For generations,people have dreamed of traveling to Mars to explore Earth’s closest planetary neighbor.The American Space Agency,NASA,and other space agencies have announced plans to send people to the Red Planet.___16___.

In the United States,some volunteers are learning how people will react to months of separation from other humans on a Mars base.___17___ But actually,they are living in Hawaii.The project is called HI-SEAS.NASA has provided financial support for the work.

    Six people are living on a make-believe Mars Base.They are isolated high on top of Mauna Loa,a volcanic mountain on the Big Island of Hawaii,whose environment is as close to Mars as we can find on Earth.___18___ When measured from its base,deep in the ocean,Mauna Loa is the second largest mountain in our solar system.Because it is so high,the land is not warm or rich with plants,like the rest of Hawaii.Visually,it is very similar to what you see on Mars.They can walk across red lava rock from the volcano and see the wonderful volcanic material.There is really no visible plant life or animal life.

The six member HI-SEAS crew is mostly self-sufficient.They take care of themselves.___19___

But the individuals bringing those supplies cannot communicate with volunteers inside the base.The current crew has been living in the base since October,and will stay until June.Crew members communicate with the outside world through e-mail and blogs.They also produce videos on the YouTube website.___20___

Food and supplies are brought to them.

A. But such a manned mission is years away.

B. Mars has the largest volcanic mountain in the solar system.

C. They are spending eight months in an area that looks much like the surface of Mars.

D. Mauna Loa is 2,500 meters above sea level.

E. Conditions on the surface of Mars are closer to the conditions on Earth.

E. For now,on a mountaintop in Hawaii,volunteers are getting a taste of life on a future Mars base.

When Sam first got to his boarding school with his parents, he was very happy. He thought he   1  (be) able to go home every weekend. When he  2   (tell) he would not, he started crying   3  the thought of not seeing his parents was driving him crazy.

He was given uniforms and all   4  things that he would need for the term. He started crying   5  it was time for his parents to leave. He was then taken to the dorm,   6  he saw other children happy. He tried as much as he  7  to fit in but could not because his mind was at home. He started feeling homesick and wanted to go home as soon as possible.

He got sick soon because he could not eat the school food. He could not concentrate 8   the classroom. All he could think was being at home with his family. He had 9     mobile phone or other means to get in touch with his parents. He was angry and felt lonely. He thought his parents hated him and that was   10  they left him in a boarding school.

As is known to all, colors appear in every language to express people’s feeling and thoughts．Then, what is the situation in American English?

Red is a hot color．Americans may say they are red hot about something unfair．They are red hot when they are very angry about something．The small hot-tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hot for their color and their fiery taste．Fast loud music is popular with many people．They may say the music is red hot, especially the kind called Dixieland Jazz．

Pink is a lighter kind of red．People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health．The expression was first used in America at the beginning of the twentieth century．It comes from the fact that many babies are born with nice pink skin that shows that they are in good health．

The color black is often used in expressions．People describe a day on which everything goes wrong as a black day．People or things on a blacklist are connected with things illegal now．But at one time, some businesses refused to employ people who were on a blacklist for belonging to unpopular organizations．

The color green is natural for trees and grass．But it is an unnatural color for humans．A person who has a sick feeling in his stomach may say he feels a little green．A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green．

Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has．That person may say he is green with envy．Some people are green with envy because a friend has more dollars or greenbacks．Dollars are called greenbacks because green is the color of the back side of the paper money．

24. People use “in the pink” to express they are in good health because _______．

A．the expression has a very long history

B．the color pink makes people feel happy

C．people think the color pink is gentler than red

D．healthy babies are born with nice pink skin

25.When we say someone feels a little green, it means he/she _______．

A．enjoys himself in boating   B．is hit by a high wave

C．has a stomachache         D．likes trees and grass

26.In the writer’s eyes, what is related to a black day?

A．Being sent a beautiful gift．      B．Passing a very difficult test．

C．Failing in an important interview． D．Being invited to an exciting party．

27.Someone got upset because he/she wasn't as rich as others, so we can say he/she is ____with jealousness.

A. red   B. green   C. pink     D. dark 

_{假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Mike想了解你校开设的新课程《通用技术》的情况，你向他作如下的介绍：}

_{1．这门课旨在提高学生的实际运用能力；}

_{2．通过这门课的学习，你已经学会了修理、设计和制作一些物品；}

_{3．你的感受。}

_{注意：1．词数不少于100；}

_{2．开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数；}

_{3．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；}

_{4．通用技术— General Technology}

_{Dear Mike，}

_{Thank you for your letter asking about the General Technology，a new course that…}

_{_______________________________________________________________________________}

                                                      _Yours，

                                                       _{Li Hua}

Mary dropped the vase, but her mother stared at her _____ she had done something clever．

A． in case             B． as if

C． o that               D． Though

Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest honor came when I was asked to read a book on tape .

