn ______ blocks out the voices of intimidators (威吓者).

She hopes that her story will inspire ______ to develop the same belief in themselves. In Skylynn’s opinion, everyone has the capability to ______ that which they put their mind to. Dreams can be reached if we are willing to ______ them. As for Skylynn, her happiness as a result of the process proves how meaningful pursuing dreams can be.

1.A.pictures B.actions C.tickets D.devotions

2.A.magical B.childish C.long D.complicated

3.A.regret B.method C.power D.trend

4.A.sometimes B.seldom C.always D.never

5.A.disappointed B.instructed C.inspired D.moved

6.A.renamed B.given C.underlined D.titled

7.A.overcomes B.avoids C.suggests D.keeps

8.A.kind B.positive C.awake D.healthy

9.A.opinions B.plans C.events D.opportunities

10.A.heroine B.plots C.lines D.construction

11.A.boring B.interesting C.wonderful D.unrealistic

12.A.therefore B.then C.though D.still

13.A.work B.darkness C.distance D.story

14.A.believing in B.referring to C.attending to D.pointing at

15.A.hide B.blame C.follow D.surround

16.A.match B.conquer C.lose D.examine

17.A.slightly B.firstly C.successfully D.hardly

18.A.readers B.writers C.girls D.students

19.A.introduce B.acknowledge C.copy D.accomplish

20.A.remember B.chase C.admire D.value

    Unless you think you're the smartest, who doesn't want to be smarter? Of course I want to be smarter too. So I try to find out who's the real smart guy that maybe I can learn from.1.

▲ They probably do social media. Not always, but probably.2.. They also use this to ensure they can feed their brains with things they otherwise wouldn't have come across.

▲ 3. They never bother their head about the problem of "work-life balance" and somehow manage to seem 100% engaged in what they're doing, on all fronts simultaneously(同时)，even though you know they're taking appropriate steps behind the scenes to make sure their lives are well balanced.

▲ They know they are the smartest in the room, but they don't spend much time talking about that.4. That is, they challenge themselves to make everyone else in the room the smartest person too.

▲ They never, ever, under any circumstances, make you look stupid, even though it would be easy to do so. They've learned through bitter experience that the only thing that happens when you make someone look bad is that you look bad yourself.

▲ If they are managers, they will make every effort to get people more connected and more popular than them in their teams.5. They 're not threatened because they know that smartness is synergistic.(相互促进的）

A.It is not only a chance to listen.

B.They know it is an advantage to them.

C.They take it as a personal challenge instead.

D.They will be smiling even when things go wrong.

E.Now I've got an answer about whether someone's smart.

F.They also ensure their smart people look smarter than them.

G.They deal with home, work and personal interests perfectly.

Some people think that success is only for those with talent or those who grow up in the right family，and others believe that success mostly comes down to luck.I'm not going to say luck，talent，and circumstances don't come into play because they do.Some people are born into the right family while others are born with great intelligence，and that's just the reality of how life is.

However，to succeed in life，one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make it more practical.And，in addition to that，in order to get really good at something, one needs to spend at least 10,000 hours studying and practising. To become great at certain things, it'll require even more time，time that most people won't put in.

This is a big reason why many successful people advise you to do something you love. If you don't enjoy what you do，it is going to feel like unbearable pain and will likely make you quit well before you ever become good at it.

When you see people exhibiting some great skills or having achieved great success，you know that they have put in a huge part of their life to get there at a huge cost.It's sometimes easy to think they got lucky or they were born with some rare talent，but thinking that way does you no good，and there's a huge chance that you're wrong anyway.

Whatever you do，if you want to become great at it, you need to work day in and day out，almost to the point of addiction，and over a long period of time.If you're not willing to put in the time and work，don't expect to receive any rewards.Consistent, hard work won't guarantee you the level of success you may want, but it will guarantee that you will become really good at whatever it is you put all that work into.

1.Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ________.

A. the reasons for success    B. the meaning of success

C. the standards of success    D. the importance of success

2.Successful people suggest doing what one loves because ________.

