Recently, educators and parents become concerned about the poor performance of boys in school. The so-called “boy crisis” in education refers    1    both their academic performance and their behavior. In both areas boys’ results are much    2   (bad) than girls’.

    USA data shows that boys rank behind girls in almost all areas of schooling. They earn lower    3   (grade) overall in primary school and high school. They are behind girls in reading and writing, and 30 percent of   4    are in bottom quarter of standardized tests,    5  (compare) with 19 percent of girls. 

    Although the causes of the “boy crisis” are not   6   (full) understood, some experts believed that the same-sex classrooms and schools may help solve the problem. The idea is   7  (remove) some of the distractions(分心) caused by the opposite sex, in order to improve students’ concentration and hopefully their grades. The first Chinese school to experiment with this idea    8   (be) Shanghai No.8 Middle School,    9   began “boys-only” classes in September, 2012. Although it is too early to tell if the reform has made a difference, its supporters argue that the results are    10    ( promise).

 Mary felt ___________ from the outside world, since the Internet connection isn’t available in the island. 

A. cut off                       B. put out                     C. cut out                            D. put forward

假如你是图片中的顾客，请根据图片所提示的内容给商家经理写一封信。陈述自己的遭遇，并要求合理的索赔。 （词数：100词左右，文章开头结尾已给出，不计入总词数）

要点如下：

1.你昨天买了一罐进口奶粉，打开后发现有虫。

2.要求退换，店员态度恶劣。

3.提出合理解决办法。

参考词汇:进口奶粉 imported powdered milk 虫子 worm

ear manager,

                                                     Yours respectfully,

                                                      A faithful

It is the education ____ he received when studying abroad ____has made him such an excellent manager.

A. which, that    B. which, which

C. that, which    D. that, where

—I’d like a table for six.   

    —Sorry，sir，but we don’t have any table ______ tonight.

A．usable        B．suitable     C．available        D．comfortable

In my living room, there is a plaque(匾) that advises me to “Bloom(开花) where you are planted.” It ___21___ me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s，when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the ___22___ of each teacher in the program. Dorothy ___23___ in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.

Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road ___24___ around the mountain. In the eight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting ___25___ by the same train five times. Rather than feeling ___26___ by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The ___27___ level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of ___28___ .

From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(忧郁)   ___29___ . Upon arriving at Dorothy’s classroom, I was ___30___ with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were ___31___ poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don’t ___32___ , poke greens are a weed type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.

Dorothy never ___33___ reports of exciting activities of her students. Her ___34___ never cooled down. When it came time to ___35___ for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ___36___ . She came to the assessment(评价) and ___37___ in all areas. Afterward, she ___38___ me to the one-and-only steak house in the area to ___39___ her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be ___40___ with things.

21. A. convinces    B. reminds    C. informs    D. warns

22. A. classroom    B. family    C. office    D. dormitry

23. A. hangs out    B. moves out    C. stands out    D. turns out

24. A. winding    B. hiding    C. jumping    D. swinging

25. A. forgotten    B. abandoned    C. picked    D. caught

26. A. tired    B. excited    C. scared    D. regretted

27. A. education    B. wealth    C. health    D. poverty

28. A. happiness    B. shame    C. hopelessness    D. regret

29. A. disappeared    B. deepened    C. increased    D. flooded

30. A. comforted    B. satisfied    C. greeted    D. encouraged

31. A. serving    B. smelling    C. stealing    D. tasting

32. A. care    B. know    C. eat    D. like

33. A. kept a record of    B. complained of    C. took notice of    D. ran out of

34. A. anxiety    B. enthusiasm    C. sympathy    D. depression

35. A. search    B. sit    C. pay    D. look

36. A. nervous    B. shy    C. ready    D. careful

37. A. passed    B. failed    C. picked    D. falled

38. A. attracted    B. forced    C. invited    D. introduced

39. A. show    B. celebrate    C. declare    D. decide

40. A. packed    B. made    C. broken    D. matched

假定你是李华，下周六是你的生日，你准备在家开一个生日party ，并邀请部分同学和外国朋友参加，party 7：30开始。你家住在民族街656号，乘23路或40路公共汽车在一中站下车。你家就在车站对面，房子是红色的，门是白色的，很容易找到。请根据好友信息，给你的朋友写一封邀请信。

656 Minzu Street

November 2, 2015

Dear Jack,

Next Saturday will be my birthday. ______________________________

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 Best wishes,                                        

                                                         Yours truly,

                                                            Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有十处语言错误， 每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加， 删除， 或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出改正后的词。

