For only the second time in her life, actress Olivia Holt, 15, traveled to New York — this time to catch the award-winning Disney Broadway show Newises. Adriana Palmieri, the reporter from Time for Kids（TFK）, was there with Olivia and interviewed Olivia about the experience and her career. “I think the show is inspiring other people to make a big influence on the world today,” Olivia told TFK.
Olivia is no stranger to the stage. This young star started acting at age three, and progressed from a small stage to a hit TV show, Disney XD’s Kickin ’It. But even today she gets pre-show jitters（紧张）. She conquers her nervousness by staying , positive. “I end up just keeping my head up and seeing where it takes me and usually, it takes me to a good place where I’m not so nervous,” Olivia said.
Olivia grew up in Mississippi but moved to Los Angeles recently to pursue her career. “It was a big transition for me because I grew up in a small town,” Olivia said. But now, she’s living her dream as an actress. When asked about advice for other aspiring actors, the young performer said, “Just stay positive and stay confident. If you know that you’re powerful enough to conquer your fears and stay happy, that will lead you in the right way.”
Olivia regularly stars on a Disney XD show called Kickin’It. She plays the fearless black belt Kim. “I think she is such an incredible girl and I look up to her.” Olivia said about her character, “She is so powerful and confident.”
29. Why did Olivia go to New York?
A. To go on a holiday. B. To attend an interview.
C. To enjoy a show D. To meet her friends
30. Paragraph two mainly tells us that ________.
A. how Olivia does with nervousness B. Olivia began to act at a young age
C. how Olivia became famous D. Olivia doesn’t appear on stage any more
31. What may be important to Olivia in her acting career?
A. Patience and bravery. B. Confidence and calmness.
C. Chances and cleverness. D. Challenges and kindness.
32. The underlined word “she” in the last paragraph refers to ________.
A. Olivia B. Kim C. Kickin’It D. Disney XD
假如你是李华。最近针对司机开车时玩手机的现象做了一次调查。请你根据调查结果用英语为报社的Peter写一篇文章描述调查结果并表明自己的观点。
80.8%发现司机开车玩手机是普遍现象。
45.5%认为司机开车玩手机是因为对自己的开车技术过于自信。
70.8%建议提高对开车玩手机行为的惩处力度。
主要内容包括：
1.描述调查情况以及表格内容。
2.表明你的观点。
注意：1. 词数不少于100；2. 可以适当增加细节使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
With the development of the modern society and improvement of living standards, smart phones have brought great convenience to ordinary people. However,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
He seemed _____ the sad news as he looked really upset.
A. to know B. to be knowing C. to have known D. to knew
Tom is going to talk about the geography of his country ,but I would rather he _______more on its culture..
A focus B focused C would focus D had focused
William Butler Yeats, a most famous Irish writer, was born in Dublin on June 13, 1865. His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family. Later, Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered “little of childhood but its pain”. In fact, he inherited (继承) excellent taste in art from his family-----both his father and his brother were painters. But he finally settled on literature, particularly drama and poetry.
Yeats had strong faith in the coming of new artistic movements. He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s. His early theatrical experiments, however, were not received favorably at the beginning. He didn’t lose heart, and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama.
Compared with his dramatic works, Yeats’ poems attract much admiring notice. The subject matter includes love, nature, history, time and aging. Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms, he brought modern sensibility to them. As his literary life progressed, his poetry grew finer and richer, which led him to worldwide recognition.
He had not enjoyed a major public lift since winning the Nobel Prize in 1923. Yet, he continued writing almost to the end of his life. Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40, he would probably now be valued as a minor poet, for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75. After Yeats’ death in 1939, W.H. Auden wrote, among others, the following lines:
Earth, receive an honored guest:
William Yeats is laid to rest.
Let the Irish vessel(船) lie.
Emptied of his poetry.
1. Which of the following can describe Yeats’ family?
A. It filled Yeats’ childhood with laughter.
B. It was shocked by Yeats’ choice.
C. It was a typically wealthy family.
D. It had an artistic atmosphere.
2. According to the passage, what do we know about Yeats’ life?
A. Yeats founded the first Irish theatre.
B. Yeats stuck to modern forms in his poetry.
C. Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s.
D. Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Nobel Prize.
3. What kind of feeling is expressed in W. H. Auden’s lines?
A. Envy B. Sympathy C. Emptiness D. Admiration
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Yeats’ literary achievements.
