—Ann is in hospital.

—Oh really? I__________. I'll go and visit her tomorrow.

A. don't know      B. didn't know          C. won't know       D. haven't known

Tina Rees, 50

English teacher (Canadian)

I wanted to be a doctor and help people. I was always playing doctor with dolls, wrapping their arms and legs in tissues! My mom was a nurse, and my two sisters are now nurses, but I went into finance. The educational requirements to be a doctor are too much for me now, but I feel I'm helping people and contributing to society as a teacher.

John Podeszwa, 45

English school owner (American)

I've always loved animals, and as a little boy I first wanted to be a frog, then a chimp. When told I had to be something human, I chose zookeeper. I worked at a zoo in high school, but I wouldn't want to do that job now, although I am fulfilling my dream of helping rescued animals, since I own a honey bear, an albino snake (患白化病的蛇), a dog and some cats!

Miwa Gilligan, 48

Part­time worker (Japanese)

As a little girl I wanted to be many things, and when my grandmother suggested that as an actress I could play various roles, that stuck with me. The Takarazuka Revue (宝冢歌剧团) was popular during my childhood, so that also inspired me. Of course I would still like to become an actress.

Hiromitsu Tokunaga, 55

Sewage worker (Japanese)

My dream job both as a child and now is to be an astronaut. I grew up during the “Space Race” era and remember well the first moon landing, the famous sci­fi movie 2001, and all the rest. I still have a strong dream of going into space, and in my lifetime hope to see regular affordable space tours for people like me!

21. We know from the text that ________．

   A. Tina Rees is satisfied with her present job

   B. Tina Rees once received medical education

   C. Tina's two sisters don’t the same job as their mother did

   D. their mother's preference to Tina's sisters disappointed Tina

22. Who would still like to do their childhood dream jobs if they could?

   A. Miwa Gilligan and Tina Rees.

   B. Tina Rees and John Podeszwa.

   C. John Podeszwa and Hiromitsu Tokunaga.

   D. Hiromitsu Tokunaga and Miwa Gilligan.

23. What can we infer from the text?

   A. People like Hiromitsu Tokunaga can go on regular affordable space tours.

   B. In John Podeszwa's school, students are encouraged to help rescued animals.

   C. At least two of the people were influenced by others in their dream job choice.

   D. The requirements didn't stop Tina Rees from realizing her doctor dream.

24. Which would be the best title for the text?

   A. Children from Different Countries Share Dreams.

   B. What Was Your Dream Job as a Child?

   C. How Was Your Dream Realized?

   D. Children Have Different Dream Jobs.

假定你是李华，你的英国笔友约翰来信说他下周要去世界七大自然奇观之一 —— 美国科罗拉多大峡谷(the Grand Canyon)游玩。请根据以下要点给他写一封回信：

1. 祝他玩得开心；2. 期待他参观后给你写一封信谈谈他的体会，并且寄来一些照片；3. 邀请他来中国游玩自然美景，如桂林山水、云南石林等。

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：桂林山水：Beautiful Landscape of Guilin 云南石林：Stone Forest in Yunnan

Dear John,

I am happy to receive your letter and hear that you are going to visit the Grand Canyon next week. ......                                                                     

Yours,

Li Hua

心理健康对我们非常重要，决定着我们的生活质量．请写一篇题为How to keep Mental health的文章，向校报英文版Mental Health投稿． 文章应包含以下内容：

1．心理健康的重要性．

2．保持心理健康的建议：了解自我，接纳自我；善于与他人相处；

热爱生活，学习和工作．

注意：1．词数为100左右．

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．

How to keep mental health

 In order to get his hands on the French Open title, ______he has never won, Djokovic has decided to work harder.

   A. one                  B. the one             C. that             D. it

A BLOOD DRIVE & MARROW(骨髓) REGISTRATION

These patients deserve a chance at a normal, happy future and they rely on the kindness of strangers to make that happen.

—Daisy, Isabelle’s Mother

Isabelle is the daughter of Daisy and Saman Mirzaei. In January 2008 Isabelle was diagnosed with a genetic blood disorder, beta thalassemia. Isabelle’s body is unable to produce healthy red blood cells. As a result, Isabelle has been receiving blood transfusions(输血)every 4—6 weeks since she was 11 months old. A lifetime of regular transfusions can lead to serious medical problems. Her only chance at a normal, healthy life is to have a marrow transplant. Isabelle is an only child, so doctors have started a search for an unrelated marrow donor(捐献者) through the Be The Match Registry. The Mirzaei family asks that you consider helping patients like Isabelle by registering to be a marrow donor and give the gift of life, the gift of blood.

