The earth is getting warmer. The planet is suffering. But what can you do about it? Reduce the amount of waste you generate. Use cleaner energy sources and go greener today, starting with these steps:

1. Get a reusable water bottle

    Americans buy about 25 billion single-serving plastic water bottles each year. That's an average of 83 bottles per person per year. Plastic bottles take plenty of resources to produce, including fuel for transportation and petroleum to make the plastic. Even recycling bottles uses energy.

2. Eat less meat

    You don't need to become a vegetarian to help save the planet. Eating meat just one day less a week can reduce your negative impact on the environment. More water, energy and land are required to produce meat than to produce grain.

3. Switch to energy-efficient light bulbs

    Most households use standard incandescent(白炽的) bulbs. But compact fluorescent(荧光的) light bulbs, or CFLs, use 66 percent less energy than standard bulbs, produce just as much light, last up to 10 times longer and don't need to be replaced as often. If every household in the United States replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a CFL bulb, it would equal removing one million cars from the road.

4. Buy organic and local food

    Did you know that only 1 percent of pesticides(杀虫剂) applied to crops reach the pests they target? The rest enter the environment. Organic food is grown without the use of pesticides. Organic farming can use 50 percent less energy than traditional farming methods. Buying local food saves on the fuel used to transport food grown elsewhere, thousands of miles across the country or around the world.

5. Recycle your electronics

    Everyone knows the importance of recycling glass and plastic, but what about cell phones, computers, CDs and batteries? Electronics are responsible for about 40 percent of toxic(有毒的) heavy metals such as lead and mercury. Check with your city's recycling facilities to see if they take electronics.

 24. The readers of this passage are called on to        .

      A. keep a balanced diet                                      B. use water in a wise way

      C. donate money for charity                               D. help reduce global warming

 25. What is an advantage of CFLs according to the passage?

      A. They use more energy but produce more light.

      B. They are as energy-efficient as incandescent bulbs.

      C. They can last longer so don't need to be replaced often.

      D. They cost less money than standard incandescent bulbs.

 26. Which of the following figures is correct according to the passage?

      A. 99 of the pesticides used on crops is effective in practice.

      B. Eating meat one day less a week helps cut environment costs.

      C. Every year an American buys 63 plastic water bottles on average.

      D. Electronics account for half of poisonous heavy metals on the earth.

 27. Which can be the best title for this passage?

      A. Why Is the Earth Getting Warmer?

      B. What Can We Do About Pollution?

      C. How Can You Lead a Greener Life?

      D. Who Is to Blame for Global Warming?

This is the same coat          he left in my study yesterday afternoon.

   A. in which             B. as             C. which            D. that

Today’s children are the “result” of the modern society. Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long. They only have a free day in a week. This doesn’t allow them to keep an eye on their children.

On the other hand, the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could “handle”. As a child, you don’t know how to grow up by yourself until you reach a certain age. That is why you need school and parents to be by your side all the time. If you don’t have either of them you may make a lot of mistakes. The social system of the modern society is very lenient especially with the children.

Most of the children today are rebels (叛逆者). They are rude. They are given too much freedom by their families. This is their parent’s mistake. They ought to know that the freedom they give to their children is misunderstood.

For example, it is a bad thing for a 17-year- old child to go out in the evening on weekends. Parents are also guilty of the way their children show up in the street or at school. The same guilt belongs to the teaching system as well. Pupils shouldn’t be allowed to dress like they were on a fashion presentation at school.

Another important fact we can think of regarding the freedom of children is their free will of spending money. Parents shouldn’t allow their children to spend money on whatever they want.

I think children are given too much freedom not only by their parents, but also by the society. The latter is more to be blamed!

12. The writer implies that parents’ busy lifestyle         .

A. makes their children become independent 

B. may lead to a tense parent – child relationship

C. is likely to create a troubled generation    

D. is harmful to their children’s health

13.  What does the underlined word “lenient” (in Para 2) mean?

    A. Not responsible.    B. Not strict.  C. Unkind.           D. Unfair.

14. It seems that the writer agrees that students          .

    A. should stay at home on weekends        B. can wear trendy clothes at school

    C. had better wear school uniform at school  D. can be allowed to go out in the evenings

15. According to the writer, which of the following takes the primary responsibility for children’s problems?

    A. The school.               B. The educational system. 

    C. Each family.              D. The social environment

The reason ____she couldn’t come to the meeting was______ she had not been invited.

