Though brought up in Los Angeles, Steven Davidson spent his whole life       in New York．

A．mostly               B．constantly

C．roughly              D．merely

Although problems are a part of our lives，it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever．One day or the other, you’11 have to stand up and say—problems，I don’t want you in my life．   

   36    Problems with friends，parents，girlfriends，husbands，and children—the list goes on. Apart from these，the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems．Problems come in different shapes，colors and feelings．

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with．Now read on how to solve your problems．

Talk about your problems．What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help．  37    Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems．   38    When you write down your problems，you are setting free all the tension from your system．You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems．By doing this，imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.

Don't lose faith and hope．No matter what you lose in life，don’t lose faith and hope．Even if you lose all your money，family…you should still have faith．   39  

Your problems aren’t the worst．No matter what problem you get in life，there’re another one million people whose problems are huger than yours．   40    Your problems might just seem big and worse，but in reality they can be removed．

Go about and solve your problems because every problem，however big or small，always has a way out．

 A．But the truth is that when you talk about it，you’re setting free the negative energies that have            

     been gathering within you．

B．When we have a pressing，critical，urgent，and life-threatening problem，how do we try to solve it？

C．Tell yourself：when they can deal with them，why can't I?

D．Of course，we’ve been fighting troubles ever since we were born．

E．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack．

F．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don't want a real person to talk with．

G．With faith and hope，you can rebuild everything that you lose．

    假设你是李华， 你的英国笔友Mary最近在学汉语，她给你发来一封电子邮件，告诉她对学习汉语兴趣浓厚，并且提高很快。在前不久学校举行的汉语演讲比赛中获得了一等奖。请你用英语给她写封回信祝贺她。 内容包括：

    1.收到来信时的心情；

2. 祝贺笔友取得的成绩；

3.鼓励他继续努力

注意：

    1.可以适当增加细节；

    2.开头和结尾已经给出

Dear Mary,

     Congratulations!  _______________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

   With best wishes

                                               Yours sincerely

                                                   Li Hua

假定你是李华, 你的英国朋友Peter来信向你咨询如何才能学好中文. 请你根据下列要点写回信.

要点: 1. 参加中文学习班;

     2. 看中文书刊、电视；

     3. 学唱中文歌曲；

     4. 交中国朋友。

注意：1.词数100左右；

      2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

Dear Peter,

   __________________________________________________________

  Best wishes,

Li Hua

The burden of students   1  (be) a hot topic for years, but the load of parents has received   2   attention, especially from their own children.

    The picture shows us a touching moment   3  a little girl comes to greet her working mom.   4   (Realize) her mom must be very tired after a day’s work, the girl helps to remove the bag from her shoulder. In response, the mom kneels down to show how happy and   5  (thank) she feels.

    All this reminds me of my mother who has been doing  6   she could to let me have the best. But, totally engaged in my own study, I   7   pay attention to what mother needs and feels, and always think studying well is the only thing I could   8  return. Now I know I can do my bit to help with the everyday washing, bedroom cleaning, or at   9  (little) prepare breakfast myself, so as to share mother’s daily burden. The picture convinces me it is even   10  (important) to be a good daughter.

 It was a really_______ experience. Afterwards everybody was very______.

  A. terrifying; shocking           B. terrified; shocking

  C. terrifying; shocked            D. terrified; shocked

    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    As we have learned English for a very long time, we may complain it. We once made a joke which foreigners should learn Chinese. Now, it was not a joke anymore. More and more foreign people are interesting in Chinese, and many of us learn Chinese well. There was a hot show calling Chinese Bridge. I had been seen the show, and I was very impressed by the foreign students, whom spoke Chinese very well. We should learn from those foreigner because they showed us a way to learn a language good.

New ideas sometimes have to wait for years before ______.

A．being fully accepted                                   B．fully accepting

C．having fully accepted                                  D．fully accepted

If women are mercilessly exploited(利用，剥削) year after year, they have only themselves to blame. Because they feel upset at the thought of being seen in public in clothes that are out of fashion, they are always taken advantage of by the designers and the big stores. Clothes which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside because of the change of fashion. When you come to think of it, only a woman is capable of standing in front of a wardrobe(衣柜) packed full of clothes and announcing sadly that she has nothing to wear.

Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each year to replace clothes that have hardly been worn. Women who cannot afford to throw away clothing in this way, waste hours of their time doing with the dresses they have. Skirts are lengthened or shortened; necklines (领口) are lowered or raised, and so on.

