It didn’t take long for them to 　　　 the cheat, who pretended to be an expert in this field. 

A. look through　B. go through　 　C. see through　　　　　    D. live through

A 19-year-old girl posing for a photo on the railroad tracks was hit and killed by a train on Saturday afternoon. The girl, __61__ name has yet to be released, was __62__(report) posing for a selfie on a track in a village, Guangdong province. The section of the railway is famous for its beautiful rose blossoms.

Witnesses said that the girl did not realize a train was approaching. There were many visitors __63__(take) photos alongside the tracks, and some people shouted warnings, __64__ no one succeeded in getting the girl’s attention. __65__ employee got off the train to examine the girl and called the police immediately __66__ the accident occurred. __67__(late), she was sent to a nearby hospital by ambulance. According to the nurse on duty that day, the victim showed no sign of life upon her arrival at the hospital.

This is not the first time that a visitor __68__(kill) by a train on that section of the tracks, said one of the villagers. More and more visitors, especially young people, are finding their way onto the train lines, especially those near flowerbeds and spring blossoms. They like to photograph __69__(they) in the scenic spots.

Local police warned people that the new trend of taking selfies while standing on train tracks puts many people’s lives __70__ risk.

 Mark lives in a big pleasant room ______ approximately 5 meters by 6 meters.

  A. measures B. measuring C. to be measured D. having measured

假如你是李明，你发现部分同学每次遇到重要考试，都会出现一些焦虑症状。请你用英语写一封信，向某学生英文报编辑反映该问题。信的内容应包括下列要点：

焦虑症状：头晕、乏力、睡眠不好、食欲不振等

建议：1.考前制定好合适的复习计划；2.考试期间正常作息；3.睡前洗热水澡、喝热牛奶等有助于睡眠；其他建议（内容由考生自己拟定）

注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯；2.要准确使用语法和词汇，使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思；3.词数：100个左右。开头已给出，不计词数。参考词汇：头晕--dizzy

Dear editor,

I'm Li Ming of Senior Three, Guangming Middle School. I'm writing to tell you about          

Li Ming

Is this your necklace, Mary? I ______ it when I was cleaning the bathroom this morning.

A. came across            B. dealt with             C. looked after     D. went for

Questions:

A.      What kind of technology might we see in sports shoes of the future?

B.      What should people look out for when buying a new pair of sports shoes?

C.      Will a more expensive shoe make me run faster or jump higher, as the ads suggest?

D.     When you say that expensive shoes are no better at preventing injury than cheap ones, is it true?

E.      Some people say we should run just as well without shoes. What’s your opinion of that?

F.      You helped develop the unstable Masai MBT shoes. Does this design actually work?

61．____________________________________________

Nigg’s Answer: That is a little bit overstated. But the relative frequency of running injuries doesn’t seem to have changed much in the past 30 years, in spite of all the developments in sports shoe design. The literature shows that shoes are a minor player in injury development. If you take a group of people and want to injure them, send them out every day for a 20-kilometre run. A lot of them will be injured in three weeks. The major factors are the distance run, the intensity and recovery time, not the shoes.

62．___________________________________________

Nigg’s Answer: The problem is that if you go to a store and want to find your best shoes, you don’t know what to do. Things that are sometimes done, like video analysis of your rear foot movement, may not help. The only way to assess whether a shoe is right for you is how it feels. If you feel comfortable in a shoe, it’s likely to be good for you. We did a study with soldiers where we gave them six different inserts, and they chose the one they liked best. In four months those with inserts had 53 per cent fewer injuries than those without.

63．__________________________________________

Nigg’s Answer: A shoe may act as a training device, making some muscles to function more effectively for a majority of users. Or it may use materials that last longer. That may have something to do with its price. However, for the average runner it is difficult to distinguish between actual functional designs and unnecessary features. Generally, the more a shoe controls movement, the more it acts like a cast, which means you have some muscles that don’t work any more. This may mean that you lose some muscle strength, and your feet are more likely to be injured.

64．_________________________________________

Nigg’s Answer: Yes, for about 80 per cent of people. The major benefits are training the small muscles crossing the ankle joint, and a reduction of knee and lower back pain. However, some claims for these unstable shoes are overstated, such as the general muscle strengthening that they are claimed to produce.