You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their fists. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are professionals. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks.There are two sides to their work. They actually do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar!But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntman' s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.

Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously injured, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, skied over the edge of a cliff (悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. In spite of all the risks, this is no longer a profession for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous action. For nowadays there are stuntgirls too.

25. Stuntmen earn their living by ______.

A. playing their dirty tricks                B. selling their special skills

C.jumping out of high windows            D. jumping from fast moving trains

26. When a stuntman falls from a high building, ______.

A.he needs little protection                 B. he will be covered with a mattress

C.his life is endangered                    D. his safety is generally all right

27. Which of the following is the main factor (因素) of a successful performance?

A. Strength.      B. Exactness.      C. Speed.       D. Carefulness.

28. What can be inferred from the author' s example of the Norwegian stuntman?

A.Sometimes an accident can occur to a stuntman.

B.The percentage of serious accidents is high.

C.Parachutes must be of good quality.

D. The cliff is too high.

My wood-shop teacher, Mr. August J. Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had.I had gotten into   41   in his class: Another student had pushed me into a wood lathe (车床), and I became   42  and began to hit him. Mr. Bachmann stopped the   43  , but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple question:“Penna, why areyou   44   your

life? Why aren't you going to college?”

I didn't know anything about   45   . No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a   46  . That day, instead of rushing off for   47   , he stayed and explained possible  48   options

to me. At the end of our   49   , he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962.

Well, 53 years have passed, and what have I done with the   50  he gave me? I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29. I   51    

English and social studies and then     52   the chain of command from teacher to headmaster.I've sat on the board(董事会) for Magnet Schools of America and   53   that organization at the United Nations. I've won a number of prestigious (声望很高的) educational awards.   54   where would I be if atruly   55   teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me?It was   56   only his confidence in me that pushed me forward.I have

  57   his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to   58   higher. If I have   59   any children, it is because of him. If I have been a   60   educator, it is because I had a great role model in Mr. Bachmann.

  The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is a serious infection that man receives.

    The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by touching directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in separate Arctic (北极的)areas, explorers have reported being free from colds until touching again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

   During the First World War, soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches, cold and wet, seldom caught colds.

In the Second World War, prisoners at Auschwitz concentration camp, bare and starved, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.

   At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for a long time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in a room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

   If then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in winter? Despite the most hard research, no one has yet found out the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and that makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.

   No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain-killers such as aspirin, but all that they do is to reduce the symptoms.

28.The writer thinks the cause of catching cold is due to_______.

A. touching anyone directly          B. touching anyone indirectly

C. cold weather                   D. getting viruses from person to person

29. Arctic explorers may catch colds when___.

A. they are working in the separate Arctic areas

B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C. they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions

D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world

30. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research until___.

A. suffered a lot   B. never caught colds   C. often caught colds   D. became very strong

31. The passage mainly discusses___.

A. the experiments on the common cold      B. the mistake about the common cold

C. the reason and the way people catch colds  D. the continued spread of common colds                                       

A year ago in August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was hard, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift—$ 7,000, a legacy (遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were going under financially.” says Dave.
    But the Fusses weren’t the only people in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches’ generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in other, it was more than $ 100,000.
      It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $ 3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.
     Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They liked comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.
     Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn’t afford it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything,” says their friend Sand Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”
     Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cent—should enrich the whole community (社区) and last for generations to come.
     Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.
32. According go the text, the Fusses ______.
   A. were employed by a truck company       B. were in financial (经济) difficulty
   C. worked in a school cafeteria                 D. lost their home
33. Which of the following is True of the Hatches?
   A. They were relatives of Dave Fuss.      

  B. They left the family farm to live in an old house.
   C. They gave away their money to their neighbors.

 D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.
34. Why would the Hatches go from store to store?
   A. They decided to open a store.                 B. They wanted to save money.
   C. They couldn’t afford expensive things.    D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.
35. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were ______.
   A. understanding         B. narrow-minded        C. childlike       D. curious
    

This computer is different from the one I ________ in my last job.

A. use  B. have used  C. used  D. had used

________ from the Song Dynasty, the Confucian Temple of Nanjing has now developed into a famous scenic spot, ________ sightseeing, shopping and tasty foods.

