If you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. Do you need it for a __41__ reason, such as your job or your studies? __42__ perhaps you are interested in the __43___, films or the music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a __44___ of the language.
    Most people learn best using a variety of __45__, but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people. They __46_ an environment where you can practice with the __47_ of someone who’s good at the language. We all lead __48__ lives and learning a language takes __49__. You will have more success if you study regularly, so try to make a __50__. It doesn’t matter if you haven’t got long. Becoming fluent in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes __51__.Many people start learning a language and soon give up. “I’m too __52__,” they say. Yes, children do learn languages more __53__ than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any __54__. And learning is good for the health of your brain, too. I’ve also heard people __55__ about the mistakes they make when __56__. Well, relax and laugh about your mistakes __57__ you’re much less likely to make them again.
    Learning a new language is never __58__. But with some work and devotion, you’ll make progress. And you’ll be __59__ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in __60__ own language. Good luck!
41. A. technical          B. political      C. practical          D. physical
42. A. after              B. or              C. though          D. so
43. A. medicine       B. transport      C. agriculture     D. literature
44. A knowledge       B. view            C. form            D. database
45. A paintings       B. writing             C. methods     D. computers
46. A. provide        B. change              C. respect        D. protect
47. A. control         B. command       C. pressure           D. help
48. A. happy               B. busy          C. simple         D. normal
49. A. courage         B. energy        C . time          D. place
50. A. theory              B. plan           C. business       D. project
51. A. some risks            B. some notes  C. a lot less         D. a lot more
52. A. nervous         B. old           C. weak           D. tired
53. A. quickly          B. closely       C. privately          D. quietly
54. A. school           B. speed            C. distance           D. age   

55. A. hesitate         B. worry        C. think          D. quarrel
56. A. learning         B. working      C. bargaining     D. singing  

57. A. if                  B. but           C. and            D. before
58. A. tiresome        B. easy          C. interesting     D. hard     

59. A. amazed          B. blamed        C. interrupted    D. informed
60. A. your            B. his           C. our            D their    

    Described by The Washington Post as “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe” and by The New York Times as “one of the great companies of the world,” the Martha Graham Dance Company returns on their 90th Anniversary Tour. A pioneer of modern dance, Martha Graham revolutionized dance with her unconventional movement language and socially charged exploration of spiritual and emotional themes. The company continues to foster Graham’s spirit, inspiring new generations of choreographers (编舞者) and dance lovers. The dance will be performed in Meany Studio Theatre from May 18 to May 22, 2016.

    The multi-award winning Heath Quartet is a young UK-based quartet with a strong international presence. Their playing is thrilling. The Heath Quartet are active cooperators with some of the world’s most important new music composers and will perform a program that includes a work by the British composer Michael Tippet.

    This performance will be given at 7:30 on 27^th October in Meany Theatre. And it is currently only available as part of a Meany Center subscription package. Subscribe today to guarantee your seat.

    The Henry presents an exhibition of black walnut sculptures by American artist Paul McCarthy. Ranging in height from four to fourteen feet, the works that occupy the museum’s lower level gallery are the product of the artist’s interest in the nineteenth-century German folktale Schneewittchen (Snow White) and Walt Disney’s beloved 1937 animated classic film.

    The exhibition will be on Sat, March 5 (All day) to Sun, September 11 (All day) in Henry Art Gallery. It is free for Henry members, students and children. $10 General Admission; $6 Seniors (62+). Buy now.

56. We can learn from the passage that _______.

   A. the Dance company has performed 90 times in Meany Theatre

   B. the young Heath Quartet enjoys a good reputation worldwide

   C. Paul McCarthy got inspiration only from folktales in Germany

   D. the audience can buy tickets to enjoy these art events now

57. The passage is intended to _______.

   A. present information of art events              B. persuade people to buy tickets

   C. advertise for promising artists                D. call on the public to appreciate art

 —It shouldn’t take long to clear up after the party if we all _______to help.

  —That’s right. Many hands make light work. 

  A. hesitate   B. reach   C. volunteer    D. Enjoy

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。

Last week, I take part in the Cultural Exchange Week. I enjoyed myself in England. I visited city museum and several place of interest, which made me have better understanding of the English society, culture and history.