65．_________________________________________

Nigg’s Answer: There are claims that there are fewer injuries when you run barefoot, but there is not yet enough evidence, or enough research, to prove that. If you look at performance, most papers suggest an advantage of 3 to 4 per cent. With a few exceptions — Abebe Bikila in 1960 and Zola Budd in the 1980s — people don’t run barefoot, so it may be that it’s not an advantage, or it may be that we’re just not used to it.

    Saturday, March 24th

　　We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.

　　Tuesday, March 27th

　　Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.

　　Friday, March 30th

　　Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life-no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say "hello". Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.

21.The diaries above show the writer's _____ days in Thailand.

A. 3    B. 7      C. 15    D. 30

22.It seems that visitors _____ in Bangkok.

A. often feel hungry        

B. can always find cheap things

C. can’t take any photos     

D. can enjoy themselves

23.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Chiang Mai is a beautiful city in the south of Thailand.

B. The writer left Chiang Mai for Chiang Rai by bus.

C. Chiang Rai is a boring city in the mountains.

D. The writer is traveling alone in Thailand.

As more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the

6, 000—7, 000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO).

In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations—UNESCO and National Geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.

Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Center, Yale University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and China. But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.

At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials—including photographs, films, tape recordings, and field notes—which had remained unstudied and were badly in need of care and protection.

Now, through the two organizations that he has founded—the Digital Himalaya Project and the World Oral Literature Project—Turin has started a campaign to make such documents, found in libraries and stores around the world, available not just to scholars but to the younger generations of communities from whom the materials were originally collected. Thanks to digital technology and the widely available Internet, Turin notes, the endangered languages can be saved and reconnected with speech communities.

12. Many scholars are making efforts to                  .

A. promote global languages

B. rescue disappearing languages

C. search for language communities

D. set up language research organizations

13. What does“that tradition”in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Having full records of the languages.

B. Writing books on language teaching.

C. Telling stories about language users.

D. Living with the native speakers.

14. What is Turin’s book based on?

A. The cultural studies in India.

B. The documents available at Yale.

C. His language research in Bhutan.

D. His personal experience in Nepal.

15. Which of the following best describes Turin’s work?

A. Write, sell and donate.

B. Record, repair and reward.

C. Collect, protect and reconnect.

D. Design, experiment and report.

Shakespeare's writing is still popular today. It has really _________  the test of time.
A. failed         B. stood             C. taken            D. conducted

 Father used to be a football fan, but as time went on, he_________ lost interest in sports and games.

   A. frequently       B. actually         C. fluently      D. gradually

It has been known that the octopus has many special skills, such as using hard shells for mobile homes and protection, disabling their suckers, plotting escapes, and even predicting World Cup soccer game outcomes. Can’t we say it is a mysterious creature?

While all these talents are impressive, they pale compared to its ability to “disappear” from plain sight. Researchers have long known that this is possible because of the presence of the organs under their skin, which expand or contract to produce a series of colors, patterns and even skin textures in just milliseconds.

Scientists had always believed that such a reaction was directed by a signal from the octopus’s large, human-like eyes or brain. But a recent report published in the Journal of Experimental Biology by researchers from the University of California at Santa Barbara, indicate that the animal does not have to wait for a signal from its eyes or brain. It can “see” the light with its skin!

UCSB doctoral student Desmond and Professor Todd said they have seen reports about octopus skin changing colors in response to light with no signal from the eye or brain. However, there had been no follow-up to find out why this was the case and the two decided to see what they could uncover.

They began by taking skin samples from a couple of California octopuses and exposing them to colors, ranging from violent to orange and found that their skin is equipped with the same light-sensitive protein as is found in the cells in the retina of the eyes. Thanks to these proteins, the octopus can “see” the light and react without having to wait for a signal from the eyes or brain, thus enabling it to begin the escape process.

Another research by University of Maryland researchers discovered that cuttlefish and squid share the same talent. Thanks to these findings researchers now know that their skin color can be controlled by both. What is still not clear is how the two come together to manage the whole process. The doctoral student plans to get to the bottom of the mystery.