A. work makes one feel pain    B. one tends to enjoy his work

C. one gives up his work easily    D. it takes a lot of time to succeed

3.What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

A. Successful people like to show their great skills.

B. People sometimes succeed without luck or talent.

C. People need to achieve success at the cost of life.

D. It helps to think that luck or talent leads to success.

4.What is the main theme of the passage?

A. Having a goal is vital to success.

B. Being good is different from being great.

C. One cannot succeed without time and practice.

D. Luck，talent and family help to achieve success.

Oxford and Cambridge have now decided to remove the words CAN'T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionary. Jessica Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside an aircraft. The girl from Tucson, Arizona got the Sport Pilot certificate lately and became the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet. Jessica Cox of Tucson was born without arms, but that has only stopped her from doing one thing: using the word "can't".

Her latest flight into the seemingly impossible is becoming the first pilot licensed to fly using only her feet.

With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox, 25, soared to achieve a Sport Pilot certificate. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light-sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet.

"She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said Parrish Traweek, 42, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport. Parrish Traweek runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's abilities.

"When she came up here driving a car," Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."

Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she figured out early on that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices. So, the next time you are ready to tell yourself, "I can't possibly..." remember this amazing young woman and change your vocabulary.

1.The word CAN'T will be removed from the two dictionaries because of ______.

A. the first woman pilot

B. a very special flight service

C. a great flight with a light-spot aircraft

D. the flight in a seemingly impossible way

2.According to Parrish Traweek, Jessica Cox_____.

A. flies the plane by standing in it

B. is good at driving a car with her legs

C. has been her workmate for two years

D. is one of the best pilots trained by her

3.What can be known from the text?

A. Jessica Cox has been armless for 25 years.

B. Jessica Cox was normal when she was young.

C. There are no suitable prosthetic devices for Jessica Cox.

D. The doctors have discovered how Jessica Cox lost her arms.

4.The best title for the text may be "_______".

A. Flying with no hands

B. Jessica Cox, a disabled pilot

C. Living with a positive attitude

D. Two words will disappear from dictionaries

    I’m sitting in my kitchen in London, trying to figure out a text message from my brother. He lives in our home country of Germany. We speak German to each other, a language that's rich in strange words, but I've never heard this one before: fremdschämen.

The experience gets me to consider: can we lose our mother language? Most immigrants (移民)know what it’s like to be not as good at their mother language as before. The process seems obvious: the longer you are away, the more your language suffers. But it’s not quite so straightforward. It turns out that how long you've been away doesn't always matter. Socializing with other native speakers abroad can worsen your own native skills. And emotional factors like trauma(精神创伤) can be the biggest factor of all.

In children, the phenomenon of language attrition (语言磨蚀)is somewhat easier to explain since their brains are generally more flexible and adaptable. Until the age of about 12, a person’s language skills are relatively easy to change. Studies on international adopters have found that even nine-year-olds can almost completely forget their first language when they are removed from their country of birth.

But in adults, the first language is unlikely to disappear entirely except in extreme circumstances. For example, Monika Schmid analyzed the German of elderly German-Jewish wartime refugees(难民) in the UK and the US. The main factor that influenced their language skills wasn't how long they had been abroad or how old they were when they left. It was how much trauma they had experienced as victims. Those who left Germany in the early days of Nazi occupation, before the worst violence, tended to speak better German – despite having been abroad the longest. Those who left later, tended to speak German with difficulty or not at all.

“It seemed very clearly a result of this trauma”, says Schmid. “Even though German was the language of childhood, home and family, it was also the language of painful memories”. The most traumatized refugees had held them back. As one of them said: “I feel that Germany betrayed me. America is my country, and English is my language.”

1.What does the first paragraph serve as?

A.A comment B.A background

C.An explanation D.An introduction

2.What do paragraph 4 and 5 mainly talk about?

A.How two languages coexist

B.The way to deal with adult’s trauma

C.The reasons behind adult’s language attrition.

D.Whether trauma leads to adult’s language attrition.

3.Why does trauma cause a person's mother language to disappear?

A.Because he can’t remember his mother language.

B.Because his ability to communicate is affected.

