I’d appreciate _______if you could come and help me once more and I always appreciate _______me with my English in the past.

A. this; you to help                  B. that; your helping

C. it; you to help                    D. it; your helping

Many of us have become so dependent on our smartphones that we use them to carry out 221 tasks every day.

A study of 2,000 smartphone owners reveals(显示) that the average user reaches for their phones at 7:31 a.m. each morning, to cheek personal e-mails and Facebook. And before they've even got out of bed, the majority of people check the weather, read the news, and send a text or two to friends. It also emerges( 出现) that people will check the train times, do their banking and update Instagram early on in the day.

In an average week, the research discovers that users pick up their phones more than 1,500 times to complete various tasks from e-mails to playing games and posting to social media. And the average smartphone user is on their phones for three hours and sixteen minutes a day. This amounts to almost one full day a week using their phones, so it's no wonder almost four in ten users admit feeling lost without their phones.

Many owners also admit finding themselves using their phones without realizing they're doing so, with two thirds saying they have managed to log in and browse Facebook without thinking. And surprisingly, four in ten said they have, at one time or another, checked their e-mails automatically  without thinking.

The study has also revealed that our smartphones are now becoming more of a "go-to-gadget", replacing desktops and laptops, which people only turn to for, on average, 140 tasks in a typical day.

32. Tasks carried out on smartphones are about      more than those on desktops and laptops.

A. 221                 B. 140                   C. 1,500                 D. 80

33. On average, how long do people spend on their phones a week?

A. Three hours and sixteen minutes.                 B. Almost one full day.

C. About two day's.                               D. Not mentioned in the passage.

34. What can be learned from the fourth paragraph?

A. People often use their phones unconsciously( 无意识地 ).

B. One third manage to browse Facebook without thinking.

C. Half of people check their e-mails automatically.

D. Six in ten people don't check their e-mails.

35. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Are We Addicted to Our Smartphones?

B. The Functions of Smartphones

C. The Disadvantages of Smartphones

D. Smartphones Will Take the Place of Desktops and Laptops

A journalist is a person who collects, writes and distribute news or other current information. A journalist can work with general issues or specialize in certain issues. However, it is not so easy a career to be a good journalist.    36  

   37   It is important that you can get on and work quickly and efficiently with the other technical and creative production team members. Time is very literally money in media production so there is no room for teamwork difficulties. When there are tough deadlines or late nights everyone must get together to complete the task at hand.    38   For example, can you build up a working relationship very quickly with people who you may be meeting for the first time?

You also need good written and oral communication skills and must have a concise writing style — writing essays is not good evidence for this! Employers will expect you to have a good knowledge of current affairs and a curious nature, and to be flexible---especially with regard to working hours.   39   So how experienced are you in putting in extra hours?

Two key qualities of journalists are a curious nature and the ability to ask the right questions at interview!    40   It is a waste of time and energy to ask the questions that you can find in books on interview skills. If you research a company well enough, you will find a number of questions naturally arising that you wish to be answered.

You should, though, concentrate on questions that show your interest in, and motivation to do, the job itself, rather than the rewards it will bring.

A. An employer will want to know that you can meet these demands.

B. Working as part of a team is common in many media jobs.

C. Would you like to be a productive journalist?

D. The best questions to ask are those that you really would like to know the answers to.

E. Many demands can be made on your time.

F. Curiosity is a good character for many careers.

G. What qualities do you need to be a journalist?

There is an old Spanish Proverb which states, “Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week”.    36   I’d say, too many. Our dreams should not, and cannot wait. We have to go for them now! Here’s why.
    1.    37　 
    Nobody likes to talk about death, but the reality is – everybody is going to die at one point. None of us know the day, or the hour. Therefore, today is all we have. Don’t go to your grave with unfulfilled dreams. Make the decision to go after every dream, big or small right now.
    2. The world is waiting for your gift
    I know this may be hard to believe, but the world is waiting for YOU! Yes, YOU! __38___Sure, other people may be able to sing. But they’ll never be able to sing exactly like you. Sure other people can write, but they’ll never be able to write from the same perspective in which you write. Don’t deprive the world of your gift. It’s the oxygen that we need to survive. Thus, it is your responsibility to figure out exactly what your gift is, and use it to better your life and the lives of those around you.
     3. ___39___
     You can dream about writing the great American play that you want, but it’s never going to happen unless you actually put pen to paper. You can dream about finding a cure for cancer, but it will never happen unless you actually go to school to become equipped with the necessary tools to find that cure. ___40___They require you to get your head out of the clouds, and actually do the work to make them happen. Get to it!