B. Yeats’ historical influence.
C. Yeats’ artistic ambition.
D. Yeats’ national honor.
The other problem that arises from the employment of women is that of the working wife. It has two aspects: that of the wife who is more of a success than her husband and that of the wife who must rely heavily on her husband for help with domestic tasks. There are various ways in which the impact of the first difficulty can be reduced. Provided that husband and wife are not in the same or directly comparable lines of work, the harsh fact of her greater success can be obscured by a genial conspiracy to reject a purely monetary measure of achievement as intolerably crude. Where there are ranks, it is best if the couple work in different fields so that the husband can find some special reason for the superiority of the lowest figure in his to the most elevated in his wife’s.
A problem that affects a much larger number of working wives is the need to re-allocate domestic tasks if there are children. In The Road to Wigan Pier George Orwell wrote of the unemployed of the Lancashire coalfields: “Practically never ... in a working-class home, will you see the man doing a stroke of the housework. Unemployment has not changed this convention, which on the face of it seems a little unfair. The man is idle from morning to night but the woman is as busy as ever - more so, indeed, because she has to manage with less money. Yet so far as my experience goes the women do not protest. They feel that a man would lose his manhood if, merely because he was out of work, he developed in a ‘Mary Ann’.”
It is over the care of young children that this re-allocation of duties becomes really significant. For this, unlike the cooking of fish fingers or the making of beds, is an inescapably time-consuming occupation, and time is what the fully employed wife has no more to spare of than her husband.
The male initiative in courtship is a pretty indiscriminate affair, something that is tried on with any remotely plausible woman who comes within range and, of course, with all degrees of tentativeness. What decides the issue of whether a genuine courtship is going to get under way is the woman’s response. If she shows interest the engines of persuasion are set in movement. The truth is that in courtship society gives women the real power while pretending to give it to men.
What does seem clear is that the more men and women are together, at work and away from it, the more the comprehensive amorousness of men towards women will have to go, despite all its past evolutionary services. For it is this that makes inferiority at work abrasive and, more indirectly, makes domestic work seem unmanly, if there is to be an equalizing redistribution of economic and domestic tasks between men and women there must be a compensating redistribution of the erotic initiative. If women will no longer let us beat them they must allow us to join them as the blushing recipients of flowers and chocolates.
1. The author advises the working wife who is more successful than her husband to.
A. work in the same sort of job as her husband.
B. play down her success, making it sound unimportant.
C. stress how much the family gains from her high salary.
D. introduce more labour-saving machinery into the home.
2. Which of the following words is used literally, NOT metaphorically (比喻地)?
A. Heavily (Paragraph One).
B. Convention (Paragraph Two).
C. Engines (Paragraph Four).
D. Abrasive (Paragraph Five).
3. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the present form of courtship?
A. Men are equally serious about courtship.
B. Each man “makes passes” at many women.
C. The woman’s reaction decides the fate of courtship.
D. The man leaves himself the opportunity to give up the chase quickly.
When you get the paper back,pay special attention to what ______.
A.have marked
B.have been marked
C.had marked
D.had been marked
_______ the joint efforts made by the people of Hangzhou, preparatory work for G20 Summit has a success.
A. Thanks to B. In terms of C. With regard to D. In addition to
“YOU’RE too small, Ginny, you’ll never make an Olympic team,” said my first-ever rowing coach, way back in the late winter of 1978. I had just41 my dream. It was sure too big at that point to somebody whose42 not only mattered, but whose emotional support could play a key role.
Then I was just 20, and still a(n)43 athlete. Maybe my dream wasn’t based on reality. After all, I had tried out for the national team for the first time the previous year and been 44 . I lacked the height that most Olympic rowers possess, not to45 much experience as an athlete, and I suffered from asthma, but still, I was shocked by my coach’s response. 46 not just by his choice of words, but by his certainty, I left the gym in a panic.
As I walked, I began to rethink my future, making room for my coach’s opinion, setting47 my dream. A small inner voice had joined forces with the coach’s. “Maybe he’s48 ”
But then, another voice49 . “What does he know? Why does he get to decide?” That my own coach didn’t have faith in me didn’t mean I had to give up on myself so quickly. By the time I arrived back at my apartment, I was 50 my coach. And my51 was back on center stage.