Held at Wiley Hall

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Behind Heathman Dormitory/Butterfield Rd.

12:00 PM—6:00 PM

Don’t forget to bring your driver’s license or another form of identification when you donate.

Visit www.ribc.org to make an appointment,

Sponsor(担保人) Code 3390.

FREE Kingston Pizza!!!

Marrow Donors:　　　　　　　　

·be the match          ·be 18 to 44 years old　　　　　　·in good health
·give a swab(化验标本)of your cheek cells for marrow typing
·FREE—sponsored(赞助)by Michael’s Fund

www.ribc.org　800-283-8385

The Rhode Island Blood Center distributes blood products to hospitals in Rhode Island and Southern New England.

21.We can learn from the passage that　　　.

A. the blood drive is organized by Isabelle’s mother B. Isabelle receives blood transfusions regularly

C. Isabelle has been ill for 11 months            D. doctors will sponsor Isabelle’s family

22.To be a marrow donor, you must　　　.

A. be a relative of the patient         B. carry a driver’s license

C. be at least 18 years old           D. apply to Michael’s Fund

23.Those who want to help patients like Isabelle can　　　.

A. come to Wiley Hall every Wednesday   B. call at hospitals in Rhode Island

C. contact their parents at 800-283-8385     D. visit www.ribc.org for an appointment

The warm weather outside may look perfect for outdoor exercise. But for those   61   are not that sporty, what could be nicer than   62   (have) a relaxing afternoon tea with a few good friends and taking a break?

But are you familiar   63   the culture of afternoon tea —   64   (it) origins, and the proper etiquette (礼仪)? We sum up a few things you need to know about this   65   (tradition) English custom so that you can enjoy it more. While the tradition of drinking tea dates back to about 3,000 BC in China, it was not until the mid-17th century   66   the concept of “afternoon tea” first appeared in the UK.

In 1840, Anna Maria Russell, the seventh Duchess of Bedford, started asking for a tea tray with butter, bread and cakes at 4 pm every day, as she found she was hungry at this time every day, and the evening meal in her household was served   67   (usual) late at 8 pm. She found this new habit difficult   68   (break) and soon invited other ladies in society to join her. This pause for tea quickly   69   (become) a fashionable social event. In   70   1880s, the women from upper class and society would put on gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea.

How do learning habits influence learning results? It's useful and necessary to discuss learning habits. There is a famous  __1__(say)“Good habits lead to good endings”， which shows the importance of habits.

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” also __2__(show) a healthy everyday habit helps to build up our body. Thus, good learning habits can help us gain great learning results, high scores and abundant knowledge __3__(include). At first, learning habits form our ways of thinking and attitude __4__ the content of our learning.  __5__(obvious), a good habit can help us to speed up to reach our destinations. As we can see, developing a good habit is so important that I would like to introduce one kind of good learning habits—keeping __6__ learning diary every day. We can start the habit by  __7__(write)a learning summary and remember to record something impressive and meaningful. Keep it in mind, __8__  gradually we can gain this good learning habit and benefit from it.

What's __9__(much), I find out that I still have some bad learning habits __10__ well. I can only concentrate on reading for a short time, and I will conquer this problem by spending more efforts on concentration practice.

I believe that through my efforts, I can gain good learning results by having good habits.

Have you ever heard of blogs (博客)? If you haven’t, you should have. It’s here, it’s growing and it’s having an influence on our life. Surf the Internet and you’ll find blogs everywhere. A blog, shortened from “weblog”, is a public Internet journal written by one person or a group of people. It is a website in which a person or a group can place news, personal thoughts, text, photos, video or audio files, or links upon which visitors can comment. A blog lets you post on the Internet without having to know web design or be technical. You are given an environment to make dated entries on the topic of your choice which are “published”, so other people can read them.

  Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called “blogging”. Blogging has revolutionized Internet publishing in the last several years because it gives everyone with Internet access the opportunity to become an online writer. Objects, such as “text and photos” in a blog can be called “blog posts”, “posts”, or “entries”. The person who posts these entries is called a “blogger”.

Now, somewhere around the world, a blog is created almost every 6 seconds. Because it’s great potential, Bill Gates views it as important as e-mail, BBS, and MSN. He’s trying to make blogs the important tools for future business communications.