A. You can‘t let fear win.

B. Tomorrow is not promised.

C. In other words, dreams don’t work unless you do.

D. How many times have we put off our dreams until tomorrow? 

E. You were born into the world with a unique gift, which nobody on this earth can copy.

F. Possibilities you never knew existed are waiting on you.  

G. Unless you take the first step, your dreams will never come true. 

 This region is the home _____ many species of plants and _____ animals _____ pandas.

  A. to; endangered; including          B. of; dangerous; including

  C. to; endangered; included               D. of; dangerous; included

Whatever our differences as human beings are，we all think we’re more like the rest of the animal world than we realize.　It is said that we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple worm.

But that fact has helped Sir John Sulston win the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine.　Sir John is the founder of the Sanger Institute in Cambridge，which was set up in 1992 to get further understanding of the human genome.

To help them do this,　they turned to the worm.　The nematode(线虫类的)worm is one of the earliest creatures on earth.　It is less than one millimeter log，completely transparent(透明的)and spends its entire life-digging holes through sand.　But it still has lots to say about human life，and what can be done to make it better.

What the worm told Sir John and his colleagues was that each of the cells in the human body is programmed like a computer.　They grow，develop and die according to a set of instructions that are coded in our genetic make-up.

Many of the diseases that humans suffer from happen when these instructions go wrong or are not obeyed. When the cell refuses to die but carries on growing instead，this leads to cancer.　Heart attacks and diseases like AIDS cause more cell deaths than normal，increasing the damage they do to the body.　Sir John was the first scientist to prove the existence of programmed cell death.

8. Sir John Sulston got a Nobel Prize for Medicine because he has______.

A. found that human beings are similar to the worm

B. got the fact we share 40 percent of our genetic structure with the simple worm

C. found the computer which controls each of the cells in the human body

D. proved that cell death is programmed

9. People might be seriously ill if the cells in their body_______.

A. grow without being instructed           B. die regularly

C. fail to follow people’s instructions      D. develop in the human body

10. The underlined word “they” refers to“________”.

A. cell deaths         B. diseases        C. instructions             D. cells

Events

Long March exhibit

The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged (被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

Time:              10:00 am—4:00 pm.

Address:        1286 Hongqiao Road

Admission:     8 yuan for Chinese/ 15 yuan for foreigners

Thai elephants

Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouth-organ. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war (拔河比赛) with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at 1:30 pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.

Address:        189 Daduhe Road

Admission:     30-40 yuan

Dancing dolphins

Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and solving math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.

Hours:             10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm

Admission:     20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.  

56. If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?

A. 16 yuan     B. 23 yuan     C. 30 yuan    D. 20 yuan

57. At the exhibition, you will see ________. 

A. many articles written by famous writers

   B. many things left by the Red Army           

C. books on the Long March

   D. many photos and pictures about the Long Match.

58. Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants?

A. Riding bicycles.               B. Blowing a mouth-organ

C. Doing math                   D. Having a tug-of-war with people.

59. The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see________.

A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform 

B. only seals and sea lions perform    

C. only dolphins perform

D. only seals perform

  Finding the Real You

Psychometric testing—personality testing—has been very popular nowadays as studies show their results to be three times more accurate in predicting your job performance. These tests are now included in almost all graduate recruitment (招聘) and are widely used in the selection of managers.

The most popular of these personality tests is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It is based on the theory that we are born with a tendency to one personality type which stays more or less fixed throughout life. You answer 88 questions and are then given your “type”, such as Outgoing or Quiet, Feeling or Thinking.

Critics of personality testing raise doubts about “social engineering”. Psychologist Dr. Colin Gill warns that the“popular” personality traits (特性) have their disadvantages. “People who are extremely open to new experiences can be butterflies,going from one idea to the next without mastering any of them.” However, the psychometric test is here to stay, which may be why a whole sub-industry on cheating personality tests has sprung up. “It’s possible to cheat,” admits Gill, “but having to pretend to be the person you are at work will be tiring and unhappy and probably short-lived.”