_52 came easy when it came to fulfilling that dream. I tried out for two more national teams and two different coaches cut me.
But I was driven by my love of the53 of rowing. I wanted to row54 the best and I refused to stop until I achieved my goal.
I made that 1980 team,55 not getting to compete at the Olympics. I kept training four more years, and56 won silver at the 1984 Olympics.
All the effort was worth it. Everything I have today is a result of57 that dream, all those hours on the water and in the stadium. They got me here,58 I know now that big ambitions need not just time to develop, but firm59 in them. If I’m not going to be my own60 for my dreams, no one else will. And I will not allow anyone else to decide for me what’s possible.
41. A. done B. had C. conveyed D. realized
42. A. training B. introduction C. vision D. opinion
43. A. top B. star C. all-round D. rising
44. A. quit B. cut C. accepted D. admitted
45. A. gain B. own C. mention D. state
46. A. Frustrated B. Criticized C. Touched D. Puzzled
47. A. about B. off C. aside D. up
48. A. wrong B. right C. considerate D. arbitrary
49. A. followed B. argued C. agreed D. faded
50. A. mad at B. satisfied with C. grateful to D. crazy about
51. A. dignity B. courage C. confidence D. dream
52. A. Everything B. Nothing C. Anything D. Something
53. A. movement B. speed C. beauty D. image
54. A. among B. between C. from D. of
55. A. due to B. as to C. despite D. for
56. A. frequently B. eventually C. permanently D. thoroughly
57. A. counting on B. wrestling with C. taking on D. sticking to
58. A. because B. when C. where D. so that
59. A. performance B. belief C. support D. encouragement
60. A. champion B. athlete C. coach D. servant
Robots are being used for the first time in hospitals. “ Robot-nurses ” perform a variety of tasks each as delivering medicine t food and laboratory samples to sickrooms and taking away waste. Patients aren't treated by robots, as this is still done by medical staff. The idea is to employ robots to transport supplies between departments.
“ Nurses often have to break off from what they are doing to gather supplies,” says Peter Seiff , who makes the robots called TUGs. Research shows any interruption in medical work can lead Lo errors—a nurse may forget whether she has given medicine and may give a patient double the dose (剂量）or none at all.
The robots vary in size according ta what job they perform ? but normally take the shape of a metal box on wheels, with a box on the side containing their software.
After being programmed, the robots are able to find their way around a hospital unassisted. They also contain scanning technology to create electronic pictures or a “ memory ” of routes of routes on hard drives to help them go through passages, doors and other obstacles. Each robot is also monitored at the producer's headquarters (总部）in case it runs into any difficulties.
Trials show TUGs reduce the time it takes for a patient to receive medicine, and stop drugs from going missing. A study at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the U.S. found that when three TUGs were used over the course of a year, the average length of time from the drugstore receiving a prescription to the patient receiving ii dropped from 74 minutes to 30 minutes and saved nurses 6,123 hours finding medicines. It also cut the number of medicines that went missing to zero.
“The biggest complaints we receive from patients is that the noises don’t spend enough time with them. Anything that frees nurses is a boon,” says Katherine Mulligan f director of nursing at the hospital, “The TUGs allow nurses to spend more time focusing on patient care. Nurse satisfaction has improved. ”
32. Which of the following activities are robot-nurses NOT programmed to deal with?
A. Transporting supplies.
B. taking away waste.
C. Taking care of patients.
D. Creating electronic pictures.
33.The underlined word “born”in the last paragraph probably means .
A. benefit B. dream C. habit D. complaint
34.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Robots can help nurses save a lot of time.
B. All robots have the same size.
C. Robots are unable to find their way by themselves.
D. Robots cannot get help if they run into difficulties.
35.What is the attitude of the author towards robot-nurses?
A. Neutral. B. Positive. C. Negative. D. Unknown.
President Xi Jinping made an inspection tour of Beijing Normal University on the eve of
Teachers' Day, saying "To become a good teacher, one must have lofty ideals, good , solid
knowledge and a kind heart．"
A. interests B. regulations C. identities D. virtues
Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife Mac kenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. Mac kenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it was really a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted (萦绕) by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.
21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?
A. His dream of being an inventor. B. The support of his wife.
C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. D. The successful boss that he admired.
22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?
A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.
B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.
C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.
D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.
