A couple of weeks ago, my friend offered to sell some of our things for us. I thought it was a good opportunity to   21 my 7-year-old son’s room and   22  some toys that were no longer suitable for him to play with. We   23   that all the money we got from selling the toys would be his money.
The night before the   24  , we loaded up the truck with toys and a little bike that was too   25  for him. In the yard he  26  the bike for the last time and then happily put it onto the truck. This little bike had at least two previous owners as far as we    27  . It wasn’t in the best   28   and was certainly not new, but the tires were   29  good.
We put a price of $10 on it, but it didn’t sell. So, after the sale was  30  , my friend put it on the sidewalk, with a sign that   31  “FREE BIKE”. Within five minutes her doorbell rang. A little boy was   32 there. In poor English he asked whether the bike was   33  free. She said yes and that he could have it for   34  . He smiled, got on the bike and rode away.
Later that evening when I told my son how much money he had made at the sale, he was very   35  , shouting happily. He asked about a few of his things, wondering   36  they had been sold. When he asked about the bike, I told him about the little boy and that made him   37 . He was much happier than when I told him how much he had   38  . He was so happy to   39  that someone else would make good  40  of that little bike!
21. A. clean        B. check          C. display         D. design
22. A. look for      B. go through     C. show off         D. deal with
23. A. refused         B. agreed      C. wrote           D. lied
24. A. trip            B. show         C. sale             D. decision
25. A. weak        B. small          C. new             D. thin
26. A. rode         B. found       C. watched         D. felt
27. A. doubted      B. knew          C. told             D. thought
28. A. time         B. chance        C. place           D. shape
29. A. also            B. never         C. still            D. hardly
30. A. ahead          B. on           C. near            D. over
31. A. said            B. repeated      C. copied          D. expressed 
32. A. jumping        B. standing       C. walking         D. shouting
33. A. barely          B. usually     C. really           D. always
34. A. something      B. anything      C. everything       D. nothing
35. A. calm           B. scared        C. excited          D. disappointed
36. A. when          B. if             C. why            D. how
37. A. smile          B. worry         C. leave            D. cry
38. A. enjoyed        B. lost           C. bought           D. made
39. A. hear           B. understand     C. remember        D. think
40. A. interest         B. money        C. use             D. price

 ----What do you suppose made her so unhappy?

---- ___ her wallet.

A. lose             B. Lost          C. Losing     D. To lose

 --I still haven’t made any progress in writing an English essay.

   --________. How can you expect to write a passage when you don’t understand the words?

  A. Learn to walk before you run         B. Practice makes perfect

  C. Don’t put the cart before the horse.   D. Learn to fish but not just ask for fish

When we can see well, we do not think about our eyes often. It is only when we can not see perfectly that we come to see how important our eyes are.

People who are nearsighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Many people who do a lot of close work, such as writing and reading, become nearsighted. Then they have to wear glasses in order to see distant things clearly.

People who are farsighted face just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s  length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses too.

Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts. Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

When night falls, colors become fainter to the eyes and finally disappear. After your eyes have grown used to the dark, you can see better if you use the side of your eyes rather than the centers. Sometimes, after dark, you see a small thing to one side of you, which seems to disappear if you turn your head in its direction. This is because when you turn your head, you are looking at the thing too directly. Men on guard duty sometimes think they see something moving to one side of them. When they turn to look straight at it, they can not see it any more, and they believe they were mistaken. However, this mistake happens because the center of the eye, which is very sensitive in daylight, is not as sensitive as the sides of the eye after dark.

56.We don’t know that our eyes are of great importance until ________.

A. we cannot see clearly      B. we think about our eyes

C. we wear glasses           D. we have to do much reading

57.According to the passage, a ________ is more likely to be nearsighted.

A. painter      B. doctor      C. guard      D. tailor

58. who are farsighted ________ .

A.cannot do a lot of close work without glasses

B. have the same problem as the nearsighted people

C.have difficulty reading a book if they hold it at arms’ length

D. can only see things that are very close to their eyes

59.To see a small thing at night, it is better to look ________ .

