_{Last year, my brother and I went to Mianyang for a vacation．Some of my friends who had been there before said ___1___ was a wonderful holiday destination．Before we went, we had planned for months．When the day came, we were ready.
    After our plane landed, we went to the hotel．We had made our reservation six months ___2___ （early）, but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake．We ___3___（tell）that our rooms hadn’t been reserved for that week, but for the week after．I didn’t understand why this would happen and my credit card had already been ___4___ (charge) for the reservation．What’s worse, the hotel had been fully booked．When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out．She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on __5__ top floor．We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren’t charged extra.}

 “I grew up on Jackson’s music and I still have all his stuff on My iPod. I think that Michael Jackson will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers. His brilliance as a performance also was paired with a tragic and in many ways，sad personal life.”

Michael Jackson was a singer，songwriter，dancer and celebrity icon with a vast catalog of hit records and countless awards to his credit. Beyond that，he had transfixed the world like few entertainers before or since. As a solo performer，he had enjoyed a level of superstardom previously known   ——Barack Obama

only to Elvis Presley，the Beatles and  Frank Sinatra.

Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the 80s’，and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29,1958.The fifth and youngest son of steelworker Joe Jackson，Michael displayed a talent for music and dance from an extremely young age. His father began to organize a family musical group around his three eldest sons in 1962，and Michael joined them the following year，quickly establishing himself as a dynamic stage performer. Dubbed the Jackson 5，the group signed to Motown in 1968 and issued their debut single in October 1969，when Michael was just 11 years old. I Want You Back，ABC，The Love You Save and I’ll Be There all hit number one in 1970，making the Jackson 5 the first group in pop history to have their first four singles top the charts. Later in 1972，Jackson had his first number one solo single，Ben. In 1977，he met producer/composer Quincy Jones for the first time. With Jones producing，Jackson recorded his first solo album as an adult，Off the Wall.

Released（发行） in 1982，the Quincy Jones produced Thriller refined the strengths of Off the Wall：the dance and rock tracks were more driving，the pop tunes and ballads softer and more soulful，and all of it was recognizably Michael. There was no surprise that Thriller was a hit；what was a surprise was its staying power .Jackson’s duet with McCartney，The Girl Is Mine，was a natural single choice，and it peaked at number two；then Billie Jean and the Van Halen track Beat It both hit number one，for seven and three weeks respectively.

Michael Jackson died from heart disease on June 25 at age 50.

29. According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?

A. Barack Obama likes Michael Jackson’s song very much.

B. Barack Obama and Michael Jackson are good friends.

C. Michael is good at music as well as at dance.

D. Michael Jackson had his first number one solo single when he was 14 years old.

30. Choose the right time order of the following events....

a．Barack Obama，President of the US，assessed the whole life of Michael Jackson.

b．The family musical group signed to Motown.

c．Michael joined the family musical group.

d．His father began to organize a family musical group.

e．Thriller became a hit.

A. a－c－e－b－d    B. d－c－b－e－a

C. b－e－a－c－d    D. d－e－b－c－a

31. What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Michael Jackson’s job.

B. How Michael Jackson performed.

C. Michael Jackson’s great achievements.

D. Michael Jackson’s life.

 ______, he accepted the prize.

A. Surprised and happy                             B. Surprising and happily                     

C. Surprised and happily                                D. Surprise and happiness

Going to college is a new experience full of excitement of the unknown. Socialization is a big thing for college students and it is common to feel a little uncomfortable going into a situation where everyone is a stranger. You may probably miss your friends from high   school.36   College is a great opportunity to make new lifelong friends. The question    is: how?

▲Get to know your roommate. You may find you have lots of things in common with your roommate, but even if you are completely different from each other, with a little effort and understanding the two of   you may become best friends.

▲　  37       　

If you leave your door open, this shows that you welcome visitors. As a result people will naturally stop in and say hello. Closed doors are not likely to bring many visitors and    those who stay locked up in their rooms may give others the impression of being cold.   Other students will be less likely to stop in and build a new friendship.

▲Join clubs or organizations.

　　Getting involved in organized societies is a great way to meet new people.　 38　By staying active in college groups such as clubs and organizations you can meet lots of  people with whom you share common interests.

