The evidence suggests that the site ______ in serious danger, so it’s recommended that it ______ closed and repaired.

A. is; be                        B. be; is                             C. is; is                        D. be; be

       Housework is a frequent source of disputes(争论) between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women have been warned not to expect men to pull their weight any time soon.

       A study from Oxford University has found that men are unlikely to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers, the researchers warned, will continue to shoulder the burden of childcare and housework for the next four decades, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still regarded as “women’s work”.

       The gap between the amount of time men and women spend on housework has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. But it will take another four decades before true housework equality(平等) is achieved, the study concluded. The research found that in the Nordic countries, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, women spend an average of four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.

       But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr. Oriel Sullivan, a research reader from Oxford’s Department of Sociology, said, “We’ve looked at what is affecting the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as ‘men’s work’ or ‘women’s work’.”

       Dr. Sullivan said cultural attitudes taught at school may be responsible for the views of housework.  “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy baking and dancing,” she said.

4.The underlined part “pull their weight” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “    ”.

       A. lose weight                           B. be lazy                    C. earn money                          D. do equal housework

5.Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because    .

       A. men are too busy to help

       B. they would like to do so

       C. they can do better in housework

       D. housework will still be considered as women’s work

6.From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK     .

       A. men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average

       B. women now are too busy with their work to do housework

       C. women now spend less time on housework than before

       D. housework is shared equally between men and women

7.In Dr. Sullivan’s opinion, what is to blame for the housework inequality?

       A. Cultural attitudes towards housework               B. Policies made by the government

       C. The time spent on work                                    D. The type of housework

1.      我听说你在中学生英语演讲比赛中荣获一等奖。

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2.    我现在写信祝贺你。

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I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅) — all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved [Z-X-X-K]London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.

Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners — people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.[Z-x-x-k.Com]

I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafés are not terribly nice.

As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb (a lot of money) on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 pm. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.

The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbor who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.

4．The writer doesn’t like London because she _________.

A. is not used to the life there now

B. has lived there for seventeen years

C. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house

D. has to be polite to everyone she meets there

5．Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

A. In a café.            B. In a pub.

 C. In a nightclub.        D. In a restaurant.

6．The underlined part “it” (in para. 4) refers to_________.

A. public transport       B. the money

C. a bomb              D. a taxi

7．The writer took her neighbor to France for Christmas because he _________.

A. was from a typical French family   B. had never been to France

C. felt lonely in England                       D. didn’t’t like the British idea of family

     假定你是Minion，你的英国笔友正在写一篇关于各国中学生课外阅读(extra-curricular reading)情况的调查报告，他给你发了一封电子邮件，想了解相关情况。请你根据以下提示，给他回一封电子邮件。

1.     你校学生课外阅读的现状；

2.     原因分析；

3.     你的看法；

注意：1.根据所给提示，适当发挥，要求内容充实，语意连贯。

      2.字数不少于100。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

      3.邮件中不得提及考生所在学校及本人姓名。

Dear Helen,

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It is five years now since I graduate from No.3 High School. Last Saturday, the class that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in the touch with everybody and set a well time for all of us. We all enjoyed this precious day greatly, remember the time we spent together and the people they were familiar with.It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone abroad for further studies, but they calls back or sent greeting card from different places.

 _______made the parents proud was that their daughter won the first prize in the English speaking contest.

   A. It                     B. What                    C. That           D. Who

 假定英语课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仅限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

When I’m in the trouble, I always take out a book and read quiet. Soon I’ll forget all the troubles. It is in this way which I’ve formed the habit of read at any time. As a boy, I was interesting in picture books and storybooks. I was attracted them. After I entered middle school I begin to read novels, plays, essays and so on. I found I could get many from them. Little by little I took greatly interest in literature but last term I won first prize in the composition contest among middle-school students in our city.