注意： 每处错误及修改均仅限一次; 只允许修改10处，多者从第11处起不计分。

This afternoon I was having a PE lesson while I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at that moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had difficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didn’t tell anyone but even refused the offer of help of my classmates. As result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I am wrong. We can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can help others in return for. In this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity; others say that competition is bad because it sets one person against another and because it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

32. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

B. Competition can help people to set up self-respect.

C. Opinions about competition are different among people.

D. Competition is harmful to personal quality development.

33. Why do some people favor competition according to the passage?

A. It pushes society forward.            B. It builds up a sense of duty.

C. It improves personal abilities.       D. It encourages individual efforts.

34. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. those who try their best to win

B. those who value competition most highly

C. those who depend on others most for success

D. those who are against competition most strongly

35. What is the similar belief of the true competitors and those with a desire to fail?

A. One’s success in competition needs great efforts.

B. One’s success is based on how hard he has tried.

C. One’s achievement is determined by his particular skills.

D. One’s worth lies in his performance compared with others.

 假定你是李华，你校外教David对中国传统文化很感兴趣。学校邀请著名书法家沈鹏到校举行书法讲座。请给David发一封电子邮件，邀请他来参加并介绍讲座的有关事宜。

1)讲座时间：5月15日（星期日）上午8:00—11:00；

2)讲座地点：艺术楼演讲大厅；

3)活动安排：听讲座，讨论及提问，观摩名家即兴创作等。

注意：

1)词数100左右；

2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3)开头和结尾已为你写好。

参考词汇：calligraphy书法；improvise v. 即兴表演

 Dear David,

I’m writing to invite you to the lecture on Chinese calligraphy, ________________________

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Yours,

Li Hua

France is Europe’s third largest country, ______ the United Kingdom ______ the English Channel.

  A. facing; through           B. faces; cross                   C. facing; across  D. faced; across

   I know what you’re thinking: pizza(比萨饼)? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.

   I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早餐), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don’t have time, others think they’re “saying” calories (卡路里), still others just don’t like breakfast food.

   But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight .“Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R.D. , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.

Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers – it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it … you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.

5. The word “leftovers” in paragraph 1 probably means  ______.

A. food remaining after a meal             B. things left undone

C. meals made of vegetables               D. pizza topped with fruit

6. What can we infer from the text?

A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.

B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.

C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.

D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.

7. According to the last paragraph, it is important to _______.

A. eat something for breakfast       B. be careful about what you cat

C. heat up food before eating it      D. cat calorie-controlled food

8. The text is written mainly for those _______.

 A. who go to work early               B. who want to lose weight

C. who stay up late                     D. who eat before sleep

    One day，when 12-year-old Sean Redden went to a popular chat room on the Internet, he saw the name of someone he’d never seen there before, Susan Hicks. Her message was “ Would someone help me? I can’t breathe. Help me! I can’t feel my left side.”

    At first, Sean thought it was a bad joke and he told his mother Sharon Redden. But she asked, “ It’s not just some game, is it?

The message was not a joke. “ Susan Hicks” was actually 20-year-old Taija Laitinen, a student working late at night at a college library near Helsinki, Finland---almost 7,000 miles away from Sean’s home in Texas. While searching the Internet, she began to feel terrible pain all through her body. The library was empty and the nearest phone was outside in the hallway. She couldn’t move that far because any movement caused the pain to get worse. Then as the pain became worse, she began typing her message for help in the chat room.

“I don’t think it’s a joke, mom,” Sean said. He typed, “ Where are you? The letters appeared, “Finland.” Sean and Sharon couldn’ t believe it. Not knowing what else to do, Sharon called the local police and explained the situation to officer Amy Schmidt. Schmidt told Sharon to try to get the sick girl’s phone number and address.

Meanwhile, the Texas police called the international telephone operator and asked to be connected to the proper agency(机构) in Finland. The Texas police explained the situation and gave Susan’s address to the Finnish operator. When Sean heard that, he typed, “Help is on the way.”

In the few minutes, the library door opened. Doctors and three policemen ran in. Taija turned once more to the computer, “ They are here. Thanks. Bye-bye.”

4. At first when receiving the message for help, Sean__________.

   A. didn’t believe it               B. took no notice of it

   C. called the police at once        D. had a joke with the person

5. What was the problem with the person who asked for help?

   A. She lost her phone.            B. She couldn’t finish her work

   C. She was locked in the library.    D. She felt pain and couldn’t move.

6. What can we learn from the text?

A. The policeman Sean’s mother called was in Finland.

B. Susan Hicks was a friend of Taija Laitinen.

C. Sean and his mother offered help in time.

D. Sean had seen Taija Laitinen before.

7. What does the underlined phrase “ on the way.” refer to?

     A. There is a way                 B. to be arriving soon

     C. have a long way to arrive         D. to have almost finished

I had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”
    When things don’t turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
    There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense—there is a reason for everything that happens.  
    The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the   morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.
28. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?