▲Talk to classmates.

39   　Starting conversations in class is a great opportunity to meet people who are  interested in the same kind of studies as you are. Short friendly discussions can build    lifelong friendships.

▲Try out for a sport. If you' re athletic, trying out for a sport will do for you the same thing that joining a club will do.　 40

A. Close the door to keep away from theft.

B. Hang a welcome sign on your dorm room.

C. It also helps you get more familiar with the campus.

D. Your roommate is the first person you will have close contact with.

E. You will instantly meet a large group of people who share your interests in sports.

F. Get to know your classmates as you'll be spending several months with them.

G. Trying actively to find new friends can help ease the feelings of being lonely.

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for family, health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into a business.

Traditionally, the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals(个人) long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a shift into a culture that values material wealth（财富） over spending time with loved ones. People are willing to force their way through the crowds in their desperate search for marked-down sweaters and necklaces.

In recent years, Thanksgiving has become a pre-Black Friday holiday for many families. They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first. By drawing individuals out to shopping centers with "matchless savings", businesses encourage this behavior of ignoring Thanksgiving. Many families take their home-cooked meals while camping out at the door of shopping centers. With each new year, Thanksgiving is becoming victim to over-commercialized（过度商业化）society—changing from a meaningful time for family to a day devoted to products and shopping.

Black Friday has shown that with current common standards(标准), people cannot even set aside a single day to appreciate what they already have without immediately buying more. Families have lost sight of what is truly important in life, and have found reasons in debating between a low cost HD television and an appreciation for what they already have. Remember, Thanksgiving should be a day in which people are grateful for all that they have.

12．What does the underlined word "this" in paragraph 2 probably refers to?

A. The sign of a shift.    B. The true value of Thanksgiving.

C. The shopping crowd.    D. The material wealth.

13．In recent years, what will many families do when thanksgiving comes?

A. They’ll visit some newly-opened shopping centers in advance.

B. They’ll choose a big store for their first visit.

C. They’ll make full preparations for the Black Friday shopping.

D. They’ll go camping at the gate of shopping center for a good deal.

14．In the last paragraph, the author mainly intends to tell us that we should ______.

A. appreciate what we've possessed with our families

B. stay with our families as long as we can

C. try to spend less to get low cost products

D. set aside a single day to buy more

15．What's the author’s attitude towards the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving?

A. puzzled    B. unconcerned

C. happy    D. worried

As computers become all the more popular in China, Chinese people are increasingly depending on computer keyboards to input Chinese characters. But if they use the computer too much, they may end up forgetting the exact strokes (笔画) of each Chinese character when writing on paper. Experts suggest people, especially students, write by hand more.

Do you write by hand more or type more? In Beijing, students start using a computer as early as primary school. And computer dependence is more widely spread among university students. Almost all their assignment and essays are typed on a computer.

All the students interviewed say they usually use a computer.

It’s faster and easier to correct if using a computer. And that’s why computers are being applied more and more often to modern education. But when people are taking stock in computers increasingly, problems appear.

“When I’m writing with a pen, I find I often can’t remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it.”

“I’m not in the mood to write when faced with a pen and paper.”

Many students don’t feel this is something to worry about. Now that it’s more convenient and efficient to write on a computer, why bother to handwrite?

Many educators think differently. Shi Liwei, headmaster of a famous primary school in the capital said, “ Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic (审美的) value. But those characters typed with computer keyboards only maintain their practical value. All the artistic beauty of the characters is lost. And handwriting contains the writer’s emotion. Through one’s handwriting, people can get to know one’s thinking and personality. Beautiful writing will give people a better first impression of them.”

To encourage students to handwrite more, many primary schools in Beijing have made writing classes compulsory（必修的）and in universities, some professors are asking students to turn in their homework and essays written by hand.