　No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything really important to society. Fashion designers are rarely concerned with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability(耐用). They are only interested in outward appearance and they take advantage of the fact that women will put up with any amount of discomfort, as long as they look right. There can hardly be a man who hasn't at some time in his life smiled at the sight of a woman shaking in a thin dress on a winter day, or picking her way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes (高跟鞋).

When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion, the conclusions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly changing fashions of women's clothes reflect basic qualities of inconstancy(反复无常) and instability(不稳定)? Men are too clever to let themselves be cheated by fashion designers. Do their unchanging styles of dress reflect basic qualities of stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.

32. Designers and big stores always make money______.

A. by mercilessly exploiting women workers in the clothing industry

B. because they are capable of predicting new fashions

C. by constantly changing the fashions in women's clothing

D. because they attach great importance to quality in women's clothing

33. The writer would be less critical if fashion designers placed more stress on the____ of clothing.

A. cost                   B. appearance              C. comfort             D. suitability

34. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. New fashions in clothing are created for the commercial exploitation of women.

B. The constant changes in women's clothing reflect their strength of character.

C. The fashion industry makes an important contribution to society.

D. Fashion designs should not be encouraged since they are only welcomed by women.

35. By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Lines 1-2, Para. 4) the writer means that______.

A. women's inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at

B. women are better able to put up with discomfort

C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers

D. men are more stable and reliable in character

—Are you a native of this town? —I was born in New York, but this is ______ I grew up.

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

A woman took the seat beside me on a plane, and she had to lower herself slowly, squeezing her body into the small space. She waved a hand in front of my face and I shook with her   61  (unwilling). She kept talking to me. In fact, she was very  62  (thought). When we   63   (serve) drinks and meals, she made sure that I had enough room in my seat. “I don't want to make you uncomfortable with my elephant size!” she said sincerely. I couldn’t help    64   (let) down my guard. As we talked, I was surprised by her wise    65   (word). I asked her if she ever thought about losing some weight. “Aren’t you worried about the diseases   66    come with being overweight?” “Not at all. I eat healthy food and walk regularly,” she said. “You see advertisements from exercise centers that read, ‘Free yourself   67   your extra baggage, so you are free to be    68   (you).’ You’re free only    69    you’re comfortable with who you are!” I suddenly realized that she was    70   most beautiful and clever woman I had ever met in my life.

The little girl stood close to the wall, ____________ herself against the cold.

A. hugging    B. hugged     C. to hug   D. having hugged

 Zuhur Yasin has never been to the US, but she holds a bachelor’s degree from an American university. Part of Yasin’s studies in Somaliland were spent in a special classroom, lined with rows of computers equipped with webcams（网络摄像头）and microphones.

The 29-year-old watched videos and took part in live virtual(虚拟的) classes at Indiana University as part of her journalism programme at the University of Hargeisa.“We had discussions and shared any challenges or questions,” she says.

The African Virtual University(AVU), an intergovernmental organization, connected Yasin with Indiana University. The AVU says it has used virtual learning to train 43, 000 students since its creation in 1997. Professors use programmes and apps including Skype and WhatsApp to communicate with students, but classes are taught using special software. The AVU is considering plans to make lectures accessible on mobile phones.

Like Yasin, many students in sub-Saharan Africa are looking for opportunities to attend university. In 2008, the region had the lowest university attendance in the world, with just 6% of secondary school-leavers advancing to higher education, according to the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

In May, the African Union(AU) opened the e-Learning Africa Conference on ICT for development, education and training at its headquarters in Addis Ababa.

Rebecca Stromeyer, the founder of e-Learning Africa, says, “Now it is the time when technology can really help to protect the progress many African countries have made in education. If the right decisions are made now, they will help to achieve long-term economic growth.”

Experts say online learning tools can connect African students to massive open online courses (Mooc慕课，大型开放式网络课程) such as Coursera, an education platform that provides free virtual education from some of the world’s top universities.