25. A blog is            .

A. a comment B. an Internet journal      C. a design         D. a link

26. A person can do the following things in a blog EXCEPT _______.

    A. talk to others       B. give comments  C. read articles      D. enjoy photos

27. From the passage we know that                   .

A. Bill Gates will invent some tools for blogs

B. blogs will be an important business communication tool in the future

C. so far, only a few persons have created blogs

D. blogs will replace e-mail, BBS and MSN in the future

28. According to the passage, the reason why blogs are so popular is that they ____.

A. give everyone the chance to be an online writer

B. can be created by people without much knowledge of computer technology

C. enable a blogger to place news, personal thoughts, text and photos and give comments

D. all of the above

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（Λ），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仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Hi Thomas,

How is everything with you recently? I'm very exciting because I have applied for a holiday job, taught English conversation in a teacher training college near Shanghai. I’m a bit of worried because I don't know if I should bring some present for the teachers I’ll meet. Should 1 shake hands when I meet people, or just smiling? What topics will my students want to talk then? Might I say or do something that will seem rudely? This may seem unimportant with you, but I want to plan everything in advance, or I'd love to know what you think. You had been to China before.

Looking forward to your reply.

All the best,

Bruno

The situation is becoming worse and worse. Troops are ordered to take essential relief supplies to the areas where people are in        need of them.

A. apparent                    B. precious                     C. desperate                   D. enormous

This was my first Thanksgiving Day in Birmingham. I wanted to express my 41 to a lot of people. They helped me a lot during my stay in this completely strange foreign country. What   42 me most was an Indian girl, Denise.

The day I was on Bus 35 from the city centre, and I 43 at Shanno Road. But I realized it was not my bus stop. It was nearly 9 o’clock in the evening so there was no one 44 I walked on and was lost at a very strange spot. 45 , before my strength ran out , a bus finally arrived. I hurriedly got onto it without 46 , explaining that I was lost and asked 47 who could help me. From the puzzled look on their faces, I felt 48 . Just then, an Indian girl stopped calling, telling me she knew my 49 . We left that bus and had a pleasant 50 on our way and I also learned from her the 51 for other passengers “puzzled” looks. It took her nearly an hour to 52 me to my house.

 I would return to my country after Thanksgiving Day, so I prepared a beautiful Chinese knot for Denise and telephoned her many times, but I just didn’t 53 to her. On the morning of Thanksgiving Day, I had a very 54 breakfast because I couldn’t wait any longer to find Denise. I intended to take Bus27, the one I took 55 I was lost. While waiting for the bus, I heard someone 56 me. I turned around; it was Denise! What a(n) 57 ! I immediately presented her with the gift. When we waved goodbye to each other, tears ran down my cheeks, and I 58 we would meet again in the near future.

 I learned a(n) 59 lesson from her ----help others in need. Now, every Thanksgiving Day, I 60 my house with some Chinese knots. For the reason I know so does Denise.

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear?   36   It is similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway. Quiet background music used to be called “elevator music” because we often heard it in elevators, but lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name muzak. About one-third of the people in America listen to Muzak every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired.   37 

    If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzaks, but others are happy when their songs are chosen, Why?   38 

Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background.   39   Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.

   40   They say it is boring to hear the same songs all the times. But others enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A. Some people don’t like Muzak.

B. The music gives them extra energy.

C. Music is playing in the background.

D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more

E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.

F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.

Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than spending hours doing some exercises, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends help increase levels of brown fat in the body which burns calories to produce heat.

Living in an exciting social environment was found to reduce fat in mice's belly by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social excitement aids weight loss by turning white fat into brown. White fat stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to produce heat. Turning white fat into brown is extremely difficult, normally requiring long- term stay in cold conditions or exciting part of the body's nervous system. 

However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown. The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those, who lived alongside a greater number of mice, had more space and toys to excite themselves and then lost far more weight over the course of the study than their “couch potato" fellows.

Study author, Dr Matthew During, whose team’s findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism, said, “I'm still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs.” explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added, “It's not just a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social activities.” Co-author Dr Lei Cao said，“Loneliness is a potential factor for cancer and death; it's equal to cigarette smoking to a certain extent. Social activities are very vital.”

