Just imagine. You are walking    61    a mountain path in the Himalayas. You are feeling     62    （tire）. You are thinking about how far there is    63    （go）. Then,   64   （sudden） you are there! And the amazing Mount Qomolangma is on the horizon. It looks great. A few minutes    65    （late）, you arrive at the camp. The food    66      （cook） on the fire smells great and while you are having a hot cup of tea, you relax and watch the sun go down. At dinner, the food   67     （taste）fantastic. You talk with other people in the group about everything you   68    （see）and done during your    69   （day） hiking. If you are looking for    70   （experience）like this, Adventure 2000 is the organisation for you.

Warmer temperatures are the new normal

Hotter weather appears to be here to stay,El Nino or not.That's according to the U.N. weather agency.It warned that the Paris climate accord（协定）last year shouldn't give way to complacency（自满）about global warming.

The World Meteorological Organization issued（公布）its annual climate report following a record-hot 2015.It drew people's attention to records already announced by different countries' weather agencies.The agency pointed out that 2015 was breaking records on the surface.It also broke records hundreds of meters deep in the ocean.

And the first two months of 2016 were even hotter.These months are so unusual that they "have sent shockwaves around the climate science community."That's according to David Carlson of the World Climate Research Program.

Climate scientists blame record high temperatures last year and this year so far on a combination of a super-sized El Nino.It is a natural warming of pans of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide.Another factor is a long-term global warming trend from the burning of fossil fuels（化石燃料）.

NASA said last month was 1.35 degrees Celsius (2.43 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than average.Of that,0.8 degrees (1.44 degrees Fahrenheit) comes from the long-term warming.And 0.25 degrees (0.45 degrees Fahrenheit) comes from El Nino.The rest is from unexplained results.This was calculated by climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute in Germany and the University of New South Wales.

Even after the El Nino phenomenon becomes less strong in coming months,way above normal temperatures won't exactly go away,Carlson and others said.

"We're on a slope; sometimes the slope goes very steep,sometimes it's a little bit more shallow,but we're going upward,"Carlson said in a news conference."So the normal is going to be increases: It's going to be increased temperature,increased ocean heat content,loss of ice,we know all of these things."

Katharine Hayhoe is a Texas Tech climate scientist who wasn't part of the WMO team.But she agreed:"These records vividly show the destructive power of an El Nino on climate changes."

The WMO predicts warmer weather accompanied by pockets of both drier and wetter conditions,depending on the region,around the world.

WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas told reporters in Geneva that many people believe the climate issue is "solved...since we reached a nice agreement in Paris."But,he said,"We haven't changed our behavior yet."

12. The author wrote Paragraph 1 to      .

A. introduce something about El Nino

B. explain the causes of hotter weather

C. warn the world of global warming

D. introduce the main topic of the passage

13. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The Paris climate accord last year has made a big difference to global warming.

B. The high temperature only increases on the surface of the earth.

C. The records of high temperature in the first two months of 2016 made climate scientists shocked and worried.

D. the high temperature was mainly caused by El Nino.

14. It can be inferred that      .

A. the high temperature will result in natural disasters around the world according to WMO

B. The problem of high temperature will be solved with the disappearance of El Nino

C. Scientists have different opinions on the causes of high temperature of the earth

D. Since we reached a nice agreement in Paris,we needn't worry about the increase of temperature

15. How does the passage mainly develop?

A. By making comparisons.

B. By analyzing the results and causes.

C. By providing examples.

D. By following the order of time.

一年一度的暑假即将来临。上周，你班同学就如何度过暑假进行了讨论。有的赞成呆在家里， 有的赞成外出旅游。请根据下表，用英语给校报写一篇短文，介绍同学们的观点以及你的看法。

注意：

1. 字数：100左右。

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。短文中有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。

When I am a child, I always wished to become an adult so that I could do all what I liked. I wanted to have more space where I was able to follow my own heart without follow my parents’ instructions. As time going by, I have grown up gradually, but I find things are quite different from what I expect. I do have the free to do more things alone. Moreover, I have to take on much responsibilities. I have to take the charge of my life and face challenges bravely. Now I am determined to work hardly and go to college so that I can have a bright future.