A. in a slightly different direction   B.with half shut or narrowed eyes

C.straight at it                   D. with wide open eyes

—Hey! Here is a message on my cell phone, telling me to send money to...

—Delete it ! It's a trick. Many a person________ by such tricks.

A. has been cheated            B. have been cheated

C. were cheated               D. was cheated

假如你是李夏。你看到美国留学生Sharon在网上发贴，希望有人能帮助她提高普通话(Mandarin)水平，她可以教英语作为回报。请根据以下提示用英语给她写一封电子邮件。

1．表达给她提供帮助的意愿；             

2．说明你能胜任辅导的理由；

3．给出讲好普通话的两点建议；          

4．提出你学习英语的具体需求。

注意：

1．词数100左右，开头语已为你写好；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Hi Sharon,

This is Li Xia. I learned from your post that you want to improve your Mandarin  

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                                                                 Li Hua

A. originally        B. cultivated       C. served         D. documented    E. unlike    F. consists          G. support         H. habit          I. relatively       J. private   K. presentation

The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and (41)_______ of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called chanoyu or chado. The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called otem. The tea ceremony is a ritual way of preparing and drinking tea. The custom has been strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism.

Tea was (42)_______ brought to Japan in the 9^th century, by the Buddhist monk Eichu, who had returned to Japan from China. This is the first (43)_______ evidence of tea in Japan . By imperial order in the year 816, tea plantations began to be (44)_______ in the Kinki region of Japan. However, the interest in tea in Japan faded after this.

Nowadays, the ceremony is a (45)_______ popular kind of hobby. Many Japanese, who are interested in their own culture, take tea ceremony lessons with a teacher. Tea ceremonies are held in traditional Japanese rooms in cultural community centers or (46)_______ houses. The ceremony itself (47)_______ of many rituals that have to be learned by heart. Almost each hand movement is prescribed. Basically the tea is first prepared by the host, and then drunk by the guests. The tea is bitter green tea made of powdered tea leaves.

Green tea is drunk everywhere and at any time of the day. (48)_______ English tea, Japanese green tea is (49)_______ in cups without a handle and is never drunk with sugar or cream. The most polite way of drinking green tea is to hold the cup with one hand and (50)_______ it from below with the other hand.

When it comes to preschool education, there are two lines of thought. One says that preschoolers need to be taught early academic skills in order to get a leg up on future school achievement. Another says the focus should be on social and emotional development. But, new research from Penn State University says a high quality preschool program should do both.

Karen Bierman, Penn State Professor of Psychology, and her team studied 350 preschoolers. Half were taught the traditional curriculum(课程）. The other half were given the basic curriculum as well as social and emotional teaching.

The results show that the half students taught with a curriculum that includes social lesson, such as sharing, listening and self-control, score higher in both the social and academic areas of school readiness than the other half students.

The other finding is that when you work on both academic and social-emotional skills, you get stronger gains in both areas. “You get the combined power when you put both together, so neither area is weakened.” she says.

Clearly, knowing how to share, develop healthy friendships, and learn side-by-side with others is important to a child’s academic achievement in the classroom. But, Bierman says the importance of social and emotional education goes beyond that. Preschool is prime time for the development of self-regulation, which not only tells a child not to hit another child, but also tells a child how to set personal goals and focus himself enough to follow through with those goals. And the ability to regulate behavior is what helps children get motivated at school. “When they get upset, bored, or frustrated, it doesn’t defeat them.” she says.

Goal-oriented (面向目标的) and motivated learning is best taught in preschool, Biernam says, when the prefrontal part of the brain, which controls decision-making, is at the height of development. “ First grade teachers can teach letter names, but preschool is when that behavior is peaking and language is just beginning to develop,” she says.

32.  Karen Bierman and her team carried out the research by ______.

A  tracking 350 preschoolers for years.

B  separating children into two equal groups.