So can we change our personality? “Your basic personalities fixed by the time you’re 21,”says Gill,“but it can be affected by motivation and intelligence. If you didn’t have the personality type to be a doctor but desperately wanted to be one and were intelligent enough to master the skills, you could still go ahead. But trying to go too much against type for too long requires much energy and is actually to be suffered for long. I think it’s why we’re seeing this trend for downshifting—too many people trying to fit into a type that they aren’t really suited for.”

Our interest in personality now exists in every part of our lives. If you ask an expert for advice on anything, you’ll probably be quizzed about your personality. But if personality tests have any value to us,perhaps it is to free us from the idea that all of us are full of potential, and remind us of what we are.As they say in one test when they ask for your age: pick the one you are, not the one you wish you were.

32. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is based on the belief that ______.

 A. certain personality traits are common

 B. personality is largely decided from birth

 C. some personality types are better than others

 D. personality traits are various from time to time

33. According to Dr. Gill,what is the problem with personality tests?

 A. Employers often find the results unclear.

 B.They may have a negative effect on takers.

 C. People can easily lie about their true abilities.

 D. The results could be opposite to what employers want.

34. What’s Dr. Gill’s view about changing our personality?

 A. It’s worthwhile trying in your adult life.     B. It’s easy if you have great motivation.

 C. It’s difficult before the age of 21.                    D. It’s unlikely because it requires much energy.

35. What final conclusion does the author reach about the value of personality tests?

 A. They are not really worth doing.

 B. They may encourage greater realism.

 C. They are of doubtful value to employers.

 D. They can strengthen the idea we have of our abilities.

 Readers can _______ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

    A. get over         B. get in           C. get along        D. get through

 He reads newspapers every day to keep himself _____ about what’s going on in the world.

  A. inform        B. informed       C. informing        D. being informed

1. It was also a treasure ________________（装饰） with gold and jewels, which took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make.

2. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be a______________ as competitors.

3. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a d_____________ friend and helper of the human race!

4. Daisy had always longed to help ______________(濒危的)  species of wildlife.

5. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and a_______________ how the animals live together.

6. I was most g____________ to John for his kindness in sending me the book immediately.

7. True friendship should be b__________ on each other’s understanding and respect.

8. He failed to __________________(说服) the workers of his honesty.

9. Many boys and girls go to college after their ________________ (graduate) from high school.

10. One of the _______________________ (advantage) of the job is the long hours I work.

 He always brings me a pretty gift ______ he comes to visit me.

A. by the time       B. sometimes           C. every time       D. at times

假设你是学生李华，得知好朋友William在学习中感到压力很大，学习效果甚微，请你给他写一封电子邮件，帮助他放松身心，提高学习效率。

内容要点：

1. 快乐学习，保持愉快的心情；

2. 积极参加体育活动，如打乒乓球、听音乐等；

3. 多与同学交流，互相鼓励。

注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已经为你写好。

      2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Studying abroad is tough. Thankfully, there are several apps that make it easier to travel and communicate with family and friends across the ocean, which are helpful in relieving some of that study abroad anxiety.

    Triposo: The App Store has over 142 separate Triposo apps, each one full of information about one trip destination. Each destination’s front page shows the local time, up-to-date currency exchange rate and the top seven things to do. The “Practicalities” tab shows addresses of local public transportation stops, grocery stores and currency exchange locations. The “Travelpedia” tab gives you a quick history lesson on the city, including a list of annual festivals and suggestions of local food you have to try before you leave. And each Triposo app is available offline, so you don’t need Wi-Fi to plan your trip throughout the day!

    Evernote: Thanks, Evernote, for being the greatest app ever. Use it to record lectures and take notes in class, make grocery lists and create to-do lists for your travel destination. Save your travel routes, hotel information and address of the closest coffee shop right to your phone for easy access when you’re on the go.

    Viber: While WhatsApp is the more popular app for overseas communication, Viber takes it a step further in terms of functionality. This app uses Wi-Fi, so you can text and even make calls while you’re away. The sound quality is different from a regular phone call, but it is very clear.  

    Foodspotting: Hungry in a new city? Check your Foodspotting app – it scans your location for photos and reviews of good food in your area. Foodspotting offers recommendations based on your location, so you can choose between lots of delicious options nearby.