But it 41 a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a child, I stuttered（口吃）so badly that I was completely 42 to speak in public.

__43 ,when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to my school. He was a retired college professor. English was his favorite subject and 44 was his deepest love. He held a book of poems as if it were a diamond necklace,   45  pages as if uncovering treasures. When he heard that our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer  46   not being a part of our school.

When he 47 that I not only loved poetry but was 48  it, we became closer. There was, however, one 49 between us-- Professor Crouch could not bear the50 that I refused to read my poems to the class.

“Jim, poetry is  51 to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and turned away.

 One day he  52  me . After handing in a poem, I waited for his 53 . It didn’t come. Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he 54 me , “Jim, I don’t think you wrote this poem.”

I stared at him in 55 . “Why,” I started, anger 56  me, “of course I did !” “Well, then,” he said, “you’ve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it 57  memory.”

By then the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up to the front. For a moment I stood there, 58  . Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way 59 !

 Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and encouraged me to read other writers’ poetry before public. I discovered I did have a (n) 60 and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.

41. A. lasted               B. took                 C. spent                D. wasted

42. A. uncertain            B. uncomfortable        C. unbelievable    D. unable

43. A. However          B. Besides          C. Then             D. Therefore

44. A. novel                B. architecture         C. art              D. poetry

45. A. drawing          B. turning          C. writing          D. finding

46. A. protect              B. help             C. keep             D. stand

47. A. learned              B. recognized           C. decided          D. proved

48. A writing               B. reading          C. reciting         D. saving

49. A. difference           B. difficulty           C. promise          D. similarity

50. A. truth            B. idea             C. fact             D. belief

51. A. said             B. meant            C. taught               D. prepared

52. A. fooled               B. joked                C. tricked              D. scolded

53. A. idea             B. reward               C. congratulation       D. comment

54. A. told                 B. noticed              C. attacked             D. challenged

55. A. disbelief            B. silence              C. sadness          D. excitement

56. A. flowing              B. flooding         C. filling              D. sweeping

57. A. with             B. by                   C. from             D. in

58. A. terrified                B. hopeless         C. disappointed         D. breathless

59. A. down             B. along            C. through              D. around

60. A. voice            B. sound            C. appearance           D. interest

 “We leave at dawn and head out overland by jeep towards Base One. We will get as far as we can before proceeding on foot,” Mark explained. The others sat and listened. Sarah, particularly, as a “casualty of events”, wouldn't have known what to say or suggest even if she’d been asked. But Harry had a lot to say.

    “We'll never make it," he protested(抗议). “We'll still be crossing the desert when they catch up with us. They’ll know where we’re heading for and they seem to know every move we make or are going to make.”

    Mark said nothing, but spread his hands out as if to say “Well, what do we do then?” “We wouldn’t be in this mess now,” Harry went on, almost ignoring Mark’s gesture, “if we hadn't stopped to rescue Sarah.”( He glanced at her briefly.) “But since we did, we must get on—but not across the desert. There is the sand, and deep ravines (沟壑) which are almost invisible until you’re right on them and then the heat. You have to be used to going out there, and none of us is. This is no ‘morning at leisure’ on some pleasant holiday, you know! If we went north instead and made for the river,…"

    He broke off and looked around at the others, feeling somehow that his argument was pointless. No one said anything.

    “Good,” said Mark, look around with authority, and returned to checking their stores.

    A beautiful sunrise was about to burst over the horizon as the jeep headed out towards Base One.

28. What can we know about the group of people?

  A. They were being trained.          B. They were doing research.

C. They were on holiday.             D. They were being hunted. 

29. What’s Mark’s plan?                   

   A. To drive across the desert.       B. To make for the river on foot.

   C. To drive as far as possible and then walk.          D. To leave before dawn and leave Sarah behind.

30. Why did Harry think that they should make for the river?

   A. The journey would be more pleasant.                 B. A river trip would be much safer.

   C. The desert heat would kill them.  D. He knew the road leading north.

31. What can be inferred from the passage?

  A. The group accepted Harry’s plan.                   B. Mark was the leaders in the action.

  C. They wanted to see the sunrise.   D. They had no other choice but to wait.

 Xie Zhenhua, China’s special representative on climate change, made the remarks at a press conference ____ he released a report on China’s efforts to cope with climate change.