32. The underlined expression “taking stock in” in paragraph 4 probably means___.

A. getting bored with      B. getting dependent on

C. becoming crazy about D. getting curious about

33. The students interviewed prefer to write using a computer mainly because____.

A. they can correct the mistakes they make quickly and conveniently

B. they are usually asked to e-mail their homework and essays

C. they find it not easy to remember how to write a character

D. computers have become a trend and fashion in China

34. Which of the following statement is NOT true of the advantage of handwriting?

A. Handwriting contains the writer’s emotions.

B. Chinese characters enjoy both practical and aesthetic value.

C. Handwriting can impress people well and build one’s self-confidence.

D. The writer’s thinking and personality are shown in his or her handwriting.

35. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. To Type or to Handwrite.

B. The Importance of Handwriting and Typing.

C. Writing by Computer Will Replace Writing by Hand.

D. Practical and Aesthetic Value of Chinese Characters.

   Events

Long March exhibit

The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60^th 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 soing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium in Peace Park an attraction for chidren. 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.

28. 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

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。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(＼)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。

I’m a Chinese boy aging 17 and I’m crazy about music. It is one of the most important thing in my life. I listen music whenever I can. I have a minidisk player, with it I can have access to music whether walking in the street or ride on the bus. At home, there has a CD player in my room, and the music is on all the time.

I like rock music best of all. My favorite band is Rolling Stones, which had produced 40 albums since 1966. It happened that there was a living concert of Rolling Stones last Sunday. I decided to go. It was a great fun. I am also fond of classical music. I especially enjoy playing Beethoven once I’m doing my homework.

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。

There are bound to be question marks over our future, so we often think of future. We often wonder that the world will like a hundred years’ time.

Think of space. Perhaps a permanent station on the moon will have been set up. Perhaps people will be able to visit the moon as tourist. Cheap rockets for space travel will have been developed, permitted long journeys through the solar system. When that time come, people will be taking holidays in space and visiting another planets. Great progress will have been made in medicine, too.

Pollution have been controlled in a hundred years’ time.

All the world will have been developed—even Antarctica. We will have used up many of the earth’s land to build our cities, therefore floating the cities will have been built. The Japanese have already plans in this kind. And there will be cities under the sea.

  Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who it was that invented them.
  Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business.Every day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carry.
  One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.
  On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention.
  But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.
  After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied.
  But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real customers gradually began copying the phony customers.
  As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people come—those who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater number of items than before.
  Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s original model. Perhaps that’s one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart.

4.What do the underlined words “ chrome-plated contraptions” in the first paragraph refer to?
A.Baskets.                          B.Private cars.
C.Suitcases.                        D.Shopping carts.
5.What was the purpose of Goldman’s invention?
A.It was to prove him to be a good inventor.
B.It was to reduce the burden of his employees' work.
C.It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.
D.It was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market.
6.Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to   
A.attract people to buy things in his market
B.encourage people to use his shopping carts
C.make his market different from the others
D.keep the groceries from being stolen
7.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.Goldman will become very famous because of his invention.
B.Goldman's invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world.
C.Supermarket business has benefited a lot from Goldman's invention.
D.There will be nothing that can replace Goldman's invention.

There have always been a lot of commonly believed but false ideas about being fat and doing exercise. Some people believe that they can’t help putting on weight as they get older, while others hold that if they stop exercising, their muscles will turn into fat. Here are some more myths:

I’ll never lose weight --- I come from a fat family

Wrong! While we can’t change the body type we are born with, we can’t blame our genes for making us fat. There’s plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families, and the main reason is that they share the same habits of eating too much and exercise too little.

I am fat because I burn calories slowly

Wrong! Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism(新陈代谢). If fact, although fat people consume more energy that slim people, they also fail to realize how much they eat! Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately.

Exercise is boring

Wrong! Anything will become boring if you do it repetitively. The key is to develop a balanced and varied program that’s fun as well as progressive. If you enjoy a Sunday walk, take a different route. If you do Yoga, try a tai chi class. If you like swimming, set yourself a distance or time challenge.

No pain, no gain

Wrong! Exercise is not meant to hurt. Indeed, pain is your body telling you something’s wrong, and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury. You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly, but this your body adapting to the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear relatively quickly. If you don’t, rest and seek medical advice.

9．What does the author think about being fat?

A.It is the family genes that make people fat.

B.People are fat because they consume too little energy.

C.A diary of exercise can prevent people from becoming fat.