C  working out a high quality preschool program.

D  analyzing the importance of social and emotional teaching.

33.  The underlined words “ prime time” in the text probably refer to ______.

A．the best time                    B．the only time

C．the earliest time                    D．the suitable time

34.  According to the text, self-regulation can help children ______.

A．be willing to study              B．become emotionless

C．memorize letter names            D．learn language quickly  

35.  What’s the best title for the text?

A. Preschool learning: more than ABCs and 123s

B. Karen Bierman: freeing kids from boring learning.

C. Learning self-regulation in preschool: why it matters?

D. Academic and social-emotional skills: which is more important?

   A cruise ship 61________(carry) 456 people capsized(翻) on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. Officials say so far only 15 people 62_________(survive). 63_________ is reported that the ship sank within a few 64________(minute), while many people were asleep. Most of those 65________ board were tourists aged between 50 and 80 travelling from the eastern city of Nanjing to Chongqing. There is no doubt 66_________ for some of those on the Eastern Star it would have been the trip of a lifetime. One survivor, 67_________ tour guide said the ship began to shake 68_________(violent) and capsized all of a sudden. A 65-year-old woman was among those 69_________(save) from the ship by brave divers. She said she tried to hold on to 70________ she could find to keep her head above water in the darkness until divers came to her rescue.

 It was announced that only when the fire was under control ____ to return to their homes

  A. the residents would be permitted B. had the residents been permitted

  C.       the residents had been permitted    D. would the residents be permitted

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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每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：在错的词下画一横线，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。

A recent survey show that most students often communicate with our parents. But there are still some thinking that embarrassing to share their ideas with them. Actually everyone should attach importance to family communication. It can be strengthen the bond of the whole family or bridge the gap between children and parents. Besides, share your personal problems and emotions will greatly help reduce the pressure on you and build up your confidence. As for my family, we had a special dinner together every Saturday evening, over that everyone takes turns to share one problem. Then others try to suggest solutions. In this way the whole family can enjoy every single bit of life. I think my family will stick out the tradition forever.

One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift. Unlike other gifts, it came without wrap(包装)

On September 11^th, 1958, Mum gave birth to Richard. After she brought him home from hospital, she put him in my lap, saying,“ I promised you a gift, and here it is.” what an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own. I played with it day and night. I sang to it. I sang to it. I told it stories. I told it over and over how much I loved it!

One morning, however, I found its bed empty. My doll was gone! I cried for it . Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital. It had a fever. For several days. I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as“ hopeless”, “pitiful”, and “dying”, which sounded ominous.

Christmas was coming.“ Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room. “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough.” As he spoke, his eyes filled with teas. I’d never seen him cry before.

The phone rang early on Christmas morning. Dad jumped out of bed to answer it answer it. From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs. “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!”

“Thank God!” I heard Mum cry.

From the upstairs window, I watched my parents rush out to the car. I had never seen them so happy. And I was also full of joy. What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home. I ran downstairs. My socks still hung there flat. But I knew they were not empty; they were filled with love!

28. What happened to the author on September 11^th ,1958 ?

    A. He became four years old.            B. He got a Christmas gift.

    C. He got a baby brother.               D. He received a doll.

29.What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean？

    A. Fearful                              B. Boring

    C. Difficult                            D. Impossible.

30.Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?

    A. Excitement.                          B. Sadness.

    C. Happiness.                           D. Disappointment.

31.What is the passage mainly about ?

    A. A sad Christmas day.                 B. Life with a lovely baby.

    C. Memories of a happy family.          D. A special Christmas gift.

The Arctic will soon be free from ice, experts say. The change is bound to take place, but the global warming and climate change are changing the earth’s landscape (地形) rapidly，causing panic worldwide.

   Experts say that the Arctic sea ice is melting (融化) quite faster than expected and it can affect not just the region, but Earth in general. A scientist even says that next year, or maybe the year after that, the Arctic will be free of ice.