A. Having dated; featured  B. Dating; featuring

C. Dating; having featured  D. Dated; featuring

假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Jane最近总是感觉很疲劳、身体不适，因此写信向你询问如何调整状态、保持健康。请你根据以下要点提示给她回信。

1. 合理饮食； 2. 锻炼身体； 3. 保证充足睡眠，不要熬夜。

Thanks to a successful crowd-funding campaign,Dion Leonard,an extreme marathon runner is adopting a stray pup（流浪狗）he met while running a 155-mile race in the Gobi desert in China.The funds（基金）that were raised will help cover medical expenses so that the dog can be transported from China to Leonard's home of Edinburgh, Scotland.

The female dog,who Leonard appropriately named Gobi,joined Leonard on day two of the annual 4 Deserts Race Series and ran side-by-side with him for 77 miles.Leonard noticed Gobi running with 101 runners during the first day,but on the second day,Gobi was on the start line,looking up at him."This was the first contact I had with her and as I ran off the line I noticed her by my side,"he said."I didn't speak much to her that day,but at the finish line she followed me into the tent and we slept next to each other.That was it then."

Leonard shared his sleeping space,water and food with his small companion during the race.He even lent her a hand when needed."I carried her across rivers that she could not cross on her own,"he wrote on his Crowdfunder page.           

After the race,it was clear to Leonard that he had developed a special bond with the pup and started researching ways to get Gobi to the UK.He learned that it would take four months for Gobi to be medically checked and cleared for entry,all of which will cost $6,560 USD,an amount that has been surpassed（超过）due to a successful Crowdfunder campaign that raised $13,330 USD.      

24.Why did Leonard leave Scotland for China?

A.To travel in Gobi desert. B.To search for a stray pup.     C.To join in a desert race.  D.To donate for animals.

25.What happened to Leonard and Gobi in the 155-mile race?

A.Gobi ran side by side with Leonard from the beginning to the end.

B.Leonard shared his food,water and sleeping space with Gobi.

C.Gobi helped Leonard a great deal in crossing the rivers.

D.They were the first to reach the finish line.

26.It can be inferred from the passage that       .

A.it's not easy to transport a pet to a different country

B.Gobi was familiar with Leonard before the race

C.the money will help shorten the medical checking time

D.Gobi can run much faster than extreme marathon runners  

27.Leonard can be best described as "       ".

A.wealthy                           B.generous                        C.determined                            D.kindhearted

 Thomas Jefferson once said，“I’m a great believer in luck，and I find ________I work，________I have of it.”

A．the harder；the less                     B．the harder；the more

C．the more hard；the less               D．the more hard；the more

71. Destruction of the environment is one of the most serious _______________ (挑战) we face.

72. He works for a company that ________________ (出版) reference books.

73. We hope you can give us a detailed __________________ (描述) of the procedure.

74. He is _______________ (有雄心的) to succeed in life.

75. People can become _____________ (精神上) addicted to nicotine.

76. The boss will fire you if you miss the _____________ (截止日期) for the work.

77. The decision was made in my ____________ (缺席).

78. I ______________ (祝贺) them all on their results yesterday.

79. First we need to identify actual and ______________ (潜在) problems.

80. They drove at an _______________ (平均) speed of 100 miles per hour.

     假定你是李华， 即将进入高三，请给你的美国笔友Peter写一封信， 告知你的暑假计划和高三愿望。信的内容如下：

1.      放假时间；

2.      暑假计划

3.      新学期打算。

注意：

1.      词数100左右

2.      可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

   Anne Whitney, a sophomore at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. "I was always well prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before a test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I could not answer the questions correctly. I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answer. My low grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher. “Another student in biology had similar experiences. He said, "My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was shaking. My hands were moving up and down so quickly that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't even write them down!"

　　These two young students were experiencing something called test anxiety. Because a student worries and is uneasy about a test, his or her mind does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think clearly because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Contrary to people’s common belief that poor grades are often a result of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety plays a role in students’ achieving low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been recognized as a real problem, not just an excuse or a false explanation of lazy students.