What’s more, I was luckily enough to meet my pen friend Tom there. I stayed at his home. And I’ll never forget the days when we spent together. When I left England, he offered to me a dictionary as a gift. It’s of great help with me to learn English. I will make full use of them and learn English good.

I hope Tom will come to China when it’s convenience for him!

Many years ago, when I was fresh out of school and working in Denver, I was driving to my parents' home in Missouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Oklahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register(收款台), I said hello to an older couple who were also paying for gas.

I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend's. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon afterward, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.

Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon, I returned to my car and found that I'd left the lights on all day, and the battery was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford dealership — a shop selling cars — was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.

"Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?" I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks. I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank you, and it meant a lot, he said.

"Thank you" — two powerful words. They're easy to say and mean so much.

24．The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City ________.

  A. to visit a friend                   B. to see his parents

  C. to pay at the cash register           D. to have more gas for his car

25．What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?

A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.    B. The couple sent him a business card.

  C. He called his friend for help.             D. The couple offered to help him.

26．The battery of the author’s car was dead because ________.

  A. something went wrong with the lights     B. the meeting lasted a whole day

  C. he forgot to turn off the lights            D. he drove too long a distance

27．By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show ________.

  A. how to write a thank-you letter          B. the importance of expressing thanks

  C. the kind-heartedness of older people      D. how to deal with car problems

Theme Parks

     Parks provide people   61     a place to amuse   62     for a while. In recent decades,   63     , many parks have been designed to provide  64    (entertan). We call them theme parks. Then new parks are usually huge places and have a  65    of things to see and do. Theme Parks have a certain theme--that the whole parks are based66  . The   67    (old) theme park in the world is Disneyland. It seemed like a magical world which can make your dream come true But if you are interested in traditional culture and history, go to Dollywood,  68   you can have fun   69    (learn) all about America's historical southeastern culture, then you can go to Camelot Park,   70    world of fantasy about ancient England

There was a chemistry class on Monday for Alice to attend. Unluckily, she was not on time for school in that morning. She looked little tired when she met her chemistry teacher, Miss Green. She had apologized for her being lately. Miss Green asked that there was something wrong with her. The girl said that she was all right, but she didn't have many sleep last night. She went to a football game but took some pictures. After get home, she was busy developing(冲洗) them. She stayed up till midnight. Miss Green told him to get more sleep at night. Alice promises not to do that again. Then Alice showed Miss Green her beautiful picture.

Remember to send me a photo of us next time you ___ to me. (write)

51. The town has changed beyond __________(认出) since I was last here.

52. He lost his __________（胃口，食欲） because of his sorrow.

53. He entered the room without teacher’s __________(允许).

54. Please come at your __________(方便), and you will be welcome.

55. Most __________(申请人) know they have little chance of getting a visa.

56. Necessity is the mother of __________(发明).

57. My eyes slowly grew __________(适应，习惯) to the dark.

58. Envy is a __________(普遍的，全体的) weakness of people.

59. I __________(赞同) of your trying to make some money, but please don’t neglect your study.

60. The pattern of injuries is __________(一致的，吻合的) with an attack with a knife.

61. It seemed as if battle against racial __________(歧视) was being won.

62. His casual clothes were not __________（适合的，恰当的）for such a formal occasion.

63. He was a __________(代表) of Russia to the UN.

64. A rare snowstorm __________(横扫，扫过) across the region yesterday.

65. Without her timely assistance, we would never have won the __________(竞争，竞赛).

 In America, it is often the judges, rather than the politicians __________ make the big decision __________ will effect people’s life. 

A. which; that    B. which; which    C. that; who      D. who; that

Golf has always prides itself on its standards and rich tradition. But increasingly a victim of its own image and conventional ways, golf has lost five million players in the last decades, according to the National Golf Foundation, with 20 percentage of the existing 25 million golfers tending to quit in the next few years. People under 35 have especially rejected the game, saying it takes too long to play, too difficult to learn and has too many tiresome rules.