    Peter Wadhams, a scientist, said that the melting trend led to his statement. “Most people expect this year will see a record low in the Arctic’s summer sea-ice cover. Next year or the year after that, I think it will be free of ice in summer and by that I mean the central Arctic will be ice-free,” Peter Wadhams, director of the Scott Polar Institute in Cambridge, said in an interview with the Guardian. “You will be able to cross over the North Pole by ship,” Peter Wadhams added. He strongly believes that although some pieces of ice will remain, the Arctic basin may be free of sea ice in the next two years starting in the summer of 2017.

Wadhams’ study says that melting sea ice will have a great influence on the planet since the sea ice is more capable of reflecting (反射) sunlight compared to water that can only reflect 10% of the sunlight. Once the sea ice melts, the water can only reflect a small amount of sunlight. This means that the Earth will receive and absorb more sunlight, making the planet even hotter.

The year 2016 has already broken records of the hottest temperature ever recorded and the trend doesn’t seem to show any decrease in global warming. “It doesn’t look like the ice is healing and growing back,” Tom Wagner, NASA’s manager for cryosphere (冰冻圈) research said in a statement.

Like Wadhams, scientists and researchers all over the world are lecturing around to educate people to help lighten global warming that has already changed the planet’s landscape.

32. What does the author think of global warming and climate change?

 A. Indifferent        B. Anxious          C. Unbelievable      D. Misunderstood

33. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

 A. What experts say has caused worldwide fear and great anxiety.

 B. The speed of the Arctic sea ice being melted is beyond expectation.

 C. The melting of the Arctic sea ice only has a great effect on this region.

 D. It’s impossible that the Arctic will be free from ice in one or two years.

34. Why would the Earth become even hotter if the sea ice melted? Because_____.

 A. more water will cover the earth.               B. there are more hours of daylight.

 C. the water will reflect more sunlight.            D. more heat would be taken in by the earth.

35. What is the passage mainly about?

 A. According to some experts, the Arctic may be free from ice soon because of global warming and climate change.

 B. The Arctic melting sea ice will affect the planet greatly.

 C. The Arctic will be free from ice in two years.

 D. Global warming are changing the earth’s landscape quickly.

       假定你是李华，今年暑假参加了“美国七日游”的夏令营活动。活动期间，新结识的美国朋友David给了你很多帮助。请你根据以下提示，给David写一封信，内容包括：

1.      对他的帮助表示感谢；

2.      参加夏令营的感受和收获；

3.      邀请他参加明年在中国举办的夏令营。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

2. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear David,

       Long time no see! I miss you very much._________________________________________________

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       I am looking forward to your reply.

                                                                                                                       Yours sincerely,

                                                                     Li Hua

That morning, I got on the train as always. I was a publishing director and was reading my newspaper     . But that day, I read it very     . I thought I must be tired. At the office, I sat down, turned on my      and found I couldn’t read the message on the screen.

 Eventually, worried     drove me to hospital. There, confirmation came that I suffered from aphasia(失语症), a condition that     it’s difficult or impossible to receive and produce language.

 I was back at home a week later, and my    was to get better and return to work in a couple of months. I started    a speech therapist(治疗专家) three times a week, and was given homework to help   my vocabulary and grammar. After a month, my own speech became     —“Could you pass the salt?” “Shall we go for a walk?” — but I couldn’t have a conversation. I couldn’t read the newspaper.

 For 25 years, I was used to a(n)      day of meetings, and bringing three manuscripts home with me each night. I didn’t feel      to say goodbye to my old self.

 In the darkest months, I devoted myself to    . I would spend hours writing a description of something      like a pencil. I couldn’t    novels or newspapers, so I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines easier to        . My speech came back, and I learned how to read again,      much more slowly. I spent more time with my family, and     myself to slow down.

 Now, 10 years later, my relationship with my    is deeper than ever. We have     to be very patient with each other. I’m no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who    10 books a week. I’m a family man with aphasia, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s good.