8. What information can we get from the first two paragraphs?

A. Brown fat stores calories and makes us fatter.   

B. It doesn’t take long to turn white fat into brown.

C. Brown fat can burn energy to produce heat.

D. Social excitement helps gain more weight.

9. Which of the following statement does the text support?

A. The mice lacking social life lose more weight.

B. Levels of brown fat can be increased by socializing.

C. The research findings haven’t been published so far.

D. Dr Matthew During wasn’t convinced of the result.

10. We can conclude from the text that  _______.

A. the fat in mice’s belly was reduced because of the relaxing environment

B. a sedentary lifestyle and high calories foods influence people’s social life

C. surfing the Internet may influence people’s face-to-face communication

D. cancer and death are mainly caused for lack of social life

11. What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Socializing contributes to people's losing weight

B. Socializing is unnecessarily important in people’s daily life.

C. White fat can be changed into brown fat.

D. Brown fat is beneficial to people’s health.

DVirtual reality, VR, is a powerful, new technology. VR software programs are being used in many video games. But others have been developed for education, to train doctors and in military training. VR gives the people who use it an interactive(交互式的) 3D experience. They can see realistic images and hear sounds that are almost like those one experiences in real life.

Khora Virtual Reality opened earlier this year in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. It may be the first virtual reality store in the world, where people can learn about virtual reality and create and play it. In the company’s VR game “Cityscape Repairman,” players must take care of the city’s roads and public services to continue playing.

Morten Haulik is the company’s event manager. “It’s super important to give people the experience of actually walking around in the world. It could be the Great Wall of China or the space station or things like that, but if you really need to learn something about it, you actually need to see it in real life, and touch it.”

Lajboschitz, CEO of Khora, says that is what students at the University of Copenhagen experience. “My favorite thing is showing people virtual reality and then, when they take off the goggles (护目镜), it’s like, ‘Whoa, I forgot that I was in this space with white walls and with people around me.’ ”Clara Lykkegaard is a student at the university. “I have read about virtual reality before, and I’ve seen others trying it, but I have never tried it myself. And it is a brand new world. It’s so magical because you almost forget where you are.”

Khora’s leaders believe helping students get interested in this technology might persuade some of them to work in the industry, and gain a share of what is expected to be a more than 3 billion-dollar market by 2020.   

32.  Where can you most probably experience VR?

A.     At home     B. At schools     C. In China     D. In space station

33.  Morten Haulik believes _________

A.     showing people virtual reality is his favourite part.

B.     actual experience is a must to learn something in real life.

C.     over 3 million-dollar market will be gained in the near future.

D.     Khora Virtual Reality is the first virtual reality store in the world.

34.  Those who first attempted VR may feel _______.

A.     addicted     B. frightened     C. strange   D. awkward

35.  What is the purpose of the text?

A.     To raise the interest of readers in VR technology.

B.     To persuade readers to use VR in life.

C.     To introduce a VR game to readers.

D.     To advocate buying VR goggles.

 —I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.

—________？Mary is interested.

       A．Why bother                         B．Why not

       C．So what                                     D．What for

The best way to invent something profitable is to note all the problems people currently face. Once your invention succeeds in reducing the number of problems that people face, you are sure to get the desired appreciation, thus making the invention highly profitable.

Almost every company is in the race of attempting to solve people's problems. As a result, many great inventions appear so that people cannot help but buy something to simplify just a small part of their life. Therefore, it is very important for you to come up with a highly competitive invention. For instance, people these days are in search of household appliances (装置) that consume the least amount of electricity. You can try inventing an appliance that consumes less electricity compared to the appliances produced by other companies.

In order to make sure that your invention works effectively, you first need to try it out for yourself. A non-experimented product may fail to gain the trust of people. Experimenting on the product will also help you remove errors, if any, before bringing it to the marketplace. Moreover, you may come across an area that needs some improvement. However, coming up with an invention completely depends on your personal areas of interest. If you try inventing something that is actually not a part of your interest, you will not have the necessary passion to perfect the idea.

Successful invention ideas come from the identification of a common need and then try to fill the need by finding a workable solution. In fact, inventing something requires an inventor to devote much time and effort; therefore it is important for you to keep patient throughout the procedure. And the only thing that tells apart an ordinary person from a successful inventor is the different way of thinking. Once you get an idea about what you actually want to invent, you can then get started by adding in your own creativity in various areas of the invention.