从2016年底以来，共享单车突然就在国内火爆起来。重庆的街头巷尾也随处可见小黄车的身影，确为大家带来了许多便利。可存取不限的共享单车也可谓命运多舛：被恶意破坏，刷漆据为己有，关进自家走廊不让别人用等不良现象也屡屡被媒体曝光。学生作为共享单车主要的使用群体之一，请分享你对此现象的看法。

内容提示：1. 共享单车的现状和问题

2. 你对这些问题的看法

3. 你的建议

注意：(1)词数100字左右；

(2)符合语言规范，行文连贯。

备用词汇：shared bicycle 共享单车

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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。

A week before Earth Day, posters were put up around our school, calling upon us join in the actions for the greener earth.

Our class came up with the idea to make use of using materials. We bring to our classroom worn-out clothes, pieces of cardboard and empty plastic bottle and turned those into dolls, handbags, tissue boxes and small vases. That weekend, we went to a nearby neighborhood but gave them away to the people there. All were very happy with those unexpected gifts, especial little kids and elderly people. It was so much successful that we were invited to share our idea and experience for all the students in our school. We are very proud of us and believe we can do more for a better world.

It was a sunny day when I quit my job to travel. As a contract administrator(合同管理员)for a shipping company, I’d spent 2012 ___21___in Washington DC. While it was a well-paid job, even a___22___career, it was not what I wanted, I wanted to ___23___stories and see the world.

The ___24___of this decision were sown(播种)in 2010, when I graduated from college and moved to Spain to teach English. I spent my spare time travelling around Europe, writing it all in my blog. After two years, my teaching contracts___25___, so I moved back to work in Washington DC.

Writing, on the other hand, continued to make me___26___. And during those two years in Spain, my blog had___27___many readers. But I faced a  ___28___  decision: quit and pursue writing full-time, or keep a good job.I knew that ___29___to the world of writing and travelling was the right choice,___30___ I began planning my next move. This time, my___31___was New Zealand.

Every night___32___I came home from my job I work on my blog. I spent a year___33___my blog and setting up freelance(自由职业者)writing contracts, so that I would have guaranteed paid work once I quit. A few months later, I was invited to explore Jordan for a few weeks. I knew the time had come to___34___the final preparations. I planned out my trips, ___35___my flights and sold my car (my last strong tie to my old life)before___36___. And finally, I was on my way to New Zealand.

Since quitting my job, I’ve sailed off the coast of Italy and Greece; dived in Bali; ridden horses across western Mongolia; slept___37___the stars on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Not once have I___38___my decision to leave my job in Washington DC. Through all this, I have achieved my___39___of becoming a writer. I gave up a comfortable life to pursue personal happiness—___40___proving that dreams really do come true, if you work for them.

21. A. studying    B. teaching    C. working    D. travelling

22. A. terrible    B. wrong    C. vital    D. good

23. A. write    B. remember    C. understand    D. read

24. A. plants    B. seeds    C. crops    D. branches

25. A. started    B. continued    C. ended    D. failed

26. A. qualified    B. delighted    C. bored    D. tired

27. A. protected    B. demanded    C. attracted    D. selected

28. A. strange    B. tough    C. normal    D. simple

29. A. returning    B. sending    C. donating    D. leading

30. A. or    B. but    C. so    D. unless

31. A. destination    B. situation    C. occasion    D. description

32. A. since    B. because    C. until    D. when

33. A. turning up    B. getting up    C. cutting up    D. building up

34. A. reject    B. make    C. test    D. apply

35. A. sold    B. bought    C. booked    D. earned

36. A. setting off    B. settling down    C. calming down    D. turning around

37. A. on    B. over    C. in    D. under

38. A. explained    B. shared    C. regretted    D. imagined

39. A. reason    B. example    C. memory    D. goal

40. A. narrowly    B. awfully    C. widely    D. hopefully

 As a mother I ask your justice to be ______and not to punish my son for matters he has no control over.