A. They died from accidents.               

B. They both died of old age.

C. They died due to lack of care by family members.

D. They weren’t accustomed to the change in life.

29. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because                .

A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrow

B. they don’t know that natural course of events   

C. they believe that it is their fault

D. they don’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

30. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to                .

A. the things      B. the stories        C. the opposites       D. the survivors

31. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Two sons blamed themselves for their mother’s death.

B. Things don’t always go well as we expect.

C. Two factors account for guilty sense.   

D. Baby’s wishes lead everything to happen.

   “Another bad day at school?” my father asked as I came into the room.

   “How could you tell? I didn’t shut the door heavily or anything,” I replied. Over the past two months I had either done this or thrown my backpack across the room every time I came home from school. Papa thinks it has something to do with moving to a new house.

  “I know this move has been hard on you. Leaving your friends and cousins behind is tough,” Papa said, as he put his arm around my shoulder. “What you must remember is that, with a lot of hard work and some time, you will make new friends.”  

  “You don’t know how hard it is. This year my baseball team would have won the championship. They won’t even give me a chance to pitch (投球) here. All I get to play is right field, and that’s the worst!”

  Papa turned toward me. “Things will get better, I promise you. Let me ask you, do you know why you were named David Lorenzo?”

  “Yes, your name is David and grandfather’s name is Lorenzo.”

  “Very good, and what makes your grandfather so important?”

  “He was the first in the family to come to this country and all that,” I answered.

  “That is only partly correct. Your grandfather was a very great man. In Mexico, he had been a teacher. When he came to America he could only get low-paid labor jobs because he didn’t speak the language. It took him two years before he spoke English well enough to be allowed to teach here, but he did it. He never complained because he knew change could be difficult. Did he ever tell you that?” my father asked. I looked down at my feet, ashamed at my behavior. “No. That must have been hard,” I said sheepishly.

  “Your grandfather taught me that if you let people see your talent, they will accept you for who you are. I want you to always remember what my father taught me, even if it takes a few years for people to see who you are,” said Papa.

  All I could say was, “Okay.” Then I asked, “What should I do now?”

Laughing, Papa said, “How about you pitch a few to me? You need some work.”

9. Why was the author unhappy that day?

A. Because he moved to a new country.

B. Because his baseball team lost the game.

C. Because he wasn’t offered a chance to pitch.

D. Because he quarreled with his friends at school.

10. The father successfully changed his son’s mood by ______.

A. asking him to train harder                B. telling his grandfather’s story

C. playing baseball with him                 D. introducing him some new friends

11. The underlined word “sheepishly” probably means ______.

A. cautiously            B. patiently           C. rudely                     D. shyly

12. What can we infer about the author?

A. He thinks his father lives in the past.

B. He’d rather live with his grandfather.

C. He will continue to dislike school and everything.

D. He will try his best to adapt to the new environment.

Most of the sandstorms that had swept China last year came from foreign land，a Chinese official in charge of desertification（荒漠化） control said on Monday. And the invasions(入侵)could partly explain the frequent sandstorms in the country in recent years despite its achievements in desertification control.

Since the start of last spring，the north and northwestern Chinese areas had been hit by 17 sandstorms，of which，a dozen came from foreign land.

Located in the central­Asia sandstorm area，one of the world's four largest sandstorm sources，China also suffers from sandstorms from outside the country while being blamed as a sand source to northeast Asia. The other three major sources are in Africa，North America and Australia.

The land suffering from desertification has been decreasing by 7,585 square kilometres annually in China，and the area of sandy land has also been falling by 1,284 square kilometres a year.

The shrinkage(收缩)forms a clear contrast to the fact that the land suffering from desertification and sandy feature was added by 10,400 square kilometres and 3,436 square kilometres late last century，respectively.

Currently，the desertification land in China makes up 2.64 million square kilometres，accounting for 27.46 percent of the nation's land，and its sandy land totals 1.74 million square kilometres，accounting for 18.1 percent of the country's total.

8．What does the underlined word “decreasing” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Going down.　　　　　 B．Going up.

C．Coming from.              D．Taking up.

9．Where do most of the sandstorms in China come from?

A．The northwestern Chinese areas.   B．The northern Chinese areas.

