Public service ads, also PSAs, often _________ for free, _________ to educate people about health, safety or any other problem that affects public welfare.

  A. run; meant        B. are run; are meant     C. are run; mean        D. run; are meant

Sometimes a small thing during the childhood could give you an ironed impression. The story happened one day when we were having    21    after shopping. I was glad to see there were so many __22__ dishes on the table except for a plate of peas. I can’t understand why so many people __23__ eat peas. But I do not like peas at all.  “ Eat your peas,” my grandmother said. “ Mother,” said my mother in her __24__ voice. “ He doesn’t like peas.” My grandmother did not __25__, but there was something in her eyes that __26__ she was not going to __27__. She said slowly but firmly, “I’ll pay you five dollars if you eat those peas.” I didn’t know what to do then. I only knew that five dollars was a good __28__ of money. I began to    _29___ the awful things down my throat.

With a __30__ smile on her face, Grandmother said, “ I can do what I want to, Ellen, and you can’t __31__ me.” My mother glared at me. No one can glare like my mother. The __32__ made me nervous, and every single pea made me want to _ 33__. Finally I swallowed the last pea. My grandmother ___34_ me the five dollars with a smile. However, my mother continued to glare in __35__.

 That night, at dinner, my mother _36___ two of my all-time favorite food, beef and potatoes. Along with them came a big, steaming bowl of peas. She offered me some peas, and I __37__. “Mum, I don’t like peas.” I said.

 “ You eat them for _  38___.”she said. “You can eat them for love.” “But, I…” What could I say to refuse my mother? There was __39__  . I had no choice but to eat the peas. The five dollars was quickly __40__. But the story of the peas lived on to this day.

21. A. a break        B . supper        C. a tea         D. lunch

22. A. expensive      B. tiring         C. delicious        D. colorful

23. A. would           B. shall           C. should         D. must

24. A. sweet         B. warning             C. trembling       D angry

25. A. agree           B. mention             C. care          D. reply

26. A. proved          B. wondered          C. signaled         D. expressed

27. A. give in         B. give up        C. make up       D. follow up

28. A. amount          B. number        C. many           D. note

29. A. taste            B. force         C. drink                 D. smell          

30. A. satisfied        B. disappointed   C. sad           D. elegant

31. A. scare           B. move         C. prevent              D. cheat

32. A. stares                 B. smiles           C. words        D. glares

33. A. throw up            B. put up        C. pick up          D. live up

34. A. lent              B. handed           C. showed             D. borrowed

35. A. fear              B. surprise       C. silence                     D. doubt

36. A. served                B. lay                    C. cooked              D. ranked

37. A. received        B. screamed       C. accepted      D. refused

38. A. grandmother      B. money               C. once          D. lunch

39. A. no one           B. everything         C. one          D. none

40. A. spent             B. used                  C. cost            D. lost

It was June 5, 1997, and two-year-old Harley was asleep with her younger sister in their home in Eden, North Carolina. While their parents were outside   41   their older sister home from school, the wires in the family’s laundry room   42  fire and before anyone knew what was happening, the bedroom next door was swallowed in   43 ___ .

Harley’s father was able to   44   his two youngest daughters and save their lives, but Harley was   45   burned on 80 percent of her body and was told she had less than a 2 percent   46    of survival.

     Over the next several months, Harley Dabbs would undergo surgery after surgery at    47   . When she was finally released to   48   home, Harley had no idea the    49   battle had not even begun yet.

     When Harley started school just a few years    50   , she realized for the first time how cruel her  51    could be. Bullied for her    52   and called hateful names all while being hidden, she began to   53   suicide while only in eighth grade. When her friends were getting their   54   boyfriends and going on their first dates, she was sitting at home wondering if she should end her __55  .

      But in 2013, something    56  . It was not something on the outside, rather it was something    __57   of Harley. She made the conscious    58   to become more like the carefree, laughing, __59   little girl that she had not seen since that night in 1997. So for the first time in her life, she___60   a blue dress and walked outside into the light of day throwing caution to the wind and daring anyone to try to rain on her parade.