D.It is the consequence of people’s unbalanced lifestyle.

10．According to the author, how can we make exercise more interesting?

11．What is the author’s opinion about “No pain, no gain” in exercising?

A.Keeping fit is essentially a painful experience.

B.Exercise should be stopped if continuous pain is felt.

C.Pain in exercise is a precondition for reaching your goal.

D.Getting used to pain leads to positive changes in your body.

12．What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To declare the importance of keeping fit.

B.To clarify some misconceptions about fatness and exercise.

C.To confirm what has long been believed about keeping fit.

D.To explain some medical facts about being fat and doing exercise.

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people. Luckily there’re small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of 41. One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. 42 doing this one day, I got to 43 a young homeless man, He was often 44the magazine at the train station.

He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I discovered that his 45 was close to mine. It 46 that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year 47 after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without 48, I asked if he had had a good day. He 49 and said that he hadn’t really celebrated. I felt so 50. I just couldn’t bear the thought of this nice, young man being 51 on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn（纱线） basket. 52 for me, I had enough yarn 53 . I set to work and knitted（编织）a 54 for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty 55 I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be 56 when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had 57 to meet him so I had 58 the scarf and a piece of my own birthday 59 around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The 60 in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

41. A. work           B. energy              C. money           D. experience

42. A. In              B. On                C. Besides         D. By

43. A. realize           B. ignore             C. know            D. recognize

44. A. selling    B. reading             C. covering          D. buying

45. A. birthday         B. house       C. height            D. hobby

46. A. said             B. found              C. guessed          D. meant

47. A. long            B. shortly              C. ever             D. even

48. A. stopping         B. helping             C. praising            D.thinking

49. A. looked up      B. turned up            C. looked down       D. got down

50. A. foolish          B. excited             C. clever             D. worried

51. A. calm           B. happy             C. alone              D. hungry

52. A. Suddenly        B. Luckily             C. Badly       D. However

53. A. used           B. done              C. left                 D. produced

54. A. scarf          B. cap               C. sock               D. glove

55. A. when           B. because           C. so                 D. and

56. A. different        B. dry                C. wet                D. clean

57. A. liked           B. hoped             C. promised           D. agreed

58. A. made          B. thrown             C. received     D. carried

59. A. cake          B. present      C. song              D. party

60. A. light           B. pain                C. sight        D. tear

 (1) Let’s_________（假定）the statement to be true.

(2) She________(滑跤) on the wet floor and fell.

(3) Up till now She_________(轻敲)a typewriter for two hours.

(4) His opening ________(谈论，言论)were serious.

(5) As with any standards, they must be ________(合情理的) applied.  

(6) The thief escaped without p________.

(7) The tower of the church was s________ by lightning.

(8) Don’t  i________ the speaker; ask your questions afterwards.

(9) He who s________ the right moment is the right man.

(10) The strong sunlight has f________ the window curtains.

In a cold winter, a couple had to move out from the luxury villa because of bankruptcy. The husband worked day and night to support the family but with no care of his wife. So she thought, “he doesn’t love me anymore, he just cares his business… not me”.

One day, she began to take a bath, he stopped her at the door, “Let me take it first, OK?” “Why not let me shower first?” she asked. “I was tired, sweetie, you take it later, OK?” She was totally depressed.

On a morose(闷闷不乐的）day, she found nothing to do and turned on his computer, a few words blurred her eyes...It was his diary:

Today, I was quite sad, she asked me why I was always taking the bath first, and I said to her, I was exhausted. She was unhappy, in her mind, I treated her not as well as usual, but how can I do? I wasn’t as rich as before! We moved to the small apartment, there was only a shower in such a freezing winter. But I found that if one person took the shower first, the room could get a little warm, so every time I rushed to the bathroom first. I was thinking that, when she took the shower, the room would get warmer, at least1℃, 2℃or 3℃.

Now I can’t give her comfortable life, bring her the luxury restaurant, buy expensive dresses for her, but at least, I can give her 1℃ love.

