One day  61   ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in.  62   (face) with the trouble, she tried her best to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor   63   (tire) ant was still bravely making all   64   (effort) when a dove saw her. Moved by her determination and perseverance, the bird threw her a blade(片)of grass,  65   supported her like a raft（木筏）, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying    66  (she) in the grass, she   67  (hear) a man come near. He was walking along barefooted   68  a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see    69  had bitten him, and the dove   70  (immediate) flew away. It was an animal much weaker that had saved her life.

 Her performance was ________ good; it was perfect.

A. no more than   B. more than     C. rather than  D. less than

    There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校).  36  being sent away, this boy was the 37 student in his class. He was at the top in every  38  always with high marks.

    But the boy changed after  39 home and attending the boarding school. His grades started  40 .  He hated being in a  41.  He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he 42  committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt  43  and no one loved him.

    His parents started  44  about the boy. But they even did not know what was  45 with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and  46  him.

    They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and  47.  After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

    The boy answered back, “To  48  my grades?”

    “No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most  49  person for me. I want to see you  50. I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

    These words  51the boy’s eyes to be filled with tears. He  52 his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

    Now the boy had 53 he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He  54 the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him  55!

36. A. After        B. Before       C. When        D. While

37. A. hardest      B. naughtiest   C. brightest      D. dullest

38. A. exam     B. activity C. game           D. class

39. A. coming       B. returning    C. leaving    D. reaching

40. A. rising       B. increasing   C. reducing       D. dropping

41. A. group        B. term     C. company         D. party

42. A. led to       B. felt like    C. thought back  D. looked for

43. A. worthless    B. careless C. concerned       D. annoyed

44. A. caring       B. turning  C. worrying    D. speaking

45. A. crazy        B. true     C. possible      D. wrong

46. A. talk with    B. listen to    C. tell to         D. care about

47. A. family       B. friends    C. study         D. grades

48. A. realize     B. analyze  C. check           D. test

49. A. outstanding  B. important  C. famous       D. familiar

50. A. happy         B. excellent   C. interested       D. satisfied

51. A. caused        B. wanted  C. encouraged  D. forced

52. A. answered    B. ignored   C. hated           D. hugged

53. A. nothing       B. something     C. everything D. anything

54. A. showed       B. meant      C. intended  D. expressed

55. A. sad           B. angry         C. pleasant        D. joyful

It’s not easy being a teenager (13至19岁青少年) – nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow up while gently letting him know that you’ll still be there for him when he needs you.

Expect a lot from your child, just not everything. Except for health and safety problems, such as drug use or careless driving, consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss something, don’t insist he should tell you what’s on his mind. The more you insist, the more likely that he’ll clam up. Instead, let him attempt to solve things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you’re always there for him if he needs advice or help. Show respect for your teenager’s privacy. Never read his mail or listen in on personal conversations.

Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family’s telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for 15 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least an equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but also teaches your teenager moderation (节制). Or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part-time job.

50. The main purpose of the text is to tell parents ______.

A. how to get along with a teenager      B. how to respect a teenager

C. how to understand a teenager         D. how to help a teenager grow up

51. What does the phrase “clam up” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. become excited     B. show respect   C. refuse to talk       D. need help

52. The last paragraph is about how to teach a teenager ______.

A. to use the phone in a proper way      B. to pay for his own telephone

C. to share the phone with friends        D. to answer the phone quickly

53. What should parents do in raising a teenager according to the text?

A. Not allow him to learn driving or take drugs.  B. Give him advice only when necessary.

C. Let him have his own telephone.            D. Not talk about personal things with him.

 If you want to make progress, you _____________ work harder than before.

A. can            B. may               C. ought to           D. would

 Canada is a country _______ many different nationalities as well as one with foreign immigrants (移民) _______ the majority of its population.

   A. making up of; occupied with                 B. consisting of; making up

   C. made up of; consisting of                          D. consisted of; taking up

1.Henry tried to s__________ help from the embassy but he failed.

2.Without your father’s p___________, you are not allowed to drive his car.

3.I would a____________ it if you can answer my letter as soon as possible.

4.As we all know，no one is perfect and everyone has his own weaknesses and s_________.

5.Columbus Day is in memory of the a_____________ of Christopher Columbus in America.

假定你是李华，打算下周去美国参加“美国文化之旅”活动，请给你的美国笔友Mike写一封电子邮件，内容主要包括：

    1．参加目的：开阔视野，体验文化：

    2．个人顾虑：交流困难，文化差异；

    3．征求对方建议。

注意：

    1．词数100左右；

    2．开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

    参考词汇：美国文化之旅the Culture Trip to America

Dear Mike,

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

                                                         Yours, Li Hua

 After living in Paris for fifty years he returned to the small town ______ he grew up as a child.