41. A. bringing up              B. caring for               C. calling on               D. picking up

42.A.caught                       B. got                          C. received           D. made

43. A. ashes                        B. flames                            C. storm               D. light

44. A. support                     B. prevent                   C. rescue             D. manage

45. A. severely                   B. slightly                    C. merely             D. urgently

46. A. signal                       B. right                       C. rate                 D. chance

47. A. hospital                    B. school                            C. home               D. church

48. A. go                             B. leave                       C. lose                  D. find

49. A. fiercest                            B. strongest                 C. toughest          D. easiest

50. A. ago                           B. before                            C. afterwards              D. later

51. A. peers                        B. parents                   C. teachers           D. sisters

52. A. grades                      B. appearance              C. character         D. age

53. A. declare                            B. attempt                   C. struggle           D. calculate

54. A. new                          B. old                          C. first                 D. last

55. A. pain                          B. study                       C. life                   D. love

56. A. disappeared                     B. happened                C. passed              D. changed

57. A. mind                        B. heart                       C. soul                 D. inside

58. A. promise                    B. decision                   C. suggestion              D. effort

59. A. sad                           B. wild                         C. joyous              D. lonely

60. A. put away                   B. put on                            C. gained              D. borrowed

 “Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity,” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I’ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it’s probably worth listening to.

Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you’re a Chinese, you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump(树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.

A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It’s not about going to a temple to burn some incense(香) hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it’s practical advice you can follow each day.

Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups; those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper,” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.

It’s easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”, in fact, keep an open mind and don’t go through the same routine every day.

I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners, my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I’ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I’ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman’s studies I think not.

As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but it’s important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.

Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.

68. Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer’s point?

  A. Make the best of a bad job.

B. Rome was not built in a day.

C. All is not gold that glitters.

D. A good heart conquers ill fortune.

69. What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?

  A. She became famous through her family background.

B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.

C. She is a British talk show host.

D. She became successful by her own effort.

70. The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show __________.

  A. luck is in your own hand

B. bad luck can turn into good

C. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you

D. man can conquer nature

 —What is the date today? 

— It is _______.

A. Monday      B. May 1th    C. May 1st       D. Children’s Day

假定英语课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限一词。

     2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Nowadays, with the growing popularity of computers, students were paying less and less attention to handwriting.

According to a recently survey, many students don’t want to improve their handwriting for various reason. 52 percent of them think that they can just use a computer, so it is no need to waste time improving our handwriting. 32 percent believe that they are too busy with the study that they have no time to practicing, and 16 percent think that practicing handwriting is useless.

    As the saying went, writing style shows the man. Beautiful and neat handwriting is great benefit, especially for students. Therefore, in my opinion, the more importance should be attached to handwriting from now on.

For the rest of March, a disease will sweep across the US. It will keep kids home from school.    71    . Employees will suddenly lose their ability to focus on their work.

The disease, known as “March Madness”, refers to the yearly US men’s college basketball tournament (锦标赛).   72  . Teams compete(竞赛) against each other in the tournament and only one team will be the final winner.

Nearly 20 million Americans will find themselves mad for the tournament. The fun comes partly from guessing the winners for every game. Friends compete against friends.  73   . Colleagues against bosses.

Famous schools are usually expected to win, but each year there are dark horses from little – known universities.

This adds to the madness. Watching a team from a school with 3,000 students beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many Americans, is an exciting experience. Two years ago, the little – known George Mason University was one of the final four teams.   74 

College basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves.   75   About $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. According to Media Life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising(广告) income this year, topping the post – season income of every US professional league, including that of the NBA.

       A. Husbands against wives.

       B. The players will go all out for the games.

       C. But that doesn’t mean money isn’t involved.

       D. College students will ignore piles of homework.

       E. People are willing to spend more money on watching it.

       F. It begins on March 15 and lasts through the beginning of April.

       G. Many people had never even heard of the university before the tournament.

Is that Doctor Brown? I’m calling just to                             your appointment at 3 o’clock this afternoon.

A. make                         B. confirm                     C. determine                  D. examine

—Reading is the best way to pass time on the train.
— _______ , I never go traveling without a book.
A．You are joking                   B．That's true
C．I don't think so                   D．It sounds like fun

__ _______ matters to do the job well---what you are or where you come from?

__ Neither．It depends on whether you put your heart into it．

A．Which is it that                         B．What it is that

C．Which it is that                         D．What is it which

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。

  My friends Mike has benefited great from humor. He is kind but overweight, that brings him a lot of problems. Once one of my classmates laughed him, “Why are you so fat?” We all stopped to stare at Mike, wonder how he would answer the question. He just said in the calm voice, “Well, because of my size must be large enough to hold my heart of love.” Hearing his word, we all burst into laughter. Not only does Mike take the joke, but he also managed to cope with the embarrassed situation. What an important part humor plays in ours daily life!