    Many of golf’s leaders are so convinced the sport is in danger of following the baby boomer generation (born between the years 1946 and 1964) into the grave that they start an alternative movement leading to unconventional forms of golf with new equipment, new rules and revolutionary changes to courses.

    Among the unconventional types of golf is an entry-level version in which the holes are 15 inches wide, about four times the width of a standard one. A 15-inch-hole event was held here at the Reynolds Plantation resort on Monday. It featured the top professional golfers Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose.

    “A 15-inch-hole could help junior golfers, beginning golfers and older golfers score better, play faster and like golf more,” said Garcia.

    Rose said he was planning to use an expanded hole to reintroduce the game to his five-year-old son, who rejected the game recently after he had grown tired of failing at it.

    Golf still ranks among the US’s top 10 recreational sports activities, and given its tradition, it is no surprise that all golfers don’t agree with the alternative movement.

    “I don’t want to reform the game and cheapen it,” said Curtis Strange, a two-time United States Open Champion and an analyst for ESPN. “I don’t like any of that staff. And, it’s not going to happen, either. It’s all talk.”

    But Ted Bishop, the president of the PGA of America, argues that it is those purists’ worry that has held the sport back for 20 years. “I went to a golf club’s 125^th anniversary dinner not long ago, and the absolute majority of the people in the room were over 55,” said Bishop. “We should be asking, ‘on that club’s 150^th anniversary, who’s going to attend?’”

28. According to the passage, golf ________.      .

  A. is unpopular among the young people            B. has 20, 000,000 golf players now

  C. has caused too much trouble to people            D. is developing rapidly over the years

29. The golf leaders in favor of an alternative movement ________.     .

  A. hope to attract more elder golf players            B. feel worried about the game’s future

  C. experience rejection from all the golfers           D. decide to improve security on the golf course

30. what do we learn about the golf event held on Monday?

  A. It was set up especially for young children.        B. It proved to be more difficult to play than usual.

  C. It used holes much wider than the standard ones.    D. It was a practical experiment of the traditional golf.

31. Which of the following can describe Ted Bishop’s attitude towards reforming golf?

  A. Opposite           B. Indifferent         C. Critical       D. Supportive

There is growing concern about food insecurity in the developing world. Rising food prices, weather emergencies and political problems are deepening the struggle for families in many countries.

   Three UN agencies have published a report recently, saying high prices are likely to continue. Gregory Barrow, who is with the World Food Program in Rome, says, “If you look at the places where the World Food Program works, particularly in developing countries, you see people who might be spending more than 60 percent of their salary in purchasing food for their families.”

   East Africa is suffering its worst drought in years. In Kenya, at least three and a half million people are going hungry, mostly in the north. Yet food is going to waste in central Kenya. Now, farmers there want the government to buy their food and give it to those in need. Farmers say bad roads and lack of transportation make it difficult for them to get their produce to the market.

   Mr. Barrow says, “It needs the government to make some arrangements such as providing transport. They can buy it at a good price, then give it to those people instead of asking for food from overseas, which is very bad. When we are throwing away food, they are asking for food from overseas.”

   Economists say that imports reduce local food prices, decrease productivity(生产效率) and increase the dependency on other countries. Farmers in Kenya hope the government can pay higher prices for their crops so that they can feed more Kenyans.

32. What is the best title for this passage?

A.    Kenya Imports Food from Abroad

B.    World Food Program in Rome.

C.    The Poor Suffer from High Food Prices.

D.    A Report Published by Three UN Agencies.

33.What do we know about Kenya from the passage?

A.    The people in central Kenya are suffering from hunger.

B.    At least three and a half million Kenyans lack food.

C.    The Kenyan government wants to improve road conditions.

D.    People in northern Kenya refuse to ask for food from overseas.

34. What does “they” in the fourth paragraph refer to? 111]

A.    The people of northern Kenya.  B.      Government officials.

C.    The farmers of central Kenya.   D.     Kenyan economists.

35. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to this passage?

A.    Gregory Barrow suggests that Kenya make good use of overseas food.

B.    People in northern Kenya are suffering the drought less than the central.

C.    Economists believe importing food from abroad may cause problems.

D. Kenyan government hopes to buy the native crops at higher prices.

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49. If you buy two reading lamps and a spare bulb, how much should you pay?