28. How did Yasin obtain a bachelor’s degree from an American University?

A. By teaching herself at home.

B. By employing a famous coach from America.

C. By virtual learning provided by the AVU.

D. By her further education at the University of Hargeisa.

29. What is preventing students from watching lectures on mobile phones?

A. Lectures can’t be played on mobile phones.

B. It’s better to have live virtual classes in a special classroom.

   C. Professors don’t give lectures on mobile phones.

   D. Not every student owns a phone.

30. What does the underlined word in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Africa       B. Sub-Saharan Africa     C. Addis Ababa     D. The AU

31. From the last two paragraphs, which of the following can be inferred?

A. Before technology was used, Africa didn’t make any progress in education.

B. With online learning tools fewer African students will go to real universities.

C. Coursera enables African students to go to any top university they like.

D. Technology will promote Africa’s educational and economic lasting growth.

某校英文报开辟了一个专栏：Experience。本期话题是如何解决学习中遇到的困难。请你以“My Approach to Difficulties in Learning”为题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈自己的一些做法。

要求：1.词数100左右；

    One day, I stood at the roadside waiting for a bus. Everything was going as normal when suddenly I heard a voice beside me; it was a boy in old clothes, with a face that seemed like it had never been washed at all. I felt so disgusted at that moment that I tried to pull myself away from that little boy.

The boy kept following me, shouting, “Bhaiya! Bhaiya!” ( Big brother! Big brother!), but I didn’t answer him at all! My inner self was cursing the country for its poor conditions. Always begging for money—it all kept annoying me, making me feel more reluctant to answer that dirty little boy who kept calling to me. “Bhaiya! Bhaiya!” I heard him call out again. This made me very angry and I shouted at him that I had no money to give him. And the boy, without even bothering to hear my words of despair, said to me, “Bhaiya, could you please help me cross the road?”

The next moment, I felt numb. I couldn’t feel my legs. The sudden feeling of shame had engulfed(吞没) me from within. Was this what I had become? Had prejudice engulfed me to such a level that I decided that they begged for money and food every time somebody passed by?

I held the boy’s hand firmly—and for the first time, without a feeling of disgust that he might not have taken a bath for days or weeks, I helped him cross the road, and that successful act of assistance created a new hope inside me. I realized that our being judgmental will surely have a very bad effect unless we overcome it.

21. The author suddenly had a bad mood when he heard the voice of the boy because_________.

A. the boy was poor and never washed his face

B. the author looked down on his country

C. the author thought the boy was begging for money

D. the boy kept following the author all the time

22. What was the boy’s intention when he called to the author?

   A. He wanted to get some money from the author.

   B. He just hoped he could be helped to cross the road.

   C. He wanted to attract the author’s attention.

   D. He just intended tell him the bus was coming.

23. When the author said “The next moment, I felt numb”, he meant that_________.

   A. he didn’t know if he should help the boy

   B. he had misunderstood the boy

   C. he had seen many poor people

   D. the boy was not angry at his words

24. Which of the following factors led the author to make a false judgment?

 They paid famous artists to paint pictures of themselves, their houses and possessions 　　　 their activities and achievements. 

A. as long as        B. as much as    C. as far as     D. as well as

假设你是晨光中学学生会主席李津，9月份美国20名学生志愿者将来你校学访，并进

行经验交流，请根据以下提示，写一封电子邮件与他们领队Chris联系，并告知他们到访

时的相关事宜及征求意见。

（1）欢迎会、校长参加；

（2）志愿者经验交流（对社会、个人的益处）

（3）共同参加社区志愿者活动（了解中国、增进友谊）

注意：

（1）词数不少于100；

（2）请适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

（3）开头和结尾都已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇： 志愿者 volunteer

Dear Chris,

I am Li Jin, chairman of the Student Union of Chen Guang Middle School.

_______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Yours

Li Jin

University was a new experience for me. I was   21   in a small seaside town in the south of England, and suddenly I was   22   together with people of my age from all over the country. People were speaking with a（n）  23   that I had only ever heard on TV, and sometimes using words that I had never heard before.

I had only been at university for about a week when I   24   David Pitman, from Blackburn in the north of England. We   25   that we both played tennis, and arranged to meet up one afternoon for a   26  .

I went to the sports hall at the   27   time, and went into the changing rooms. David was already there , and I could see that he wasn’t very   28  . He was searching anxiously for something inside his bag. He looked up at me as I   29  .

    “I’ve   30   my keks,” he said. “you haven’t got any, have you?”   31   I had no idea what he was talking about. Tennis balls? Shorts? Trainers? What? I said: “Sorry?” David repeated: “Have you got any   32   keks with you?”

Of course, I could have asked him what the word meant,   33 _ I was too embarrassed and didn’t want to offend him. David saw the   34   on my face, and said: “You know——keks. Shorts. Tennis shorts.”