C.Because his country is far from him .

D.Because he chooses to escape from bad experiences.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A.Where does your native language come from?

B.Will you lose your native language?

C.How does trauma affect your first language?

D.How far are you from your mother tongue

    You’ll find it amazing to support people when you go out to eat! Just look for restaurants that hire people with disabilities，which are making the world a more inclusive place. Each bakery，café and restaurant below has a wonderful and heartwarming story.

Hugs Care: McKinney，Texas

Ruth Thompson once had a vision to create a nonprofit café that would be run and operated primarily by adults with special needs. With hard work，a strong passion and an amazing team，Hugs Café opened its doors in 2015.“Hugs Café is now so much more than a job to our 23 teammates，which is enhancing the meaningful lives of adults with special needs through training and employment at Hugs Café. Thompson says.

Vinny＆Bay’s Coffee and Eatery: Panama City，Florida

“A lot of people plan their vacations around coming to this coffee shop，”says café owner Kara Rigby. Vinny ＆ Bay’s Coffee and Eatery was established “so that Baylee had a place to work，”Rigby adds. Baylee is Rigby’s daughter’s friend who has a disability. The coffee shop’s goal become training for individuals like Baylee. Some workers have even started at Vinny ＆ Bay’ s and were able to work in a regular workplace. Rigby says that her employees” have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities. They love unconditionally，and it changes the whole environment and business.” Rigby believes that incorporating even just one or two disabled individuals into a business can change the whole atmosphere—for the better!

Sugar Pl um Bakery: Virginia Beach，Virginia

Head to Sugar Plum Bakery to find a delicious carrot cake and see people with disabilities successfully working alongside none—disabled workers. Sugar Plum has been promoting the integration of adult s with developmental disabilities by providing training and employment opportunities to more than 1，000 people with disabilities since 1987.Whether they’re scooping cookies or making cupcakes，Sugar Plum’s disabled employees are the backbone of the bakery.

1.What do the three restaurants have in common?

A.They are established by adults with special needs.

B.They are supported by charities or local government.

C.The provide training and employment to disabled individuals.

D.The employers and employees there are all individuals with disabilities.

2.It can be known from the passage that ______________.

A.Hugs Café set up in 1987 now has 23 teammates

B.Rigby founded her coffee shop to help Baylee，her daughter

C.Disabled individuals are not able to work in a regular workplace

D.Sugar P1um Bakery hires both normal people and people with disabilities

3.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggest?

A.Disabled workers there are the most important part.

B.The bakery get s support and strength from backbone.

C.The customers are always backing the disabled workers.

D.The employees have a whole lot more abilities than disabilities.

假如你是李华，最近你班举行了一场以“How to protect the traditional Chinese cultures?”为题的讨论。现请你用英语为校报的英语专栏写一篇稿件，介绍讨论的内容和你的体会。

要点如下:

1. 讨论的目的；

2. 讨论的内容；

3. 你的感受。

注意:

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

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Everyone tends have many problems while gaining knowledge. Therefore, your willingness to deal with these problems will eventually enable you to work it out. What I’d like to share is my approaches to solve the problems.

First, you must focus on which you are faced with. There seems to be a lot of attractive things, like computers or game. To stay focused, you can list these things and tell yourself you should touch them after finishing your work. Second, believe to yourself. Though there is no doubt that each of us might make mistakes or come across some tough problems in learning, but it can never be a reason for the loss of confidence.

Last, keep modest. Never feel embarrassing to turn to your teachers or classmates. Everyone in your surroundings can be your teacher.

    When Elizabeth got married,it seemed as if her life would be1.(comfort) and peaceful.However,she wasn't content2.her easy life.She saw many poor people3.(live) near her and she wanted to help them.

One day,she4.(invite) to visit a prison.At first the prison officers did not want to let her visit the5.(woman) prisoners because they feared the prisoners would attack her,6.Elizabeth was not afraid.She realized that the prisoners behaved7.(bad) because they were being treated like animals.They had terrible living conditions.So Elizabeth did her best8.(provide) them with food and clean clothes.Her9.(kind) helped her gain the friendship of the prisoners.Later Elizabeth was asked to go to the leaders of Britain to discuss10.to improve the conditions for prisoners.She continued to help the poor prisoners till she passed away.