   A. ￡93.1             B. ￡98            C. ￡101        D. ￡105.9

50. If you have placed your order on Tuesday evening, your lamp will most probably be sent______.

   A. on Tuesday evening          B. on Wednesday morning

   C. next Monday                D. before 3pm next Tuesday

51. The next is probably taken from ________.

   A. a news report                B. a science magazine

   C. a product description          D. a shopping website

 ______ the message to it’s leg, he set the bird loose.

  A. To attach     B. Attached    C.   Attaching     D. Attaches

Generally speaking,                        according to the directions, the drug has no side effects.

A. when taking                                                    B. when taken

C. when to take                                                  D. when to be taken

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。作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处修改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（∧），并在其下面写出修改后的词。
删除：在错的词下划一横线，并在改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。
      It was about 6 o’clock in the afternoon when I was walking along the road, heading home from school. The wind blew so hard that, all of sudden an advertising board by the roadside was blew down to the ground. Before realizing that had happened, I was knocked down by the fallen board. I feel great pain in my leg and could not move. At that moment, a man who ran up to help me. Seen I was badly hurt, he drove me to the hospital immediate. After calling my parents, the man left without leaving my name and address. What I remember is that he is a middle-aged man, I want to finding the man and express my thank.

下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词

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

Winters in parts of the United States can be cold and, at the times, snowy. Sometimes violent storms with high winds combine with high temperatures to produce heavily snowfall. It turns a dirty city into a winter

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man can not see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green--- a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”, which help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods” but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes (蚊子) like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around.

29．Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A．Women are more careful than men.

B．There are fewer color-blind women.

C．Women are better at driving than men.

D．Women are physically weaker but quicker in thinking

30.This passage is mainly about ________.

A．color and its surprising effects

B．women being luckier than men

C．danger caused by color blindness

D．color blindness

31.According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”， we can ________.

A．tell orange from yellow

B．see in weak light

C．kill mosquitoes

D．tell different shapes

32.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a ________.

A．red light B．yellow light  C．blue light D．green light

        I’m willing to help, I do not  have  much  time  available.

  A. When           B. Ｗhile                   C. As                    D. Beacause

Whatsonstage.com is the UK’s biggest and best online guide to the performing arts including theatre, opera, classical music, dance and so on.

◆The Lion King

Musical: The stage adaptation of the Disney film taken from an original African story. A young lion grows up and learns that taking over the pride requires wisdom and maturity(成熟).

Place: Lyceum Theatre, Wellington Street, London

Telephone: 0870 243 9000

Date: Friday, 18 Nov. 2013

Ticket price:￡37.5

◆Oliver

Musical: Dickens’ story of a boy in a London workhouse and his adventures on the way to discovering his family. The songs include Food glorious food, You’ve got to pick a pocket or two， Who will buy this wonderful morning，I am reviewing the situation and Consider yourself at home.

Place: Theatre Royal, Catherine Street, London

Telephone: 020 7494 5061

Date: Thursday, 17 Nov. 2013

Ticket price: ￡25 but now save 20%

◆Jersey Boys

Musical: It tells the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: the blue-collar kids from New Jersey formed a singing group and became famous. The musical features many of the group’s popular songs such as Big girls don’t cry, Oh, What a night and Can’t take my eyes off you.

Place: Prince Edward Theatre, Old Compton Street, London

Telephone: 0870 850 9191

Date: Saturday, 9 Nov. 2013

Ticket price:￡22.5

◆All’s Well That Ends Well

Play: A romantic story. Helena, daughter of a poor physician, loves Bertram, son of a Countess(女伯爵).

Place: Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Park Street, London

Telephone: 020 7401 9919

Date: Sunday, 20 Nov. 2013

Ticket price: ￡40.5

63.  If Mary is available on Friday, which of the following should she call to buy a ticket?

A.    0870 850 9191                                   B.    020 7494 5061

C.    0870 243 9000                                   D.    020 7401 9919

64.  If you want to buy a ticket at a discount, you should go to __________.

A.        Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre               B.  Theatre Royal

C.  Prince Edward Theatre                        D.  Lyceum Theatre