   A. civil               B. merciful           C. grateful        D. supreme

 Chinese traffic police have handled more than 17 million cases involving road rage like unreasonable lane changes and dangerous overtaking this year, as ___41___ world’s largest car market struggles to equip its drivers ___42___ better road etiquette(礼节，礼规).

As part of its campaign to educate drivers, the Ministry of Public Security ____43____ (describe) road rage as a major traffic safety hazard(安全隐患) on Tuesday, the eve of National Traffic Safety Day. ___44___ the number of cases handled by police has only risen by 2.8 percent year on year, there are more tragedies involving road rage. In 2013, 80,200 accidents were attributed to anger behind the wheel, a 4.9-percent year-on-year increase. The number rose ___45____ 2.4 percent in 2014.

In May, a video ___46___ (show) a male driver beating a female driver in return for a dangerous land change left many Chinese people stunned. More ___47___ (recent), a driver in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province was criticized by the public after ____48______ intentionally forced an ambulance to pull over several times.

According to the ministry, China has ____49__ (many) than 169 million car owners. It also warned drivers, at 322 million now, of “distracted driving”, ___50___ caused 21,570 deaths in 2014.

   When I was eighteen, I couldn’t wait to get my first job, which meant I made the first step toward adulthood.

    But it was difficult to get a work permit. One day I was dropped off by my parents at the  21  , where applicants took their physical tests for work permits. Although I had night blindness, my vision was clearer during the day, which helped me walk   22   by myself. Then the doctor began the   23  . He looked into my eyes with a bright light. “I suggest your parents take you to an eye specialist,” he said, “I   24   you have a retinal (视网膜) disease. If you do, you’ll never   25   a day in your life…”

    My parents did take me to specialists. After much time and money spent seeking an   26   result, it was determined that I had an eye disease that slowly   27   a person of sight. But still, during daylight, I could walk without   28  . I could read, but not for hours. My eyes began to   29   and words slipped off the page when I read more than a few pages. However, no matter how tired my eyes became, I never gave up reading. I knew the  30  of great writers as well as the most popular music stars. Their words were powerful, which   31  me to try writing. Soon writing brought me a lot of   32   each time I completed a paper.

    Then an important phone call from an editor changed my life. An article I   33   appeared in a local newspaper. The newspaper, to my   34  , continued to print my work. Next, a book series published several of my essays. I got interested in writing and   35   up with each acceptance. On the pages, readers never knew of my blindness   36   I chose to present it. For me, finding my voice through writing gave me the pride and satisfaction I   37   so many years ago. Now, I have numerous essays and articles in   38  .

    Should I be thanking that misguided doctor? By falsely predicting that I could never work a day, he fueled my   39   into success. He set the bar too   40   and focused on what I wouldn’t be able to do. Yet I proved what I could do.

21. A. station            B. clinic            C. lab               D. company

22. A. silently           B. suddenly          C. easily            D. proudly

23. A. examination        B. treatment         C. operation         D. argument

24. A. advocate         B. acknowledge         C. confirm           D. suspect

25. A. rest             B. sleep            C. work             D. live

26. A. accurate         B. urgent           C. obvious          D. ordinary

27. A. warns            B. reminds          C. robs             D. informs

28. A. medicine         B. assistance       C. allowance        D. balance 

29. A. shine            B. tear             C. widen            D. dance       

30. A. houses           B. addresses        C. habits           D. names   

31. A. asked            B. encouraged       C. forced           D. permitted   

32. A. stress           B. worry            C. trouble          D. pleasure    

33. A. admitted        B. wanted           C. penned           D. described   

34. A. shame            B. admiration       C. disappointment   D. delight 

35. A. lit              B. came             C. gave             D. put

36. A. although         B. after            C. unless           D. since

37. A. sought           B. feared           C. brought          D. rejected

38. A. mind             B. use              C. print            D. time    

39. A. motivation       B. personality      C. imagination      D. responsibility

40. A. far              B. low              C. long             D. close       

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when you labor through your work you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel the most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues (自言自语) as John talks to himself: “Get up, John! You’ll be late for work again!” The possible explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Adjust your cycle to some extent by staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle, but you’ll get up steam (打起精神) and work better at your low point.