A drunken burglar（盗贼）in the Orrell Park area of Liverpool, ended up leaping out of a window after a 10-year-old girl asked him to prove he was a superhero. The drunken thief who pretended he was Superman to stop a child raising the alarm has been caught after he leapt from the apartment building in his pants to make the girl convinced.

Thief Ethan Adamson, 25, told police that he had broken into a fifth-floor flat after a drinking session, believing it was empty. But he was horrified when the owner’s 10-year-old daughter woke up while he was there.

From his hospital bed, the thief told reporters, “To keep her quiet, I told her I was really Superman and I’d soon be flying off back to my secret headquarters.” “She called my bluff (吓唬) and told me, ‘If you’re Superman, show me you can fly or I’ll scream’ ”.

“I had no choice so I stripped to my pants to look more like a superhero and went to the window. I saw another roof below and I thought I could make it but it turned out to be a lot further down than thought. I know it doesn’t make sense but it did to me when I was drunk.”

Police later found him on the roof in just his yellow pants, covered in cuts and bruises after a baffled neighbor heard his cries of pain. He now faces seven years behind bars for burglary.

Police spokesman Frank Amado said, “He was in quite a serious state and couldn’t move until we got up there using ladders. He was treated for his injuries and we got him some fresh clothes before taking him to hospital, where he is being kept under guard until he is well enough to be arrested.”

21. What does the underlined part in the passage mean?

  A. I could make the girl trust me.          B. I could prove I was a superhero.

C. I could land safely on the roof.         D. I could make a successful escape.

22. What’s the right order of the event?

    a. Ethan Adamson told reporters of the burglary.

    b. The 10-year-old girl called Ethan Adamson’s bluff.

    c. Ethan Adamson attended a drinking session.

d. Ethan Adamson leapt out of a window.

A. cbda           B. cabd            C. dbca               D. dcab

23. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Adamson was being watched while he was in hospital.

B. Adamson was set free a few days after staying in hospital.

C. Adamson was badly treated before he was rushed to hospital.

D. Adamson was sent to the police station before he’s taken to hospital.

24. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To call our attention to the burglary.    B. To explain how the burglar was caught.   

C. To report on a joking burglary         D. To look back on an adventure story.

---We didn’t expect there were so many suggestions _______ at the meeting.

---Really, now what the public _______ is how we deal with these suggestions.

A. come up, are concerned about       B. that come up, are concerned with

C. came up, are concerned with        D. coming up, are concerned about

The Chess Competition

I had signed up to play in the School Chess Competition two months before. I’d been counting the days, filling my afternoons with practice games and   26   everyone I knew to play chess with me.

Soon the competition was about to begin. I would be competing against twenty   27  , and all of us would be battling for just a few trophies. Looking at the prizes, I could just    28   one of them sitting on my bookcase.

My daydream was interrupted by the announcement of the   29   round. “Shake hands and start playing!” said the judge. I   30   across the board and saw that my first opponent (对手) was almost too small to see over the top of the table. “Aha!” I thought. “This will be a (n)   31   win.”

One unexpected game later, I   32   my over confidence. My opponent, the nine-year-old girl, had beaten me in only 10 minutes! I hid my disappointment and   33   her. “Good game! You’re a fantastic player,” I said with a sincere smile.

The next three rounds went by very quickly, with each game proving more   34   than the one before. By evening I had one win and three losses. After the second game, I was ready to go home and give up,   35   I stayed anyway, smiling and sincerely congratulating each of my opponents.

As the trophies were being awarded, I listened respectfully (尊敬地), clapping my hand when each winner’s name was   36  .

It was hard to hide my disappointment, but I tried.   37  , I heard the announcer say my name. “For excellent chess etiquette (礼仪), a   38   relationship, and great determination, the Good Sport Award   39   to Dustin Hodges,” the judge declared. It was amazing and I smiled broadly as I walked up to accept the prize. Although it wasn’t the trophy that I had hoped for, the gold cup looks pretty good on my bookcase. I think it won’t stay there forever, and I plan to   40 it with the championship trophy next year.