   A. where            B. which               C. why           D. when

_{Festivals and celebrations of all kinds   1   (hold) everywhere since ancient times．Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of cold weather,   2    (plant) in spring and harvest in autumn．At that time people would starve if food was difficult to find, especially during the cold winter months．
　　Today's festivals have many origins, some   3_  ( religion) , some seasonal, and some for special people or events．Some festivals are held to honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, who might return either to help or to do harm．For example, the Japanese festival Obon is honored in __4  (memorize) of their ancestors．People then should go to clean graves, light lamps and play music  __5   they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth．In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November．  6__ this important feast day, people eat food in  _7_  shape of skulls and cakes with "bones" on them．They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead．The Western holiday Halloween also had  _8   origin in old beliefs about the return of the spirits of dead people．It is now a children's festival, __9    they can dress up and go to their neighbors' homes to ask for sweets．The Dragon Boat Festival in China honors the famous ancient poet, Qu Yuan．India has a national festival on October 2 to honor Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped gain India's __10__ （depend) from Britain．}

When I was nine years old, I loved to go fishing with my dad. But the only thing that wasn’t very fun about it was that he could catch many fish while I couldn’t catch anything. I usually got pretty upset and kept asking him why. He always answered, “Son, if you want to catch a fish, you have to think like a fish”, I remember being even more upset then because, “I’m not a fish!” I didn’t know how to think like a fish. Besides, I reasoned, how could what I think influence what a fish does
    As I got a little older I began to understand what my dad really meant. So, I read some books on fish. And I even joined the local fishing club and started attending the monthly meetings. I learned that a fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature. That is why fish prefer shallow water to deep water because the former is warmer. Besides, water is usually warmer in direct sunlight than in the shade. Yet, fish don’t have any eyelids(眼皮) and the sun huts their eyes… The more I understood fish, the more I became effective at finding and catching them..
    When I grew up and entered the business world, I remember hearing my first boss say, “We all need to think like sales people.” But it didn’t completely make sense. My dad never once said, “If you want to catch a fish you need to think like a fisherman.” What he said was, “You need to think like a fish.” Years later, with great efforts to promote long-term services to people much older and richer than me, I gradually learned what we all need is to think more like customers. It is not an easy job. I will show you how in the following chapters.
21. What did the author’s father really mean?_________
A. To read about fish.                 B. To learn fishing by oneself.
C. To understand what fish think.        D. To study fishing in many ways.
22. According to the author, fish are most likely to be found _________.
A. in deep water on sunny days      B. in deep water on cloudy days
C. in shallow water under sunlight    D. in shallow water under waterside trees.
23. After entering the business world, the author found _________.
A. it easy to think like a customer     

B. his father’s fishing advice inspiring
C. his first boss’s sales ideas reasonable

D. it difficult to sell services to poor people
24. This passage most likely comes from _________.
A. a fishing guide                 B. a popular sales book
C. a novel on childhood            D. a millionaire’s biography

       I was going through my son Matthew’s backpack when I saw an envelope in the bottom of it. Immediately, I knew it was a “thank you” card from one of his    36   . Totally not necessary since my Christmas gifts to them are my way of saying, “Thank you”. I   37   I read it quickly. And then I stopped.

       I    38    the card and read it again. One word caught my attention. “I love working with our Matthew.” One word. Our. That one word    39    the meaning of the sentence for me. If she had written “I love working with Matthew”, I would know that she loves working with my son.
   40    by adding that one word, “our,” it meant “I love working with this boy who    41    here, is accepted here and we all take responsibility in caring for.”

       I    42    knew this of course, see a blog I wrote previously, but it’s always good to be  43   . In that blog post I mentioned ten reasons why his    44    is the right place for him. Since that blog we have had his IEP (Individualized Education Program) meeting, where I was    45    of that feeling again. In that meeting, someone    46    “Everyone loves Matthew. We all love Matthew”. And it was genuine and      47   . As we went around the room and the staff    48    us on information about Matthew, it was apparent it went way beyond sharing what he is doing    49    and behaviorally. Each person had a unique little    50    to tell about Matthew. Stories that show that they really know who Matthew is and that they    51    him.

       In fact just today I had written a note in his communication book that it was    52    Matthew to see new snow and not be able to play in it. Later in the day I got an email and a picture of Matthew    53    with snow in a big container inside the school.

       As I was reflecting on this, I realized that as a family we are really lucky    54    school isn’t the only place where they think of him as “our Matthew”. It    55    to other parts of our lives as well — our friends, our family, our neighborhood, and our church.