　　Special university advising courses try to help students. In these courses, advisors try to help students by teaching them how to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to measure their anxiety. If the tests show their anxiety is high, the students can take short courses to help them deal with their tensions. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become calm in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds work at ease. Learned information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

　　An expert at the University of California explains, " With almost all students, relaxation and less stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control during their tests. Almost all have some improvement. With some, the improvement is very great. "

66. To "blank out" in the first paragraph is probably______.

　　A. to be like a blanket                  B. to be sure of an answer

　　C. to be unable to think clearly           D. to show knowledge to the teacher

67. Poor grades are usually believed to be the result of______.

　　A. poor sleeping habit                  B. laziness

　　C. test anxiety                        D. inability to form good study habits

68. Test anxiety has been recognized as______.

　　A. an excuse for laziness                B. the result of poor study habits

　　C. a real problem                      D. something that cannot be changed

69. A University of California advisor said______.

　　A. all students could overcome the anxiety after taking a special test anxiety program

　　B. almost all students felt less stress after taking a University of California advising course

　　C. students found it difficult to improve even though they had taken a special test anxiety course

　　D. students found it easy to relax as soon as they entered a University of California advising course

你校举行关于“全民健身运动”的英语演讲比赛。请你以“Cycle to Keep Healthy”为题写一份演讲稿，推介体育项目 “骑自行车”(cycling)。 内容包括：

1. 好处：有益健康，是便捷的交通方式…（请你补充1-2点）；

2. 问题： 缺少自行车道 （bicycle lane）, 无处存放… （请你补充1-2点）；

3. 呼吁政府解决上述问题并号召大家多骑自行车。

【写作要求】

1.文章须包含要点的所有内容，字数约100-120词。

2.开头已经给出，不计入总句数。

【评分标准】

句子结构准确，语言规范，内容完整，篇章连贯。

Cycle to Keep Healthy

    Hello everyone. I’m here recommend a popular sport—cycling.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

---Would you have called her up had it been possible?

---Yes, but I ____(be) busy 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短文。短文中共有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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。

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。

Recently,people were moved by a story taking the place in Thailand.It told about a girl whom had a quarrel with her mother and ran away from home.After several days,the girl walked into a restaurant in hungers.A man who was the cook invites her to sit down and then made some delicious food for him.The girl was very surprising.Then the cook told the girl that a woman took a photo and asked him whether he seen the girl.But the woman gave him some money to cook for the girl if she turned up.Until then the girl realized how greatly her mother was and she should be grateful on her.

Two guys were taking Chemistry at the University of Mississippi. They did pretty well on all of the quizzes and the midterms and labs. These two friends were so confident going into the final exams that the weekend before finals week (even though the Chemistry final was on Monday), they decided to go up to the University of Tennessee and party with some friends.

They had a great time. However, with hangovers and everything, they overslept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Mississippi until Monday night. They went to see their professor the following day to explain why they missed the test.

They told him that they went up to the University of Tennessee for the weekend, and had planned to come back in time to study, but that they had a flat(漏了气的) tire(轮胎) on the way back, and didn’t have a spare(备胎), and couldn’t get help for a long time, so they were late getting back to campus. The professor thought this over

and told them they could make up the final on the following day. The two guys were relieved. They studied that night and went in the next day for the final.

The professor placed them in different rooms, and handed each of them a test paper and told them to begin. They looked at the first problem, which was worth five points. It was something simple about Molarity & Solutions.

“Cool,” they thought. “This is going to be easy” They did that problem and then turned the page. They were not prepared, however, for what they saw on this page. It said: (95 Points). Which tire?

28.  Why didn’t the two guys take their final exam?

A.  They were so confident that they didn’t have to take the test.

B.  They went to a party and didn’t review their lessons.

C.  They slept in and missed the final.

D.  Their car broke down and couldn’t come back in time.

29.  How did the professor respond when the two guys explained why they missed the exam?

A.  He was angry with them.                B. He was sorry for their loss.

C. He didn’t believe a word.                D. He gave them a second chance.

30.  Why does the question “Which tire” deserve 95 points?

A.  Because it is a real difficult question.

B.  Because it can test whether the two guys were lying.

C.  Because it is the last question on the paper.

D.  Because it remains a mystery in the field of chemistry.

31.  What can we probably learn from the passage?

A.  Be honest rather than clever.

B.  It's no use crying over spilt milk.

C.  Kind words are the music of the world.

D.  It’s never too late to learn.