26. A. preferring           B. allowing              C. begging            D. ordering

27. A. volunteers           B. players               C. artists            D. judges

28. A. make              B. find                C. enjoy               D. picture

29. A. first              B. next                C. half              D. new

30. A. looked            B. walked             C. came             D. talked

31. A. narrow          B. easy                C. final               D. equal

32. A. regretted           B. shared            C. recognized          D. admired

33. A. persuaded          B. requested           C. warned           D. congratulated

34. A. successful          B. difficult             C. interesting          D. fluent

35. A. but                B. and                C. so                 D. or

36. A. used              B. remembered         C. called              D. written

37. A. Equally             B. Hopelessly        C. Frequently            D. Suddenly

38. A. strong             B. friendly             C. informal            D. special

39. A. goes              B. turns             C. moves            D. leads

40. A. compete         B. match              C. fill              D. replace

  最近几年，圣诞节(Christmas Day)、感恩节(Thanksgiving Day) 等西方节日越来越受中国人的青睐，你们班级就此展开讨论。请以“Should we celebrate western festivals”为题，用英语写一篇100-120词左右的短文给某英文报社投稿。内容要点如下：

1. 大多数同学支持：可以让我们的生活丰富多彩；充实我们的传统文化；利用这些节日促进朋友之间

  的交流，增进友谊。

2. 其他同学反对：忽视了我们国家的传统节日；一些年轻人不了解西方节日的意义。

3. 你自己的观点。    

                  Should We Celebrate Western Festivals?     

No one in the department but Tom and I ______ that the director is going to resign.                                       

A. have known B. know             C. knows        D. am to know

I ran into quite a few language problems while vacationing with my family last summer. The most embarrassing was when my Mom apologized to the people we were staying with because her “pants were dirty”. They looked at her in amazement (吃惊), not knowing how to react. You see, Mom had fallen over and gotten mud on her jeans. But in Britain, “pants” means underpants or knickers, not trousers as it does back home.

                                                          Katie-From America

I went to stay with a friend on the west coast last summer. Her flat was on the first floor of a high-rise building so I got the lift up. Then I wandered round for ages looking for her flat but couldn’t find it. Fed up and tired, I finally had to go out to find a phone box. She explained that her flat was on the first floor, which for me meant the ground floor.

                                                          David-From Britain

When I asked for the “restroom” in a big department store, people kept directing me to a room with seats where I could sit and “rest”. It took me years to get through to someone that I only wanted the toilet!

                                                       Tom-From America

Last summer we went on a two-week family touring holiday, so Dad hired a car over the Internet. This was an old vehicle (汽车) and there turned out to be lots of things wrong with it. When he phoned the hire company and tried to explain that the lock on the boot was broken, they thought he was talking about footwear!  He had no idea their word for “boot” was “trunk”.  In the end we went to a garage and just solved the problem.

                                                      Mary-From Britain

28. Hearing Katie’s mother’s words, Katie’s friends were in surprise because        .

A. Katie’s mother got mud on her jeans

B. Katie’s mother’s underpants were dirty

C. they didn’t know English

D. they mistook “pants” in American for underpants

29. David went out to find a phone box to       .

A. phone the police for help                            B. phone his friend for help

C. tell his friend he couldn’t go to visit her             D. apologize for his being late

30. When Tom asked for the “restroom”, the people around him thought       .

A. he wanted to go to a department store             B. he wanted the toilet

C. he wanted a chair                                    D. he wanted to have a rest

31. The underlined word “garage” is probably     

A. a place to repair cars                                       B. a car                     

C. a gas station                                                   D. a parking place

They have finished the work by themselves, ______ I told you.

  A. what               B. as               C. that                 D. when

One day,two little boys were walking along the road.They overtook a woman___11___a large basket of apples.

The boys thought the woman looked very___12___and tired,so they said,"Are you going to town?If you are,we will carry your___13___."