51. When you want to invent something, you should first consider whether it can_____.

  A. make people’s life easy                 B. bring you a high profit or not

  C. be popular with all people                    D. work effectively without errors

52. By mentioning the household appliance in the 2nd paragraph, the author implies that_____.

  A. an ideal invention should be a household appliance

  B. it is appropriate for people to have a low-carbon lifestyle

  C. your intended invention should be better than other products

  D. there're fierce competitions between household appliances

53. The author's suggestions are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT _____.

  A. noting people's problems to find invention ideas

  B. trying out the product before it reaches the market

  C. making inventions based on your own interest

  D. perfecting your idea before you start your invention

54. In the author's opinion, what makes an inventor different from average people?

  A. The personal interest.              B. The way of thinking.

  C. The extra patience.                         D. The whole devotion.

55. What does the text mainly talk about?

  A. An invention without enough experi­ments will surely fail.

  B. A successful invention is largely based on people's needs.

  C. An inventor's passion matters much more than his creativity.

  D. A highly profitable invention will always have no errors.

  After serving as a ski guide in Utah’s back country for more than two decades, a Park City woman is being recognized by Outside Magazine as 2015’s Best Ski Guide.

       Deb Lovci grew up in Colorado and began skiing when she was five years old. Later she moved to Utah and fell in love with the back country of Wasatch Mountains. Lovci has now served as a Ski Utah Interconnect guide for 27 years. “Anything that you slide on snow, I’m in love with, ” she said.

       Lovci leads ski tours through the back country of six different resorts located in the Wasatch Mountains. Lovci typically takes a group of eight to ten people on a ski tour each day, and on average, she takes 300 customers on tours through the back country each season. She loves showing off Utah’s wilderness. “I love the back country,” she said. “I love the snow science behind it. I love the safety … I just love it.”

       Along with leading ski tours, Lovci is passionate about anything related to activities. She also runs a bed-and-breakfast in Park City, the Old Town Guest House. As “a jack-of- all-trades”, she also runs Alpine skis, Nordic skis competitively, and snowboards, and leads mountain bike tours during the summer.

       Outside Magazine selected five travel guides in various outdoor fields to name as the best in their Best of Travel April issue. Lovci said she was unexpectedly cheerful when she was selected as 2015’s Best Ski Guide by Outside Magazine. “We all work really hard in what we do and we love it and it’s really nice to get acknowledged,” she said. “I work with a lot of excellent guides and the award could have gone to anybody — any one of us. I often recall my ski experiences which were fearful at the beginning, but they helped me achieve a success.”

      In a news release, Ski Utah director of communications, Paul Marshall said, “Deb Lovci is one of the most enthusiastic, focused, knowledgeable guides in the industry. Without her as the forefront of our Interconnect Tour, we would not have the success we have. She has been an enthusiastic part of the Interconnect Tour for 27 years and is thought highly of by our customers.”

24. What helped Deb Lovci to be selected as 2015’s Best Ski Guide?

       A. Her gender and age.

       B. Her being ready for any ski risks.

       C. Her dreaming of the best ski job on the planet.

       D. Her love for Utah’s wilderness and her ski experiences.

25. The underlined words “a jack-of- all-trades” in Para. 4 probably mean “someone ______”.

       A. who can do many different types of work.

       B. who is very skilled at communicating.

       C. who is enthusiastic about doing business.

       D. who can be recognized as a workaholic.

26. From Paul Marshall’s words, we can infer that _______.

       A. Lovci should have helped them in the tour.

       B. Lovci deserved the award.

       C. everyone should think highly of Lovci.

       D. Lovci achieved her success with Interconnect Tour’s help.

27. What would be the best title for the passage?

       A. The Ski Utah Interconnect Tour.       

B. Deb Lovci and Outside Magazine.

C. Deb Lovci —2015’s Best Ski Guide.

D. Deb Lovci — a ski guide for 27 years.

该文中共有十处错误,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、只允许修改十处, 多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

Last summer, I got young pet dog. I named him Max after my favorite toy robot. The next day, I called her like this, “Come here, Max!” Then he comes up to me. I told him to get on the bed. Strange, he went to the bathroom. Although it was very hot, I thought that Max wanted to go swim. Then I put him into a pool. To my joyful, he enjoyed himself very much in the water. Now Max has grown many bigger and follow me no matter where I go. He has brought me a lot of happy.

---How do you find ‘Reading is to our mind what exercise is to our body’?

---I couldn’t read enough.

A. one can’t read enough    B. one can read too many books

C. all that one reads is not bad    D. all that one reads is enough