21. Why was the husband always taking the bath first?

A.     Because he was tired from work.

B.     Because he didn’t love her anymore.

C.     Because he wanted to get the bathroom warmer.

D.     Because he treated his wife not as well as usual.

22. What does the underlined word “bankruptcy” in the first paragraph probably mean?

A.      crash        B. moving     C. diseases          D. failure

23. The best title of the passage may be ______.

A.     A trouble     B. 1℃ love    C. Husband and wife  D. A romantic love story

A survey has shown that what you do on a plane can be determined by which nationality is listed on your passport.

According to the results of an international passenger survey, Australians are the biggest drinkers on board with 36 percent choosing to down the hatch(干杯), compared to 35 percent of Americans and 33 percent of Brits.

The Airline Passenger Experience Association(APEX) spoke to around 1,500 people, aged 18 and older, who have travelled by plane at least once during the last three months and were living in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia and Brazil.

The results found Chinese travelers are most likely to nod off once the seat-belt sign switches off. They are also the first to take out their credit card for some in-flight shopping and the biggest fans of gaming. Americans on the other hand like to use their time in the air more productively—when not drinking—choosing to work while flying at 35,000 feet.

Meanwhile, Brits and Germans are the best at making chat with random strangers—spending 50 percent more time than any other nationality. Comparatively, Brazilians conduct their conversations online via email, messaging apps or social media.

Despite plane food having a bad reputation, seven out of ten interviewees said they were happy to eat up on the selection of in-flight snacks and meals. In-flight magazines were also popular with four out of five passengers.

The international flyers did however express their desire for better in-flight entertainment. “The industry has greatly improved the comfort, entertainment and onboard service, and passengers are accepting those improvements” said Russell Lemieux, APEX executive director. “At the same time, passengers are demanding more from their air travel experiences which will drive more improvements touching all aspects of the journey. ” he added.

12. What can you probably see in the flight according to the passage?

A. Brazilians choose to drink.                  B. Americans do in-flight shopping.

C. Germans chat to kill the time.               D. The Chinese switch off the seat-belt sign.

13. When on board the plane, ______.

A. passengers from one nation have little in common

B. most passengers like to read in-flight magazines

C. more than half of the passengers don’t enjoy plane food 

D. most people tend to use in-flight time to have a good sleep.

14. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Flyers care little about entertainment.   

B. Flyers are not satisfied with the improvements.

C. Flyers are expecting better flight experiences.

D. Flyers have more and more demands from airlines.

15. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A. To entertain readers with interesting stories.   B. To encourage people to behave well in public.

C. To criticize impolite behaviors on the plane.    D. To inform readers of the results of a survey.

A Leap（跳跃）to Honor

Leaping on a narrow balance beam（平衡木） is not easy. But Lola Walter, a 13-year-old gymnast, is an expert at it. To perfect her skills, Lola   41   for four hours a day, five days a week. At the state championships in March, she finished seventh out of 16 girls.

That’s especially impressive.   42   she is legally blind, born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift constantly. She often sees double and can’t   43   how far away things are.

When she was little, her mom   44   that even though she couldn’t see   45   , she was fearless. So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three. She loved the   46   right away and gymnastics became her favorite.

Though learning gymnastics has been more   47   for her than for some of her tournaments, she has never quit. She doesn’t let her   48   stop her from doing anything that she wants to.

She likes the determination it takes to do the sport. Her biggest    49   is the balance beam. Because she has double vision, she often sees two beams. She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine. Sometimes she even closes her eyes. ‘You have to    50   your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go.’ says Lola.

To be a top-level gymnast, one must be brave. The beam is probably the most   51   for anyone because it’s four inches wide. At the state competition, Lola didn’t fall   52   the beam. In fact, she got an 8.1 out of 10---- her highest score yet.

Lola doesn’t want to be   53    differently from the other girls on her team. At the competitions, the judges don’t know about her vision   54    . She doesn’t tell them, because she doesn’t think they need to know. Her mom is amazed by her   55   attitude.

Lola never thinks about   56   . She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics. Her   57   is to reach level 9. She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids   58   she grew up.

Lola is   59   of all her hard work and success. She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics, too. Her   60   for others is ‘just believe yourself’.