"Thank you,"___14___the woman,"You are very kind.You see I am week and ill."Then she told them that she was a ___15___,and had a lame son to___16___.

She lived in a cottage three miles away,and was now going to the___17___to sell the apples which grew on the only tree in her garden.She wanted the money to___18___her rent.

"We are going the same way you are,"said the boys."Let us have the basket."And they took___19___of it,one on each side,and trudged（艰难地走）along with___20___hearts.

The poor widow looked glad,and said that she hoped their mother would not be___21___with them."Oh,no,"they replied,"Our mother has taught us to be kind to everybody,and to be useful in any way___22___we can."

She then offered to give them a few of the ripest apples for their___23___."No,thank you,"said they,"We do not want any pay for want we have done."

___24___arriving at home,she told her lame son what had happened on the road,and they were both made happier that day by the___25___of the two boys.

The other day,I saw a little girl stop and___26___a piece of orange peel,which she threw into the gutter."I wish the boys would not throw orange peel on the sidewalk,"said she."Someone may tread upon it,and___27___."

Perhaps some may say that these are little things.___28___they are.But we must not wait for___29___to do great things. We must___30___with little labors of love.

11. A. carried    B. carrying    C. carry    D. carries

12. A. nice    B. ugly    C. old    D. pale

13. A. backpack    B. baggage    C. basket    D. packet

14. A. replied    B. quoted    C. noticed    D. sighed

15. A. farmer    B. widow    C. seller    D. villager

16. A. bring along    B. bring out    C. bring about    D. bring up

17. A. market    B. grocery    C. canteen    D. hospital

18. A. cost    B. pay    C. spend    D. take

19. A. control    B. charge    C. place    D. hold

20. A. heavy    B. light    C. worn    D. brave

21. A. happy    B. content    C. angry    D. friendly

22. A. which    B. what    C. how    D. that

23. A. trouble    B. challenge    C. courage    D. travel

24. A. In    B. By    C. Upon    D. Before

25. A. promise    B. kindness    C. protection    D. relief

26. A. turn up    B. come up    C. pick up    D. put up

27. A. jump    B. fall    C. lie    D. skip

28. A. Such    B. So    C. As    D. Now

29. A. occasions    B. situations    C. periods    D. access

30. A. live    B. deal    C. agree    D. begin

The Taj Mahal (泰姬陵) is a love story, a sad and beautiful one. If it didn’t exist, we would easily imagine that the story of its construction was simply a fairy tale. Three hundred years ago, there lived an Indian emperor called Shah Jahan. His wife was a beautiful and bright woman whom he loved greatly. Her title was Mumtazl Mahan: its shortened form Taj Mahan, means “pride of the palace”. In the year 1630 this beloved wife of the emperor died. He was so brokenhearted that he thought of giving up his throne. He decided out of his love for his wife, to build her the most beautiful tomb that had ever been seen.

 He summoned the best artists and architects from India, Turkey, Persia and Arabia and finally, the design was complete. It took more than twenty thousand men working over a period of 18 years to build the Taj Mahan, one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.

 The building itself stands on a marble platform 29 meters square and 6-7 meters high. Towers rise from each of the four corners. The Taj itself soars another 61 meters into the air. It is an eight-sided building made of white marble.

The emperor planned to build an identical tomb of black marble for himself on the other side of the river connected by a silver bridge. However his son put him into a prison in the palace before he could finish, and for the rest of his life, he could only gaze across river at the tomb of his beloved wife.
8. The whole passage tells us about ______.
A . a beautiful fairy tale
B. the love story of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife
C. white and black marble tombs made for two emperors
D. the story of the Taj Mahal
9. The emperor’s own tomb was designed to be ____________.
A. meters high   

B. eight-sided   

C. black-coloured   

D. white-colored
10. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Taj Mahal?
A. It was completed quickly owing to the efforts of the best artists and workers.
B. A lot of people took part in the building work
C. It is a magnificent building.
D. It is a tomb for the emperor’s beloved wife.
11. The emperor _____________.
A. died soon after Taj Mahan died       

B. died after 1648 

C. was beloved by his people           

D. was killed by his son

Americans eat ___ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910

      A．more than twice                                    B．as twice as many

      C．twice as many as                                  D．more than twice as many

______ them, you will find there is something in common between them.

A. Comparing with          B. Compared with       C. Compare            D. Comparing

 Hosting the 30^th Olympic Games is ______ great honor and the British are working hard to make the games ______ success.