A. which         B. where        C. that        D. when

   Your children are watching you.__36__According to the Health Program, developing healthy habits is an important part for your children. And when it comes to developing healthy habits, parents influence their children more than anyone else.

__37__ What happens during those early years can influence children for the rest of their lives. This includes some eating and exercise habits. Children are very careful, even at a young age. Children watch what others do carefully and imitate the behaviors of those closest to them. As parents, you should do the following: __38__ If you do that, your children are more likely to be enthusiastic about developing theirs.

 Let your children see you taking care of your own physical health by eating fruits and vegetables. Talk to them about healthy habits in appropriate terms and at a proper time. __39__

__40__ Computers, televisions and other forms of technology are a major part of life in the 21st century. Unfortunately, as the use of technology in the home increases, so does the time spent watching TV or playing on the computer. So as parents, you should also arrange the time for your children wisely.

  A. Don't get rid of technology, but use it wisely.

  B. Take part in physical activities and exercise regularly.

  C. Be enthusiastic about developing healthy habits of your own.

  D. Children prefer to imitate their parents rather than listen to them.

  E. Your actions are speaking to them louder than your words will.

  F. This can be helpful to teach your children to form good eating habits.

  G. It's easy for the children to form their healthy habits when they are young.

How old are the apps on your smartphone? Is it time for an update? Here are three apps for you. Try them out and have fun.

Duolingo

Learning a foreign language doesn’t always mean you have to sit in a class and take endless exams. An app called Duolingo has been designed to help you memorize (记住) new words and grammar in creative ways，such as online lessons，games and interesting exercises. For example，one exercise asks you to put words in the right order to make the correct sentence. You can also try translation practice.

Douban FM

A music app is a necessity for almost every smartphone now. Douban FM might be the right thing for you.

There is no playlist on Douban FM--songs just keep streaming (播放) one by one. You can use the “heart”, “trash” and “skip” buttons (按钮) to mark the songs you like，don’t like and want to cut short, respectively (分别地). Those marked with a heart will be stored in another list as your favorites for you to listen to anytime you want. Douban FM also has different channels (频道). There are many types of music, such as blues, jazz, and pop. You can choose the music for outdoor activities, work or studying depending on your mood (心情).

Flipboard

It is one of the hottest news apps right now. With Flipboard, you can make everything personal to you. All you have to do is open up the app, “flip through” to select whatever interests you，and click the “+” button. At the end you’ll have your own magazine, complete with a front page, new articles, and information.

21. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To show a new way to learn English.                B. To offer a hottest news website.

C. To introduce three apps.                                  D. To give advice to music lovers.

22. What does Duolingo help you do?

A. Get away from endless exams.                         B. Keep words and grammar in mind.

C. Have easy access to online lessons.                D. Practice speaking English correctly.

23. Which statement is true about Douban FM?

A. There is no playlist on it, making a smartphone easier to operate.

B. It has special channels where conceits are regularly broadcast live.

C. It knows about your mood, based on what you are doing.

D. You can choose with it your favorite songs and music as you like.

24. According to the text, what can you do with Flipboard?

A. Make a personalized news magazine.              B. Go through everything that interests you.

C. Safely store some personal information.          D. Contribute your articles to popular magazines.

It is usually warm in my hometown in March, but it _______ be rather cold sometimes.

 She looked up his number in the phone book to _____ that she had got it right.

A. make up her mind     B. make sure   C. make a decision       D. make out

假定英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，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（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。

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。

The first monthly exam which I took as a high school student held at the end of September. Unluckily, I performed poorly in mathematics and chemistry, all of which used to be my strong subject. As a result of, my total test score fell greatly and ranked 400th in our grade. I feel upset and my mother suggested I spend some time in my hobby—fishing for relaxation. Driving by my mother’s suggestion, I went to a pond on a weekend. There I fished for a whole day but calmed myself down. The joy from fishing successful pushed me out off low spirits.

    The worst days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. In winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it rains.

    As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasn’t fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom.

On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside, staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any books that I could find lying around. I’d pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.

    As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems uninteresting. Such a mindset makes you cheer for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the summer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful — and quite cooler — weather tomorrow.

13. When the author was a child, he ______.

A. liked staying indoors         B. hated rainy days

C. dreamed on summer days        D. preferred cooler weather

14. We can learn from the passage that the author ______.

A. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter  B. preferred reading to playing outside

C. had no brothers or sisters                    D. was often left alone at home

15. As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because ______.

A. his summer holiday is very short B.he can better deal with his spare time

C. he knows it won’t last long  D.  rain makes the weather cooler

The teacher gave him some _______ how to improve his spoken English.

    A. advice of      B. advices of     C. advice on   D. advices on

I       out of the window and       the police       after the suspect.