    Google Translate: If I had a superpower, I would speak every language. But until that day comes, Google Translate is the way to go. Don’t be dumb when you’re in a new country. Know what you want to say when you get to the coffee shop. Don’t just point and say it sheepishly in English – zero people will like you. Get out that Google translate on your way there, figure out what you want to say, practice your pronunciation, and walk in confidently.

25. What do Triposo and Evernote have in common?

  A. They display public transportation.          B. They introduce foods and festivals.

  C. They can be used for classroom studies.      D. They can help you plan for you trip.

26. If a student studying abroad wants to phone home, he can use ________.

  A. Viber          B. Tripso         C. Evernote      D. Google Translate

27. While in a new country and using Google Translate, we’re advised to ________.

  A. teach local people to speak English          B. speak English with local people

  C. talk to local people in their language         D. make ourselves understood in our language

How to teach a child to respect

    As a child grows out of being an infant and begins to notice and react to the world around him, you may find yourself wondering how you possibly impart (传授) all of the things that he needs to become a responsible, respectful adult.   36    A child who learns to respect all he meets not only receives respect from others, but also learns to respect himself as well. Here are some instructions.

    Show your child respect. This is perhaps the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child by giving him your full attention and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication.

   37    The more you say “please” and “thank you”  to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them with you and others. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.

    Agree to disagree.    38    Explain your decision so that he will understand your reasoning and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesn’t equate to disobedience (违抗).

    Control your impulse (冲动)to overact. When a situation arises between you and your child that requires calmness, keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behaviour.  __ 39___

    Praise, praise, praise! So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that the accomplishments are not celebrated enough. ___40__

A. Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.

B. Try to remember that a child won’t always agree with you.

C. Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.

D. If he sees you lose your temper（脾气）, he is more likely to respond that way in future.

E. A child may act like he pleases, but will respect being given limits.

F. When you see your child exhibit respectful behaviour, make sure he knows just how proud you are of him.

G. Setting a good example is the best way to start a child on the path to respect.

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限一词；

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A woman stood at the window of an expensive shop. She finally asks to see a dress in the window. The assistant did not like the way she was dressing. He simply told her it was sold. The woman left angry and decided to punish her. She returned the following morning wearing a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in other. She asked about the same dress. With great difficulty, the assistant climbed into the windows to get the dress. And the woman said she did not like it. She made the assistant to bring almost everything in the window before buy the dress.

        The Internet can be a great way to connect with people. The latest web craze is social networking on websites such as MySpace. More than 65 million young people use online social networking sites.

That cyberspace(网络空间)trend is causing problems in school, however. In a recent survey, nearly 36 percent of school administrators said that social networking sites troubled learning in their districts. Should school districts ban sites like MySpace?

Teachers are worried that some students use social networking to post personal information and to cyber bully(恐吓)other students. One of the biggest dangers comes from people who find out kid’s personal information.

Many districts have blocked students from accessing or using social networking sites from school computers, and some have suspended(暂缓)students for posting harmful material on those sites from their home computers. Nearly two-thirds of US kids have computers in their homes, according to the US Census Bureau.

“It is important to keep in mind that just blocking access to social web sites at school is not the end of the story,” warns NSBA executive director Anne Bryant, “Most of the misuse of these sites takes place at home but still affects the classroom.”

Some educators aren’t as quick to pull the plug on social networking. They say the main problem with sites like MySpace is that students don’t understand the dangers involved in using them. “Many students are posting personal information about themselves without regard to who has access to that information,” Jim Hirsch said, “Schools should focus on educating their students and their parents on how to be safe online.”

Experts argue that too many schools are forbidding students to use social networking web sites without thinking about their educational benefits. “Social networking web sites can help connect students in the United States to their peers in other countries, providing invaluable lessons in foreign cultures,” explains Hirsch.

24．Where do students usually misuse social networking sites?

A. At the teacher’s office.

B. At the net bar.

C. At the classroom.

D. At home.

25．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 may mean ___________.

A. some educators are in favor of students’ using social networking sites

B. some educators can’t block students from accessing social networking sites

C. some educators can’t connect social networking sites easily

D. some educators find it difficult to close social networking sites

26．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The Internet can’t be a good bridge to get along well with students.