Begin with a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a slow yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do usual work in the afternoon and spend time doing important work for your high peak hours.

32. According to Dr. Kleitman if you don’t want to get up in the morning ____________.

   A. you must be a lazy person         B. you must catch a cold

   C. your energy cycle must be low     D. you should stay in bed

33. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?

   A. A change in a family member’s energy cycle. 

B. Familiar monologues.

C. Unawareness of energy cycles.

D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

34. If one wants to work better at his low point in the morning, he should ____________.

   A. change his energy cycle           B. go to bed earlier

   C. overcome his laziness             D. get up earlier than usual

35. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _________________.

   A. help you to control your temper early in the day

   B. help to keep your energy for the day’s work

   C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work

   D. keep your energy cycle under control all day

 ----Why did you write the letter to our newspaper?

   ----I just reflect some problems and expect your newspaper to_________ the service industry to attach more importance to the service improvement.

   A. lead to                 B. appeal to                  C. leave for         D. search for

He ______ some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.

A. made out   B. picked up   C. gave up   D. took in

This day marks the rising of a new food startup, the first company to be financed entirely by the crowd, and of it every business thus relies on thousands of customers to grow. Lisa, 25, its main founder and CEO, believes it will be a path that will become increasingly popular, and ultimately will produce more thriving（繁荣的）businesses from the scratch.

“In the food industry, no venture capital (VC, 风险投资) will even look at you until you’ve hit a million in sales. As a fresh hand in business, unless you’re independently wealthy, you will likely need to raise some money before then,” Lisa complained. So few businesses approached VC firms at the beginning. It was no exception with her. Thus, she turned to a new financing tool at hand, crowdfunding, to raise money from the crowd who’d like to take a bet on her company. 

But for a company, it didn’t make sense to seek investments when all they had was an idea and a few months of consumer testing data. The food market is extremely competitive. No investor would put money behind a totally unproven new superfood product founded by a bunch of twenty-somethings. “But we had a story. And crowds love stories.” Lisa said delightedly. So she put together an online crowdfunding campaign, explaining how she began working with this amazingly nutritious plant in the Peace Corps and then started selling it in the U.S. to support the poor in the West Africa.

On the online platform where they were to raise the money, a friend convinced them to change their goal from $20,000 to $50,000. Lisa stayed up all night worrying they wouldn’t hit it. But they reached $24,000 in 24 hours and ended their funding with $53,000. Seeing the number, Lisa said, “Thank you! To my crowd and for your belief!”

4. Why couldn’t Lisa get investments in a traditional way?

A. She lacked confidence in business.

B. Her food company was in poor condition.

C. VC demanded too much in choosing partners.

D. Consumers were not satisfied with her new products.

5. According to the passage, crowdfunding ________.

A. ensures the investors a good return

B. aims to help badly managed companies

C. attracts more people to become investors

D. helps startups deal with money shortages

6. The underlined word “twenty-somethings” refers to ________.

A. twenty impractical ideas    B. young people over twenty

C. twenty inexperienced partners    D. a company with twenty branches

7. Which of the following best explains Lisa’s success?

A. Great minds think alike.    B. Honesty is the best policy.

C. Many hands make light work.    D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

From the jagged (锯齿状的) peaks of the Himalayas to the powerful Yangtze River that flows into the Pacific, China’s vast terrain (地带) and varied climate make it the sixth most biologically diverse nation on the planet.

Since 1998, The Nature Conservancy has been working in China’s northwest Yunnan Province to protect some of the amazing natural and cultural diversity unique to this country for its future generations. In cooperation with Chinese local and state government agencies, the Conservancy established the Yunnan Great Rivers Project, which protects an area about the size of West Virginia.

Did you know?

●China contains 10% of the world’s total species.

●At least 15% of China’s mammal species and 8% of its bird species are found nowhere else on Earth.