A. a; a          B.不填；a       C. a; 不填        D.不填；不填

 The chance I had been looking forward _______ at last.

    A. to came   B. to come   C. to coming   D. to comes

Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. 36 Read on for some techniques worth trying.

1.  37  

People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer's disease (早老性痴呆症), according to a recent study.    38  Something as simple as setting a goal to havea weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There's evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

2. Go for a walk.

Mildly raised glucose (葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain.  39 

3. Learn something new.

Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation (刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time.   40 .

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening or go dancing with your friends.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don't worry if your schedule isn't filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

In the famous fairy tale, Snow White eats the Queen’s apple and falls victim to a curse; in Shakespeare’s novel, Romeo drinks the poison and dies; some ancient Chinese emperors took pills that contained mercury, believing that it would make them immortal(不朽的), but they died afterward.
    Poison has long been an important ingredient in literature and history, and it seems to always be related to evil, danger and death. But how much do you really know about poison?
    An exhibition, The Power of Poison, opened last month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, intended to give the audience a more vivid understanding of poison. The exhibition will continue until Aug 2014, reported The New York Times.
    The museum tour starts in a rainforest setting, where you can see live examples of some of the most poisonous animals: caterpillars, frogs and spiders. Golden poison frogs, for instance, aren’t much bigger than a coin, but their skin is covered in a poison that can cut off the signaling power of your nerves, and a single frog has enough venom to kill 10 grown humans.
    The exhibition also features interactive activities. In an iPad-based game, visitors are presented with three puzzling illnesses and asked to identify the poisons based on symptoms. In one case, for example, a pet dog is found sick in a backyard and visitors have to figure out whether it was the toad (蟾蜍), the leaky batteries in the trash or the dirty pond water that did it.
    “Poisons can be bad for some things,” Michael Novacek, senior vice president of the museum, told NBC News. “Yet they can also be good for others.”
    This is what visitors learn from the last part of the exhibition, which displays how poisons can be used favorably by humans, including for medical treatment.
    The blood toxins of vampire bats, for example, can prevent blood from clotting (凝结), which may protect against strokes. A poisonous chemical found in the yew tree is effective against cancer, which is what led to the invention of a cancer-fighting drug called Taxol. One chemical in the venom of Gila monsters can lower the blood sugar of its victims, so it has been used to treat diabetes.
    The benefits from natural poisons are not limited to just medicine. Believe it or not, many substances that we regularly take in – chili, coffee and chocolate, etc. – owe their special flavors or stimulating effects to chemicals that plants make to poison insects.

63. By mentioning Snow White and Romeo at the beginning of the story, the author intends to ___________.

A. show that poison has long been involved in literature
B. show that poison is always linked with evil and death
C. draw readers’ attention to the topic of the article

D. get readers to think of more examples of the use of poison in stories

64. What is the main purpose of the exhibition The Power of Poison?

A. To give people more knowledge about poison.
B. To teach people how to handle poisonous animals.
C. To inform people about which animals are the most poisonous.
D. To show how poison has been used for medical treatment.

65. Which of the following statements about the exhibition is TRUE according to the article?

A. The exhibition will lead visitors to a real rainforest.

B. Golden poison frogs are the most poisonous animals on display.
C. Those who visit the exhibition can join in some iPad-based interactive games.
D. Visitors can listen to lectures on recent studies of poisonous animals.

 -Tommy, do you know if Frank ______ to the theatre with us this Sunday if it ______?

   -Sorry, I have no idea.

A. will go, is fine                             B. goes, is fine  

C. will go, is going to be fine                D. goes, will be fine