B. There are some students threatening other students by using social networking.

C. Most of the misuse of these social web sites takes place at school and affects the home.

D. Too many schools allow students to use social networking sites without Question.

27．What might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A. Lessons Online?                B. Friendship Online?

C. Dangers Online?                D. Information Online?

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Middle and high school days are both fun and busy. Students spend their days in class, listening to the interesting and sometimes boring words of the teacher. They spend the short breaks running, playing, and shouting happily before going back to the classroom again. But how should students spend their free time outside school?

In Western countries, it is common for students to have a part-time job after school and at weekends. Students can earn their own money and learn more about the “real world”. They enjoy the extra independence and money, and parents enjoy the quiet house. However, it seems that, in China, parents worry so much about their children’ studies that they would prefer to see their children spending most of their free time studying and preparing for all those exams.

It is natural for parents to feel that way, but I believe the answer lies in balance. Sometimes, Western school children work long hours after school to make money, and so they become too tired to listen in class or have no time for homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that all else becomes less important until they want that new MP4 player.

So, find a good and healthy balance! If you have a part-time job, you’ll be happy, and your parents will also be happy because you’re spending your hard-earned money and not theirs!

[写作内容]

1） 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的字数大约30词左右；

2） 就“如何利用课余时间”这个主题发表你的看法，至少包含以下的内容要点，该部分的字数大约120词左右: a. 以自身为例，简述你平时是怎样打发课余时间的；

   b. 你如何看待自己利用课余时间的方式；

   c. 你的父母对你利用课余时间的态度及你的看法。

[写作要求]

你可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

My mother is a hard-working and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.     36    Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon.   37    She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

38    Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us.   39    She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

Often she says to us, “work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is!    40    This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. She enjoys listening to classic music.

B. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

C. She loves her students and cares for them.

D. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

E. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

F. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

G. Can you tell us something about your mother?

  I was in my first year of college, making friends and enjoying life, but then my whole world turned upside down. I had a heart attack. It felt like someone was stabbing (刺) me in the chest with a knife over and over again.
   After three months of rest I went back to college, but then things took a turn for the worse. I was staying at my Nana’s house and woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible pain in my chest. I knew I was having a heart attack again.
   I couldn’t even shout for help. Luckily my grandpa was going to the toilet and heard me falling out of bed. If it wasn’t for him, I probably wouldn’t be here.
   The two holes in my heart were causing the problems and I needed an operation immediately to repair them. Unfortunately, the surgery didn’t go well and they only managed to repair one of the holes.
   When I woke up from the operation, I had a really dry mouth and couldn’t wait to have something to eat and drink. The biggest shock of all came when I was told that I needed a heart transplant and was put on the register. The doctors were stunned at how quickly heart failure came on – it usually takes years, but it took my heart less than six months to get to that stage. My whole world came crashing down, but I stayed strong. It was a choice between crying every day and getting on with my life.
   As time went on, life became even harder. I hated feeling weak all the time and needing help with everything. It got to the point where I thought I would never get a new heart. I was diagnosed with depression.
   Even though I thought that Christmas 2008 would be my last, I really enjoyed it and even had a good New Year. Everyone was crying for me when the clock struck midnight and they told me to keep fighting.
   A week later, I got a call from the doctors saying they’d found a suitable donor (捐赠人). My wish came true and thankfully the operation went well. I spent four hours in surgery where they took out my old heart and put a new one in. When I woke up I burst out crying. I had a second chance at life. 
28. What happened when the author was having his second heart attack?
   A. He felt less pain than he had during the previous one.
   B. He narrowly escaped death thanks to his grandfather.  

C. He realized what it was and shouted for help in time.
   D. He decided to have an operation to repair the two holes in his heart.
29. When the author learned that he needed a heart transplant, he ______.
   A. chose to continue to fight for his life
   B. couldn’t help crying every day  

C. felt so depressed that he tried to kill himself

D. was so anxious that his heart failure developed very quickly
30. At the beginning of 2009, the author ______.
   A. was convinced that the past Christmas had been his last
   B. received a heart transplant but the operation didn’t go well
   C. felt blessed and grateful for his second chance at life
   D. felt hopeless all the time and was diagnosed with depression
31. Which one would be the best title for the text?
   A. Choices matter                   B. Rebuilding my world

C. Waiting for a new heart               D. The most special Christmas