●Nearly 15,000 plant species are native to Yunnan Province.

●Yunnan is home to 75% of Tibetan medicinal herbs and 30 endangered species.

What is the Nature Conservancy trying to do?

Education for Sustainability (可持续性)

The Nature Conservancy recognizes that environmental education is an important element of working closely with local communities to achieve sustainable conservation results. In response, the Conservancy launched a new program called Education for Sustainability which tests means of teaching and learning that combine conservation goals, social justice, and appropriate development and participation in a vision and mission for personal and social change.

Promoting Green Tourism

Tourism is both an environmental threat and an economic opportunity, with the potential to provide extremely needed income to northwest Yunnan. The Conservancy is working with local communities, government agencies, and tourism enterprises(企业) to develop strategies for “green” tourism which will limit the footprint of mass tourism while generating income for local people. In addition to combining tourism development and management at our five action sites, we assisted with regional marketing efforts to promote eco-tourism opportunities.

21. Among the most biologically diverse nations on the planet, China ranks _______.

A. tenth                B. sixth                 C. fifteenth            D. eighth

22. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A. The Nature Conservancy has been working in China’s northwest Yunan Province.

B. The Nature Conservancy cooperated agencies in the Yunnan Great Rivers Project.

C. Nearly 10% of the world’s plant species are native to Yunnan Province.

D. For the moment the Nature Conservancy is devoting itself to education for sustainability as well as eco-tourism..Com]

23. To develop strategies for eco-tourism, the Nature Conservancy is working with the following EXCEPT _________.

A. West Virginia              B. local communities 

C. government agencies     D. tourism enterprises

24. Which of the following best shows the author’s attitude towards tourism?

A. We should greatly promote tourism as it has no disadvantages.

B. Tourism is extremely helpful to people in Yunnan.

C. Tourism does no good to our environment.

D. Tourism is an opportunity for the economy as well as threat to the environment.

When we think of leadership, we often think of strength and power. But what are these really, and how do they operate?

Leadership today is not about forcing others to do things. If this is even possible, it is short-term, and tends to backfire. If you order someone to do something against their will, they may do it because they feel they must, but the anger they feel will do more harm in the long-term, They will also experience fear.

Fear causes the thinking brain to shut down, making the person unable to function at his or her best. If they associate you with this emotion of fear. They will become less functional around you, and you will have succeeded in not only shooting yourself in the foot, but possibly making a very good employee or partner unable to perform effectively. Fear has no place in leadership.

The way we influence people in a lasting way is by our own character, and our understanding and use of emotion. We can order someone to do something, which may be part of the work day; or we can employ them at the emotional level, so they became fully devoted to the projects and provide some of their own motivation (积极性). Today’s work place is all about relationships.

Anyone works harder in a positive environment in which they are recognized and valued as a human being as well as a worker. Everyone produces just a bit more for someone they like. Leaders understand the way things work. They know the pay check is not the single most motivating factor (因素) in the work life of most people.

The true strength of leadership is an inner strength that comes from the confidence of emotional intelligence—knowing your own emotions, and how to handle them, and those of others. Developing your emotional intelligence is the single best thing you can do if you want to develop your relationships with people around you, which is the key to the leadership skills.

32.An employee may have a feeling of fear in the work place when ________.

A. he is forced to do thing                           B. he cannot work at his best

C. he feels his brain shut down                    D. he thinks of his work as too heavy

33.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People tend to associate leadership with fear.

B. Working conditions affect people’s physical health.

C. Good relationship is the key to business success.

D. Smart people are more functional in the work place.

34.To positively influence employees a leader should first of all ________.

A. provide better suggestions                       B. develop his own personality

C. give his employees a pay rise                   D. hide his own emotion of fear

35.Good leadership is mainly seen in a leader’s ability to ________.

A. provide a good working environment

B. help raise employee’s living standards

C. give employees specific instructions

D. deal wisely with employees’ emotions