23. We can know from the passage that ________.
A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author
B. the author might not regret if he failed the attempt
C. the author wanted someone else to try the idea
D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed
24. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of Amazon
C. Following My Passion D. We Are What We Choose
I don’t mind you come in late______ you come in quietly.
A. even if B. unless C. as long as D. though
My dad always collected coins. He was delighted when the new U.S. state coins were __41 .He would walk to his long-time bankers and make sure they put at least a 42 of new coins aside for him. He gave them to every family member. It gradually became a special family __43 to get coins from Dad.
When my dad 44 , I felt such a sense of emptiness. My father and I had been so close. Iwas lost without his 45 and support. I wondered if I would ever feel my dad around me again, __46 me. It was right after Hurricane Katrina and I was doing a motivational meeting for aboutthree hundred volunteers. At the end of the event, I felt so grateful as I looked at these 47__individuals. To my 48 , when I glanced at the floor, I saw nothing 49 a coin, from NorthCarolina, the state in which my dad was born and 50 .
Then two months later, I went back to visit my mom. While I was there, I went to the bankto __51 a check. The bank manager, who had known me, called me into her office, showing methe coins for all the states my dad had 52 .
Ever since that time, I have always found coins at the most 53 times, when I neededsupport the most. Amazingly, nowadays when I need emotional support during a 54 time, a coin will always show up in a（n） 55 place.
It has now become a tradition in my family. Every time a coin appears in our house, oneof my kids says, “Oh, it’s 56 ! ”We all feel a sense of 57 every time a single coin turnsup in an unexpected place. We have all 58 it as a 59 of love, guidance and support fromDad — and every new coin we find makes us 60 .
41. A. delivered B. sold C. discovered D. issued
42. A. pack B. roll C. bunch D. pile
43. A. tradition B. memory C. decision D. interest
44. A. missed B. disappeared C. died D. droppe
45. A. guidance B. promise C. expectation D. belief
46. A.watchingover B. bringingup C. waitingfor D. listeningto
47. A.concerned B. devoted C. embarrassed D. relaxed
48. A. delight B. confusion C. astonishment D. relief
49. A. from B. but C. with D. for
50. A. raised B. brought C. grown D. played
51. A. spend B. sign C. pay D. cash111]
52. A. ordered B. collected C. received D. shared
53. A. boring B. adventurous C. Precious D. extraordinary
54. A. complicated B. nervous C. disturbed D. tough
55. A. strange B. annoying C. satisfying D. hard
56. A. money B. Grandpa C. toy D. belief
57. A. proud B. comfort C. Success D. inspiration111]
58. A. thought B. explained C. Accepted D. consulted
59. A. result B. praise C. message D. need
60. A. change B. gain C. improve D. smile
The governments are very_______ about setting a new policy and make no decision until they are quite sure it is the right one.
A． particular B． concerned
C． cautious D． certain
Kids with special needs refer to any kid who might need extra help because of a medical, emotional(情感的), or learning problem. For example, kids who can not walk need wheelchairs. They not only need equipment that helps them get around, but they might need to have ramps(坡道) or elevators available. 36
Kids with an illness would have special needs, too. 37 . Kids with sight problems might need Braille books to read. Kids with hearing problems might need hearing aids.
38 . It might be harder to do normal things—like learning to read or just getting around the school. The good news is that parents, doctors, nurses, teachers, and others can help. The goal is to help kids be as independent as possible.
Other kids also can be a big help. How? By being a friend. Kids who use a wheelchair or have lots of health problems want friends just as you do. But meeting people and making friends can be difficult. 39 . Be sure to tell a teacher if you see someone being bullied (欺辱）or teased.
Also, try to be helpful if you know someone with special needs. 40 As you get to know them, they may help you understand what it's like to be in their shoes. And you'll be helping fill a very special need, one that everybody has—the need for good friends.
A. Some kids might laugh at or make fun of them.
B. They also might need to get a special bus to school.
C. Life can be challenging for a kid with special needs.
D. It is good manners to offer help to kids with special needs.
E. Being friendly to kids with special needs is one of the best ways to be helpful.
F. They might need medicine or other help as they go about their daily activities.
G. Someone could have trouble with anxiety, but you wouldn't know it unless told about it.
In today’s society, a college degree tells little about what you know in comparison to what it tells about what you can learn. For instance, the IT world is constantly changing. Anything you learn today will probably be useless in a few short years. The point is to learn to learn.