    As I sat motionless on the steps of the pool, watching everyone else swim back and forth, I realized that I had spent most of my life watching others enjoy themselves. It was then that I _______ a little girl staring at me with a look of confusion. I smiled at her, hoping to _______ the ice by talking to her. Unfortunately, my _______ failed and she just kept on staring. My _______ increased as a little boy swam up to me and said, “I feel sorry for you.”

After the _______, a thought struck me, I had to change _______ the world viewed me. Because it was children who stared at me the most, I decided to write a children’s book that taught them about _______ in a fun way. This is when KatGirl, a super hero in a _______ who helps children that are being bullied, came into my mind.

I quickly _______ inside my apartment and began creating the story. As I wrote each word, I could ________ my future as a world-renowned author and public speaker. My excitement ________ like wildfire. Over the next two years, the story ________ many changes before it saw the world in the spring of 2011. My perseverance ________ paid off.

One day I was invited to speak to the students at a neighboring school. I confidently wheeled into a classroom filled with students who ________ at me just like the little girl in the pool. “How do you feel when you see me?” I asked them. The kids bravely ________ “ I feel sorry for you.”

I opened my book and started reading. Immediately I noticed the children’s stares turned to ________. “ How do you feel when you see me?” I asked again. Without ________ they replied, “You are so cool! Does your ________ fly too?” I just smiled, “No, not yet, but maybe some day.” I knew in my heart that this was ________. The past two years had proven to me that with ________ anything is possible.

1.A.suggested B.noticed C.watched D.appreciated

2.A.forget B.break C.remove D.deliver

3.A.project B.anger C.advice D.attempt

4.A.relief B.curiosity C.awkwardness D.encouragement

5.A.encounter B.competition C.argument D.interview

6.A.how B.what C.when D.why

7.A.disabilities B.potentials C.paintings D.manners

8.A.pool B.car C.wheelchair D.spaceship

9.A.walked B.wheeled C.rushed D.raced

10.A.regard B.realize C.picture D.consider

11.A.folded B.recovered C.spread D.declined

12.A.turned down B.went through C.looked up D.got around

13.A.generally B.carefully C.separately D.eventually

14.A.called B.stared C.glimpsed D.laughed

15.A.greeted B.agreed C.continued D.responded

16.A.smiles B.doubts C.jokes D.tears

17.A.hesitation B.discussion C.intention D.imagination

18.A.body B.chair C.dream D.book

19.A.funny B.strange C.true D.false

20.A.generosity B.popularity C.harmony D.determination

    Should anger problems also be recognized as an illness like depression and anxiety? Anger is largely viewed as a secondary emotion — one caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed. 1. Today, though, a growing number of mental health experts think that anger is a serious problem that needs its own treatment.

To tell the difference between “normal” anger and “anger problem” is difficult. After all, everyone gets really mad from time to time. Experts point out a few ways.

Disordered anger, as it is sometimes called, tends to be of greater intensity (强度). 2. An example: While most people would get upset if a driver cut them off, someone with disordered anger might try to chase down the car and force it off the road.

And in cases of disordered anger, the person gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer.3. But people with anger problems often stay angry for days, weeks or even years; their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.

4. Disordered anger often damages people’s lives. “It interferes (干扰) with people’s relationships and their jobs,” says Raymond Chip Tafrate, a US psychologist. “Even their health is affected.”

Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems, as many studies have shown. When people are angry, their hearts beat faster and their blood pressure goes up. 5.

Experts suggest that people with an anger problem take anger-management programs. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes also include life-skills training to help bring down stress and remove angry feelings.