    A. looked, watched, run                                        B. looked, saw, running

    C. watched, saw, run                       D. saw, watched, running

Dick was a twenty-year-old man. His father was a teacher and taught chemistry in a middle school and his mother worked in a shop. They live a happy life until his parents died one night when suddenly an earthquake broke out. Luckily his sister took him to see their aunt in the city and they did not stay at home. Everything was destroyed in the earthquake and the two children got into trouble. Thanks to their aunt who was not rich enough, they grew up but they lived a hard life. His sister was so sad that she became a nun(修女). After he finished middle school, he was introduced to an owner of a hotel and began to work there.

One day the young man fell to the ground while he was cleaning a window on the second floor. He was sent to the hospital and the doctor looked him over. One of his legs was broken and he had to be in hospital. He said to the nurse. “I’m a poor man, madam. Arrange a third-class ward(安排一个三等病房) for me, please.”

“Can’t anybody help you?”

“No, madam,” answered Dick. “I have only a sister. She’s a nun and she’s poor, too.”

“I don’t think so,” the nurse said angrily. “Nuns usually marry God. And God is the richest in the world, you know!”

“Well, then,” Dick said with a smile. “Please arrange a first-class ward for me and post the bill to my brother-in-law.”

24. The sister and brother lived a hard life because ________.

A. they had to look after themselves       B. they were too young

C. they were hurt in the earthquake       D. they lost all

25. After Dick finished middle school, ________.

A. he began to work in the hotel 　　    B. he began to look for a job

C. he broke his leg　　　　             D. he stayed at home

26. Dick asked the nurse not to arrange a first-class ward for him because _________.

A. he hadn’t got enough money to pay for the bill       B. he wanted to save some money for his sister

C. he liked to stay with the poor                       D. he used to live in a simple room

27. Which of the following is true?

A. Dick had a rich brother-in-law.

B. The nurse would arrange a first-class ward for Dick.

C. The nurse would post Dick’s bill to God.

D. The nurse would arrange a third-class ward for Dick.

Every reader of this passage must spend the whole of his waking life 33________ (look) at things. Looking, like breathing, is natural; we do it 34________ noticing it. Looking is passive but seeing is active. Once you start seeing things you really begin to wake up. People 35________ see things that others have only looked at, and draw conclusions from 36________ they have seen, can add to man’s knowledge and help progress.

Someone recently discovered a place 37________ metal had been worked continuously longer than anywhere else in England. He “saw” a wall in the Forest of Dean. Thousands of people must have looked at it without really seeing it, but this man noticed that among the usual stones of that place 38________ (be) bits and pieces of a different color; they also felt different to the hand. A 39________ (close) sight showed that these pieces had been left behind in the fires of ancient peoples who had melted rocks to get metals, looking around, he found more and more information, until the history of what men had done at the place over tens of centuries 40________ (know).

Assistant Professor, Musical Theatre Dance

Wichita State University seeks to hire a full-time, 9-month, assistant professor, beginning August, 2016. Applicants are required to have a degree in dance, teaching experience at the professional or college level, ability to direct and ability to teach stage movement. Salary depends on qualifications and experience.

For complete information see http://finearts.wichita.edu.

Associate/Full Professor in Theatre and Dance

The Department of Theatre & Dance at the University of California at San Diego (http://www-theatre.ucsd.edu/) is seeking an experienced theatre artist in lighting design. Significant professional experience is required.

A review of applications will start on June 1, 2016. Application deadline: September 1, 2016.

Technical Director in Performing and Fine Arts

DeSales University’s Performing and Fine Arts Department seeks a highly skilled, professional technical director. The position is a 10-month, staff position with the possibility for summer employment with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. BA degree or equivalent professional experience is required; MFA is preferred.

Please email materials to john.belldesales.edu. Screening of applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Assistant Director of Media Resources Center

Maryland Institute College of Art is seeking an Assistant Director of Media Resources Center in the Academic Affairs Division.

Position qualifications include a degree in Art History or related field with knowledge of art and design history, library experience, excellent interpersonal and communication skills and familiarity with Photoshop and scanning.

A review of applications will begin immediately. Applicants may email a letter of interest to jobsmica.edu. Salary differs depending on your experience. Please include desired salary in your letter of interest.

Application

Interested persons should electronically submit a cover letter highlighting their experience and qualifications, and names of three professional references with phone and email contact information using the Apply Now link above.

21. Wichita State University offers ______.

   A. a part time and assistant professor job          B. a job people can work for many years

  C. a flexible pay to the future assistant professor    D. work that require people to act on the stage

22. If you are good at communicating with others, you should apply to _____.

A. DeSales University                   B. Wichita State University

C. the University of California            D. Maryland Institute College of Art

23. We can probably find the ad in the section of _____.

A. Employment Information              B. Information Technology   

C. Around the World                    D. Teen’s Garden