41. A. runs                         B. teaches                         C. trains                             D. dances

42. A. since                        B. unless                            C. after                              D. though

43. A. tell                     B. guess                            C. assume                         D. predict

44. A. suspected                B remembered                   C. imagined                       D. noticed

45. A. deeply                      B. well                         C. ahead                            D. closely

46. A. task                          B. sport                              C. event                             D. show

47. A. boring                      B. enjoyable                       C. difficult                    D. unsatisfactory

48. A. talent                       B. quality                     C. nature                           D. condition

49. A. doubt                       B. advantage                     C. challenge                      D. program

50. A. examine                   B. express                          C. open                              D. trust

51. A. fearful                      B. harmful                          C. unfair                             D. inconvenient

52. A. to                             B. on                                  C. off                           D. against

53. A. greeted                    B. treated                           C. served                           D. paid

54. A. pains                        B. stresses                        C. injuries                          D. problems

55. A. positive                    B. friendly                          C. flexible                           D. cautious

56. A. defending                B. quitting                          C. winning                   D. bargaining

57. A. standard                  B. range                             C. view                               D. goal

58. A. until                   B. as                                  C. when                             D. before

59. A. proud                       B. tired                               C. ashamed                       D. confident

60. A. plan                         B. advice                            C. reward                           D. responsibility

  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. 2015 

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. 2015

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, 19 Nov. 2015

Ticket price: ￡22.5

◆        Alls 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, 2015

Ticket price: ￡40.5

11. 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

12. If you want to buy a ticket at a discount, you should go to _____.

A. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre        B. Lyceum Theatre

C. Prince Edward Theatre             D. Theatre Royal

13. What is the main purpose of the text?

A. To show the importance of Whatsonstage.com  

B. To give some information about the performing arts.

C. To introduce some famous English theatres.

D. To teach readers how to use the online guide.

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。

  Frank joined in the army after middle school. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day, the new soldiers were practiced shooting. Frank performed poorly while the rest was doing quite well. After he had shot at the target nine times but had not hit once, the officer shouted, “I had never seen such a fool! Don’t waste away your last bullet! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!” Frank went behind a wall, and a few seconds late the sound of a shot was heard by the officer and the other soldier. “Heavens!” the officer said. “ Has that silly man real done so?” He ran behind the wall anxiously, only find Frank standing there straight, saying, “ I’m sorry, but I missed again.”

 ---Where did you come across your old classmate Jane? 

   ---It was in the supermarket _________ she worked _________ I came across her.

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

One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be 36 when you are not busy finding fault with it.

Several years ago I  37 a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always  38 by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and  39 was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really 40 person.

Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her 41 . Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost 42 to deal with was that the day before the 43 , Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her 44 of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to 45 . It wasn't until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became 46 her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to 47 everything so harshly (刻薄. She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her 48 as well.

Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding. 49 when we’re honest, we can be Sharply 50 of the world. I'm not suggesting you 51 problems, or that you pretend things are 52 than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— 53 most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big    54 .

Train yourself to “bite your tongue” and with a little 55 , you'll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you'll get back your enthusiasm and love for life.        

36. A. lonely           B. great            C. quiet            D. uneasy

37. A. received     B. answered     C. expected     D. rejected

38. A. threatened       B. interrupted      C. bothered     D. spoiled

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

40. A. caring           B. boring           C. interesting      D. surprising

41. A. attitude         B. plan         C. measure      D. explanation

42. A. urgent           B. unnecessary  C. certain          D. impossible

43. A. occasion     B. event            C. accident     D. adventure

44. A. memory           B. notice           C. evidence     D. choice

45. A. hear         B. contribute       C. express      D. admit

46. A. aware of     B. afraid of        C. curious about    D. confused about

47. A. discuss          B. realize          C. judge            D. settle

48. A. family           B. life         C. career           D. education

49. A. so               B. or           C. but          D. for

50. A. proud            B. sure         C. hopeful      D. critical

51. A. face         B. create           C. solve            D. ignore

52. A. rarer            B. better           C. stranger     D. worse

53. A. at least         B. at last          C. by far           D. so far

54. A. task         B. deal         C. result           D. duty

55. A. practice         B. speech           C. rest         D. pity