A. Consequences are also important to consider:

B. Anger takes away people’s joy in life.

C. For most people, angry feelings disappear quickly.

D. The anger buried inside him rises to the surface.

E. In the past, many doctors didn’t accept the idea that anger could be a problem all on its own.

F. Over time, these changes will have bad effects on the body.

G. It takes very little to set off a person with an anger problem, and their responses are very strong.

    Around the World by Wheelchair

Rick Hansen was always an active kid and loved to fish. When returning in a truck one day from a fishing trip, he had an accident and suffered injuries to his spine (脊柱). This 15-year-old young man awoke to find that he had lost the use of his legs. However, he didn’t give up. Many months later he began to compete in wheelchair sports. At the age of 27, he decided to wheel around the world to raise awareness and money for spinal cord research. His tour took him through 34 countries around the world between 1985 and 1987. In this Man of Motion World Tour, he wheeled 24, 901. 55 miles, which is equal to the distance around the earth.

Bad weather and difficult, rocky roads often provided challenges for Rick, but he continued to push himself  to complete the trip. He was determined to succeed. Even mountains did not stop Rick Hansen. He wheeled himself up the Rocky Mountains and several other major mountains in the world. He even wheeled himself along the Great Wall of China!

＂Never Give Up On Your Dreams＂ was his motto and he hasn’t given up yet. He completed his world tour raising $ 24 million. He continues to work to increase knowledge of spinal cord injury. He is a true Canadian hero who shows what determination can achieve.

1.What happened to Rick after the accident?

A.He lost the ability of living.

B.He had to spend his life in hospital.

C.He couldn’t walk any more.

D.He couldn’t do sports any more.

2.When did Rick begin his tour around the world?

A.At the age of 15. B.Soon after the accident.

C.A year after the accident. D.At the age of 27.

3.Why did Rick take his tour around the world in his wheelchair?

A.To gather money for the spinal cord research.

B.To learn about the people of other countries.

C.To travel to different countries for fun.

D.To take photos of beautiful mountains.

4.From the passage we can see Rick is a(n) ___________ person.

A.unhappy B.determined

C.careful D.quiet

    For the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be around 50 years old. This is a time when we start to grow old. However, new research says we have to change this. A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Austria and Stony Brook University in New York says middle age now starts at 60 or even 65, or older. Why?

The biggest reason is that we are living longer. We are also healthier, we have better diets, we exercise more and we have more money to live in a nicer lifestyle. The IIAS said, ＂Since life expectancy has increased over the past several decades, and are continuing to increase, people once considered old should actually be viewed as more middle aged.＂

The study was not a worldwide one so perhaps not everyone in all countries can say they are middle aged when they are 65. The researchers looked at populations in 39 European countries, so this is good news for Europeans. Britain’s National Health Service warned against looking at this study and believing it to be 100 percent true. It said the researchers did not look at things which could reduce life expectancy: ＂We don’t know whether, for example, they factored (把……因素包括进去) in the possible impact of being unable to treat infections because of rising antibiotic (抗生素) resistance, or the increased numbers of people with diabetes (糖尿病) due to obesity.＂ It recommended healthy living, eating and exercise as a way to live longer.

1.What do people believe for the past century?

A.People start to grow old when they are about 50.

B.Middle age is far beyond 50 years old.

C.People will die at around 50 years old.

D.Middle age is a time when people become ill.

2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A.The main reason why we are living longer.

B.The reason why middle age now starts at 60 or even 65.

C.Life expectancy has increased.

D.Middle aged people were once considered old.

3.What do Britain’s National Health Service’s words mean?

A.It believes the study to be true.

B.To live longer, one should live a healthy life.

C.There are more people who suffer from diabetes due to obesity.

D.The researchers didn’t factor in the possible impact.

4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the study?

A.Indifferent. B.Supportive.

C.Negative. D.Objective.

    Climate change will increase US wildfires,and the smoky air will cause terrible problems in areas far beyond those burned,reports an environmental group Thursday.

Two-thirds of Americans,or nearly 212 million,lived in states suffering from wildfire smoke three years ago,according to the report by the Natural Resources Defense Council(NRDC).These areas,which had smoke for at least a week,were nearly 50 times greater than those burned directly by fire.

“It affects a much wide area of the United States than people have realized.” says author Kim Knowlton,a Columbia University health professor,adding the smoke can move up to hundreds of miles.She says the smoke contains air pollution and can cause several kinds of diseases.