C．The western part of China.         D．Foreign countries.

10．Which of the following is believed to be the sand source to northeast Asia?

A．Mongolia.      B．Africa.         C．China.       D．Australia.

11．What can we infer from this passage?

A．The land in China suffering from desertification has been increasing greatly.

B．China has made achievements in its own desertification control.

C．The desertification land makes up nearly half of China's territory(领土).

D．Little progress has been made in controlling desertification in China.

While CCTV’s educational show Animal World is well known, few big screen wildlife documentaries have been made by China’s film industry.

But Born in China, which came out on Aug 2, may be important for Chinese filmmakers who want to get into nature -themed films. The movie, directed by Chinese filmmaker Lu Chuan, was shot in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and shows the animals’ lives during different seasons.

Born in China not only brings to audiences the lives of animals that are rarely seen in the wild—giant pandas, snow leopards, and golden monkeys, but also shows Chinese traditional culture.

A symbol of China, the giant panda is both black and white. Its body is thought to show yin and yang, which ancient Chinese ideas were based on. The panda’s gentle nature shows how yin and yang lead to peace. It can be seen in the film when a panda mother guides her baby to look for independence and explore the world.

Unlike the shy pandas, monkeys always have strong personalities. The Monkey King in China’s most famous novel Journey to the West has many conflicting traits(特点). It stands for not only impatience but also cleverness and energy. Born in China follows a 2-year- old golden monkey who leaves his family, but then returns and understands the meaning of responsibility.

Just as the golden monkey, a mother snow leopard also faces difficulty in raising her babies in the wild. The leopards, known for their rapid attacks and quick footwork(脚步), have inspired a form of pictographic(象形拳) in Shaolin martial arts(武术).

“Born in China is a means to show off Chinese traditional culture,” director Lu told the reporter. “Chinese people have learned a lot from wild animals since ancient times. This is why I shot this nature -themed documentary.”

1. How is Born in China special according to the article?

A. It shows Chinese traditional culture through the lives of animals.

B. It’s considered the best nature-themed film to come out of China.

C. It’s the first big screen wildlife documentary ever made in China.

D. It shows audiences the lives of rare animals.

2. We can learn from the article that in Born in China, _______.

A. the story of the giant pandas shows the importance of exploring the world

B. the story of the golden monkeys was inspired by the Monkey King

C. the stories show how animals grow up to be independent

D. the story about snow leopards shows what people can learn from animals

3. What may be the best title for the text?

A. The stories of 3 animal families    B. Symbols of China

C. Wildlife born in China    D. Nature shows culture

   My wife is addicted to shopping on the Internet.    61     seems that she can’t control herself well, just clicking constantly with the mouse. Let me tell what happened last night. It was the fourth time she   62    (shop) online for hours. I had already reminded her  63    (think) twice before buying anything, but my wife ignored what I said and replied confidently, “With the New Year  64    (approach), preparation is necessary. Besides, I haven’t bought things on the Internet for a WHOLE week.” Hearing her words, I was really    65    (speech). In most cases, the things she bought aren’t good value for money. Maybe she just enjoys        66    process of buying online.

     Nowadays,    67    the development of technology, online shopping is becoming more and more convenient. Those    68    stay at home can buy whatever they want. In the meanwhile, it causes a series of    69    (problem). One of them is more spending, because people are    70    (easy) attracted by the discount. So how to keep a good state of mind in front of temptation is an important lesson many people need to learn.

 ________in what he was reading, he didn’t see me before he almost knocked me down.

  A. Absorbing            B. To be absorbed     C. Absorbed               D. Having absorbed

If Confucius（孔子）were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. He’d need a fan or a strong wind to help him put them out.

  While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. It’s nothing personal.  Most Americans don’t even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes.

  But this doesn’t mean that Americans don’t care about Confucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China.

  In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institutes in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学）.Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand their Chinese customers. 

  So the old thinker’s ideas are still alive and well.

  Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West.

  As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his birthday is.

4. The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ________

A. provide some key facts about Confucius

B. attract the readers’ interest in the subject

C. show great respect for the ancient thinker

D. prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations

5. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that American students______

A. have a great interest in studying Chinese

B. take an active part in Chinese competitions

C. try to get high scores in Chinese exams 

D. fight for a chance to learn Chinese      

6. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Forgotten Wisdom in America   B. Old Thinker with a Big Future

C. Chinese Culture for Westerners   D. Huge Fans of the Chinese Language

7. The passage is likely to appear in ___________.

A. a biography   B. a history paper   C. a newspaper   D. a philosophy textbook