    Now I   35   what he wanted, and luckily, I did have a（n）  36   pair in my bag. I lent them to him, we   37  , and he won. Then we went to get a   38  . The woman at the canteen asked me what I wanted. “I’d like a Black Beauty, please,” I said. （Where I   39  , that’s cola and ice cream. ） “What on earth is that?”   40   the woman. I immediately knew how she felt.

21. A. raised               B. grown                     C. adapted                  D. praised

22. A. respected         B. accepted                C. thrown                     D. survived

23. A. smile                 B. accent                    C. expression              D. sound

24. A. caught sight of  B. picked out            C. came across           D. dug out

25. A. discovered       B. hoped                     C. guessed                  D. admitted

26. A. game                B. report                     C. meeting                   D. discussion

27. A. given                B. informed                 C. recorded                 D. appointed

28. A. nervous            B. happy                     C. friendly                    D. angry

29. A. stood up           B. set out                    C. turned back             D. walked in 

30. A. left off               B. left aside                 C. left out                     D. left behind             

31. A. Gradually         B. Finally                     C. Suddenly                 D. Fortunately

32. A. new                  B. spare                  C. free                         D. common

33. A. and                   B. so                           C. yet                     D. while

34. A. appearance      B. pain                    C. look                         D. concern

35. A. brought out      B. figured out              C. decided on              D. took up 

36. A. cheap               B. nice                     C. expensive                D. extra

37. A. showed             B. played                    C. studied                    D. shared

38. A. drink                 B. rest                        C. review                      D. chat

39. A. travel around    B. get away             C. come from               D. flee to

40. A. demanded        B. suggested              C. announced              D. ordered

Soccer is not a violent game. But players can hit the ball with their head to purposely change the direction of the ball. In the sport this move is known as a header. Unfortunately, they may sometimes crash into other players, the ground or goal posts. During the World Cup semifinal soccer match in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 2014，Netherlands，Dirk Kuyt went for a header with Argentina’s Javier Mascherano and Ezequiel Garay, making his competitors injured in head.

Catherine McGill is a neuropsychologist (神经心理学家）at the Children’s National Health System in Houston. She examines many children who have suffered concussions (脑震荡)，which are the most common brain injury. She says concussions from soccer and other youth sports are increasing.

“Firstly，parents, coaches, and medical providers alike are getting better at recognizing and responding to the injury, and it’s a huge proof to media paying more attention to this and leagues (联队）paying more attention to the safety of their players. Also, kids are getting bigger, faster, stronger across the sports, and so more injuries may be occurring simply because of that.”

Catherine McGill spoke at a recent conference on ways to make soccer safer for young players which was held recently in New York. She says researchers are examining the effects of soccer-related head injuries. They want to know whether repeated hits to the head can cause CTE, which is a brain disorder that worsens as a person ages.

She says parents often ask what age children should start “heading” or whether there should be “heading” at all. She thinks it’s a very individual decision. The age for one child may be quite different from another.

28.According to the passage, Dirk Kuyt is probably_____________.

A. a league leader B. a soccer player C. a doctor     D. a coach

29.What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Young soccer players are stronger and swifter nowadays.

B. Parents are getting better at dealing with head injuries.

C. Media are paying more attention to such injuries in sports.

D. Leagues are more concerned about the safety of their players.

30.What can we learn from Catherine McGill’s research?

A. Heading is a common move for players in soccer matches.

B .Children can start heading at any age in playing soccer.

C.CTE is mainly caused by soccer-related head injuries.

D. Concussions from soccer and other youth sports are on the rise.

31.What’s the main purpose of the passage?

A. To entertain us with exciting soccer matches.

B. To warn us of something dangerous in sports.

C. To inform us of risks of heading in soccer.

D. To share ways to make soccer safer for children.

The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to___26___ the seats, settled in one of them.

It has been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of ___27___. Susan’s husband Mark watched her ___28___into hopelessness and he was ___29___to use every possible means to help his wife.

Finally, Susan felt ready to ___30___to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too ___31___to get around the city by herself. Mark ___32___to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening ___33___she could manage it by herself.

For two weeks, Mark ___34___Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other ___35___, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new ___36___.

At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip ___37___. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband ___38___, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude(感激). She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their ___39___ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement ___40___Susan. She was doing it!

On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work ___41___. As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, " Miss, I sure ___42___you. "　Curious, Susan asked the driver ___43___.

"You know, every morning for the ___44___week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely, " the bus driver said.

Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than___45___. That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.