Texas was hit hardest in 2011,when smoke stayed for at least a week in areas that are home to 25 million people,according to NRDC’s report.Illinois,which recorded no wildfires within its borders, came second with nearly 12 million people affected by smoke that moved in from elsewhere.The other eight states with the most people in touch with smoky air were,in descending  order: Florida,Missouri,Georgia,Louisiana,Michigan,Alabama,Oklahoma and Iowa.

Nearly two dozen states had no wildfires within their borders in 2011,but eight of them still had at least one week of smoky air: Illinois,Missouri，Iowa,Kansas,Nebraska,Indiana,Wisconsin and Ohio.

Only 18 states and the District of Columbia had no people in touch with at least a week of smoke that year,although five of them—Alaska,California,Hawaii,Nevada and Utah—had a large area burned by wildfires.

The problem will only get worse.Knowlton says.Scientific research shows climate is causing higher temperatures and health problems.

1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that_______.

A.climate change killed many Americans

B.there are fewer states burned by wildfires

C.every state had wildfire smoke for at least a week

D.most Americans suffered from wildfire smoke 3 year ago

2.Which of the following states had wildfires within its borders in 2011?

A.Iowa. B.Kansas.

C.Ohio. D.California.

3.The underlined word “descending” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.

A.going down B.coming true

C.looking practical D.turning back

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.Climate change causes more wildfires.

B.Wildfire smoke becomes a serious health problem.

C.More wildfires cause climate changes.

D.Air pollution becomes a terrible problem.

    Pure Yoga is devoted to serving the yoga community in Asia and beyond, offering a wide variety of classes such as Hatha Yoga, Hot Yoga, Yin Yoga and Vinyasa Yoga, etc. Our yoga classes are offered and taught by nearly 200 professional yoga teachers. Private Yoga is also available for learners of all levels. Pure Yoga constantly invites world-known teachers to lead guest teacher workshops.

Class Bookings

Class bookings can be made 2 days in advance of the class. It is important that you book your class in advance since some classes are more heavily attended than others.

We also limit our class sizes so that they are not overcrowded. If the class you wish to take is full, we will place you on the wait list and inform you of an opening as soon as possible. To create the best experience for yourself and others, please follow these guidelines：

No talking

The yoga studio is a silent room. Please do not talk while in the studio and studio corridors.

No eating

Do not eat in the studio.

No shoes

Remove your shoes before entering the practice rooms. Keep your shoes in your locker. Shoe lockers are also available for rental.

No mobile phones

Turn your mobile phones off or to “vibrate”（震动）mode. Do not take phones into the practice rooms.

Personal Belongings

Daily lockers are not for overnight use. Locks from any daily lockers that are kept overnight will be cut.

1.Who will teach general learners yoga?

A.Favorite yoga teachers. B.Professional yoga teachers.

C.World-known yoga teachers. D.Private yoga teachers.

2.When should you book your class?

A.One month ahead of time. B.Two months ahead of time.

C.Two days ahead of time. D.One day ahead of time.

3.In the practice room, you can        .       .

A.turn your mobile phones to “vibrate” mode.

B.wear any shoes you like.

C.talk with your friends on the phone.

D.eat some snacks if you are hungry.

假定你是李华，你校将于下周举行“40公里徒步活动”。请你代表学生会写一封电子邮件给你校外籍教师Peter，邀请他参加本次徒步活动。内容包括：

1．向他发出邀请；

2．介绍本次徒步活动；

3．活动注意事项。

40公里徒步活动：a 40-km hiking trip

注意：

1．词数l00左右：

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

3．开头结尾已经给出

Dear Peter,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Three years ago I fail in an important exam in my life and became the student in an ordinary school. Disappointing as I felt at the shabby campus and the poor equipment, I found the teachers patiently. Besides, I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere in class. I decided make the best of it. I worked hard but got along well with my teachers and classmate. Whenever I had difficulties, you were always available. Soon I became one of the most best students in my class.

My experience tells me that it’s not what you are given but how you make use of it which determines who you are.