36. A. classmates               B. friends                           C. teachers                 D. doctors

37. A. realize                      B. admit                      C. imagine                  D. predict

38. A. opened up               B. tore up                           C. put away                 D. gave away

39. A. simplified                  B. changed                 C. determined                    D. created

40. A. Or                                   B. And                         C. So                          D. But

41. A. stays                        B. lives                        C. belongs                  D. remains

42. A. already                           B. also                        C. even                       D. still

43. A. reached                          B. accepted                C. adored                        D. reminded

44. A. school                      B. book                       C. home                      D. room

45. A. informed               B. assured                  C. suspected                     D. cured

46. A. commented                     B. insisted                   C. guaranteed                   D. recalled

47. A. formal                      B. casual                          C. sincere                          D. severe

48. A. advised                  B. judged                         C. updated                      D. congratulated

49. A. accurately                      B. academically           C. steadily                   D. securely

50. A. secret                      B. lie                           C. joke                        D. story

51. A. get                                  B. greet                       C. envy                       D. embarrass

52. A. calming                           B. inducing                  C. killing                      D. inspiring

53. A. meeting                   B. playing                    C. fighting                   D. dealing

54. A. until                       B. unless                C. though                  D. because

55. A. flies                       B. extends                   C. applies                          D. switches

My late(已故的) father was a great believer in reading newspapers the first thing in the morning，a habit he passed down to me.

Every day，I need news，features and comics，along with the smell of printing ink，with breakfast，even if I have searched the Internet earlier in the morning. When I sit down to eat my bread，the newspaper has to be there. When it is late，my wife says I look lost.

Some need coffee in the morning. I need the newspaper，except when I’m on vacation. Then，I trade the routine for coffee，unless the hotel hangs a newspaper on my door.

However，the sword of Damocles(达摩克利斯之剑) hangs over my routine—a day may come when there won’t even be a newspaper. My younger friends insist this is the way newspapers will go. Maybe not in five or ten years，maybe it will take 20 years but the future of newspapers is unsure.

My younger friends rarely read the print media these days. They want their news either on­screen or in a cool，small package they can take anywhere and read at any time. The iPad and other similar gadgets(小玩意儿) will change our lives，I’m told. Even e­book readers，after a bad start，appear to be back on track because of the iPad.

They insist we’re now in the twilight(衰退期) of the newspaper business and the iPad may help to end it. Such a future is not something I like. Sure，there’s the Internet but it’s just not the same.

So here’s a little exercise for those who don’t want to read the newspapers any more. Buy one，find a quiet corner at home and spare an hour without distractions. Turn off your mobile phone，TV and PC，and lock up your wife，kids and pets. Start reading，from the first page to the last，and all the different sections and advertisements. When you reach the last page，you would have an experience that modern gadgets cannot offer.

24. According to the text，the author looks lost when         .

A. he smells printing ink and breakfast

B. the newspaper doesn’t come on time

C. his father asked him to read newspapers

D. he hasn’t searched the Internet in the morning

25. The underlined part “the routine” in Paragraph 3 refers to “        ”.

A. reading the newspaper                           B. surfing the Internet

C. eating bread for breakfast                       D. hanging a newspaper on the door

26. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. It is unnecessary to read every part of a newspaper.

B. Reading newspapers is a great experience.

C. Reading newspapers is a good way to kill time.

D. A quiet place is important for reading newspapers.

27. Which of the following is TRUE about the author?

A. He used to read newspapers in the morning.

B. He never searches the Internet in the morning before breakfast.

C. He thinks the Internet is the same as print media because both can give him information.

D. He was influenced by his father to form the habit of reading the newspaper.

 Do you have any idea _______ with his new job?

   A. how he is getting on                                       B. how is he getting on    

   C. what he is getting on                      D. what is he getting on

 My cousin is really enthusiastic about playing basketball. ______ he shoots a ball, he likes to think of himself as a Kobe Bryant.

   A. At one time       B. All the time                  C. The first time       D. Every time

 The way 　　　 was thought of by the manager was similar to the way 　　　 you carried it out. 

A. that; which    B. which; in which

C. what;/                                     D. it; that

 With new technology, pictures of underwater valleys can be taken ____ color.

A. by                    B. for

C. with                  D. in

My daughter is not present at the award ceremony, so I will receive the prize ___ her.

A. on behalf of   B. in honor of   C. on account of   D. in favor of

假如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。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，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：在错词下面划一横线，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处不计分

Harvard dares us to dream big to aspire(渴求) to change the world. Here on this Commencement Day, we are probably thinking of grand destination and big adventures that await ourselves.My experience here reminded me how important it is for researchers to communicate our knowledge to those who need it. But that’s an impact every one of us can make!More than never before, our society emphasizes science and innovation. But an equalimportant emphasis should be on distributing knowledge we have to where it’s needed. Change the world doesn’t mean that everyone has to find the next big thing. It can be as simple as becoming better communicators, and finding more creative ways to pass on to the knowledge we have to people in their local community. Our society also needs to recognize that the equal distribution of knowledge is a pivotal(关键) step of human development, and work to bring this into real.

The fact has worried many scientists ______ the earth is becoming warmer and warmer these years.

A. what              B. which

C. that              D. though

 ______you send me an e-mail to say that you won’t go camping, I’ll wait for you at the park.

   A. Unless               B. When               C. Whether         D. If