35． A. once again B. as usual C. in time         D. at last

36． A. smoothly B. patiently C. worriedly     D. slowly

37． A. radio B. computer C. phone         D. typewriter

38． A. friends B. coaches C. colleagues     D. roommates

39．A. Means      B. proves C. explains         D. admits

40． A. discovery B. goal C. ability         D. reason

41．A. Seeing   B. teaching C. describing     D. greeting

42．A. receive  B. repeat C. reunite         D. rebuild

43．A. easy      B. delightful     C. functional     D. fast

44．A. exciting B. busy C. interesting     D. short

45．A. afraid B. anxious C. ready         D. right

46．A. trying B. preparing C. focusing         D. asking

47． A. similar B. strange C. special         D. simple

48．A. produce B. recognize C. manage         D. arrange

49．A. create B. understand C. write         D. believe

50．A. since B. though C. unless          D. when

51．A. allowed B. expected C. advised          D. ordered

52．A. books B. illness C. doctors          D. family

53．A. decided B. chosen C. continued      D. learned

54． A. sells B. delivers C. reads          D. collects

 I________ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident________.

A．went; was occurring      B．went；occurred

C．was going; occurred       D．was going; had occurred

She is working hard all day long，which will surely________ her success in her future work.

A．result from       B．contribute to

C．benefit from      D．stick to

A walk in a farmers’ market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locally-farmed protein (蛋白质) choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which they grew. More and more local small farms are popping up in opposition to factory farms.

Today’s commercial farms do not fit the image that comes to mind while happily singing along to “Old McDonald.” Instead, most of the nation’s food comes from CAFOs – Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations – where animals are kept in tightly enclosed conditions as they are fattened up and readied to be killed for food.

Fortunately, knowing exactly where one’s food comes from has led to an increase in the availability of what is known as “grass-fed” beef. Technically, all cattle are grass-fed for at least a limited amount of time, but what makes the meat significant is that it is grass-finished, not force-fed corn, soy or grains. This change in diet makes all the difference since corn is not part of the cow’s traditional diet, and therefore causes major health issues for it. To deal with the health issues, antibiotics (抗生素) are used and some of the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans, so they can decrease the effectiveness of medicine when a consumer is sick.

A healthier diet for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories. And when cooking grass-fed beef, you’d better use a slightly lower temperature to make it more delicious.

24. The underlined words popping up ( 1st Para.) probably means              .

A. improving         B. appearing               C. profiting           D. fading

25. The song “Old McDonald” describes             .

A. commercial “farms providing fast food      

B. commercial farms providing unpopular foods

C. animals raised freely on local farms

D. animals kept in tightly enclosed conditions

26. Some medicines are less effective for beef consumers probably because              .

A. some cattle feed on grains

B. all cattle eat grass

C. some antibiotics are used by both cattle and people

D. some medicines are used to treat sick cattle

27. We can infer from the text that                .

A. food from local farms can help add to the variety in our daily meals

B. soy or grains are on the list of traditional diets of the cattle

C. corn for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories

D. low temperature makes grass-fed beef more delicious

 Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back. That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous (宽宏大量的)；be understanding.
  Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.
  Generosity  means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, or enjoy, like our hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.
  Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve . Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.
  No two friendships are ever exactly alike (相同). But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty. Generosity and understanding.
10. Some friendships don’t last very long because        .
   A. there are too many people who want to make friends.
  B. they don’t know friendship is something serious
C. those who give others friendships receive friendships from others
D. those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others
11.According to the passage , honesty is          .
A. as important as money            B. more important than anything else 
C. something countable             D. the base of a friendship 
12. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?
A. A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.
B. Always tell your friend the truth.
C. Discussing your problems with your friend often helps to solve the problem.
D. Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value.

 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改所造英语句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每句中只有一处错误。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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

81. This club consists more than 200 members.   

82. It seemed that the water was to be blame.       

83. First degree burns will turn white when pressing.  

84. We laugh at jokes, but seldom we think about how they work. 

85. He treats his elder sister as if she is a stranger.