Blogging works exactly the same way. And I believe this to be true regardless of your end goal. If you’re trying to make money, this is abundantly clear. There’s always more money to be made. If you’re teaching on a subject, you are constantly looking for new information to share. Even if you’re just sharing your words with others for pleasure, you’re continuously improving your writing and storytelling, so people don’t get bored of you.
This is one of the reasons that bloggers burn out. They forget this. They think they have an unlimited amount of content just waiting to burst from their brain. They get comfortable. Then they start to run out of juice. Sure, at times it seems that some bloggers just have it. They are experts in their fields and will simply feed us with invaluable content forever. But this is not true. Pay attention. Even famous bloggers would run out of content eventually without constant learning.
The point is apparent. Don’t think you’ve succeeded. There are plateaus（停滞时期）,but there are no peaks. What happens when someone thinks they’ve hit the peak? They quickly begin sliding down the other side. Always be learning from your experiences. See what posts work for your readers. Which get the best response? Which are completely ignored? Which bring in the most Google traffic, or get the most Absence clicks? Don’t settle or your blog will close for good eventually.
32. Judging from the article, if you have got a college degree, say, in engineering, it means ___.
A. you’ve chosen to learn engineering
B. you’ve finished learning engineering
C. you’re good at engineering
D. you can find work relating to engineering
33. The writer thinks Blogging works in a way that it requires the writers to _____.
A. keep on writing
B. have academic degrees
C. be constant learners
D. know everything before starting
34. The word “it” in the underlined sentence “Sure, at times … have it” refers to ____.
A. the failure in keeping on writing
B. the ability of constant learning
C. the knowledge needed for blogging forever
D. the comfort enjoyed from blogging
35. The questions in the last paragraph are asked to advise bloggers on how to _____.
A. update their knowledge
B. learn from others
C. reach blogging peaks
D. learn from their experiences
This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, ___21___ on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.
One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.
"I am ___22___." she answered.
He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep ___23___. finally he asked, "What can I do to ___24___ your mind?"
Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can ___25___ my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower ___26___ on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your ___27___. will you do it for me?"
He said, "I will give you my ___28___ tomorrow."
She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which ___29___"My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the ___30___ are …"
"When you use the computer you always ___31___ the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the ___32___ . You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my ___33___ to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a (n) ___34___ city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always ___35___ at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes ___36___ when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those ___37___ white hairs."
"Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you ___38___I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"
That's life, and ___39___. flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the ___40___ of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.
21. A. and B. but C. or D. so
22. A. lonely B. shamed C. worried D. tired
23. A. space B. shade C. thought D. impression
24. A. speak B. blow C. change D. keep
25. A. represent B. expand C. convince D. admit
26. A. falling B. growing C. living D. waiting
27. A. attention B. death C. interest D. satisfaction
28. A. answer B. agreement C. announcement D. judgment
29. A. goes B. informs C. prints D. writes
30. A. meanings B. reasons C. messages D. purposes
31. A. turn up B. put up C. mess up D. use up
32. A. structures B. balance C. programs D. position
33. A. dollars B. patience C. energy D. legs
34. A. ancient B. modern C. new D. underground
35. A. shout B. jump C. stare D. knock
36. A. as if B. so that C. now that D. in case
37. A. enjoyable B. annoying C. dusty D. amusing
38. A. less than B. more than C. rather than D. other than
39. A. determination B. progress C. love D. power
40. A. principle B. way C. surface D. nature
目前，中国已经进入汽车社会，越来越多的汽车正走进寻常百姓家。但是有些驾驶员的素质令人担忧，他们的所作所为严重危害了自己和他人的安全。这种现象与社会的发展极不协调。请你以李华的身份，结合下列几点写一封倡议书，倡议所有驾驶员做“中国好司机”。
主要内容包括：
1. 简单描述以上现象；
2. 你的建议：
1）严格遵守交通规则；
2) 不隔窗抛物；
3) 礼让他人,不闯红灯。
注意：1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：规则 regulations 让路give way to ; 闯红灯run the red light
Dear drivers,
At present, more and more cars have entered the homes of ordinary people.
Sincerely yours,
Li Hua
Not far from the club, there was a garden, _______ owner seated in it playing bridge with his children every afternoon.
A. whose B. that C. which D. its