32. Which of the octopus’s skills impresses people most according to the passage?

    A. Their ability to escape from the sight of their enemy.

    B. Their large human-like eyes and brains

    C. Their shells that can move and make predictions.              

    D. Their ability to use shells as their houses.

33. What does UCSB research find?

    A. Skin sample can be taken from California octopuses.

    B. Octopuses have protein similar to cuttlefishes’s.

    C. Octopuses can “see” things by using its skin.

    D. The skin of octopuses expands to disable an attacker.

34. What does the underlined word “both” (in the last paragraph) refer to?

    A. Signals from the brain and the proteins under their skin.

    B. The two research teams in UCSB and UM.           

    C. The cells in the retina of the eyes and their good eyesight.

    D. Cuttlefish and squid.                                              

35. What is the next aim of Desmond on octopuses?

    A. Whether octopuses and cuttlefish have the same ancestor.

    B. How the signals from their brain work with the proteins.

    C. When the two teams will cooperate on their research.                           

    D. What octopuses will do to disable their enemies.

   The slavery drama “12 Years a Slave” won the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday, making history as the first movie from a black director to win the film industry’s highest honor in 86 years of the Oscars. Can anyone tell me your ideas about this movie?----Great Martin

“12 Years a Slave is a surprisingly underwhelming movie. It is move of a string of picture about several heartless and evil white men(and women) who are just mean without the motivation of running a plantation on their minds. There is very little character development and most of the film relies on what the audience already knows and feels about slavery.”----Gemini Jeff

“Never have I been stunned into an emotional silence after watching a film in the theater. I’ve come out of films before thinking” My god, that was unbelievable’, bike when I saw The Lord of the Ring for the first time, but this film just hits you on another level entirely. You sit there after it’s over, wondering if what you’d just experienced was teal. The day after you feel the same.”                                       --Paul Johnson

“This movie is just an average movie about slavery. Are you kidding me, segregation movies are a dime a dozen and this movie beat out Gravity for Golden Globes? Gravity has never been done before. 12 Years a Slave I watched once and will never watch again. I watched Gravity 5 times and still love it.”

                                                                   ---Dominionator

“This movie was realistic and engaging at every second. Even the dramatic pauses were worthwhile and definitely not a waste of time. The script inferred and hinted at events rather than just plain saying them, and that was genius. Outstanding photography, amazing special effects and the acting is top-notch. There were a few people that walked out during some scenes. What a shame!”---Apols

29. The main purpose of Great Martin’s writing is_______.

   A. to give a brief introduction of the movie

   B. to share his own opinions with others

   C. to invite answers to his question

   D. to explain why he asks the question

30. The underlined word “stunned” in the third paragraph probably means______.

   A. puzzled     B. shocked     C. disappointed     D. concerned

31. Among the four speakers, who made positive comments on the movie?

   A. Gemini Jeff and Paul Johnson

   B. Paul Johnson and Dominionator

   C. Gemini Jeff and Dominionator

   D. Paul Johnson and Apols

32. Which of the following best states Paul Johnson’s ideas about 12 Years a Slave?

   A. It leave little room for character development

   B. It reaches the height of The Lord of the Rings

   C. It doesn’t deserve such high praise

   D. It amazes the audience with its special effects.

                             Traditional Chinese wedding

   Traditional Chinese wedding customs have been around for thousands of years. They may

vary from place to place and time to time, but  61   (hold) an important position in the lives of

Chinese people，  62   (cause) a far-reaching impact on the way the Chinese lead their lives. The traditional Chinese marriage usually involves some necessary procedures, such as match-making, engagement, meeting  the bride, and three bows.  63   addition, a typical Chinese wedding nowadays goes like this: when a new couple is engaged,  64  follows is a   65  (choose) of the date of their marriage.

    Most people would favor a bank holiday or special Chinese festival for their relatives and

friends   66   (attend)  the wedding. However, quite a few   67，especially those in the

countryside, would fix a lucky date so that their marriage would have "Double Happiness". The

wedding ceremony is usually hosted  68   (warm), and the wedding ceremony very often ends

with   69   unique banquet. Toasts are made to wish the new couple long life, everlasting love and happiness, early birth of a  70   (health) baby and so on.

 Into the dark apartment_______, who was quite surprised when everyone shouted "Happy Birthday".

A. did David walk                                               B. David walked         

C. David did walk                                               D. walked David

 After 　　　 series of unsuccessful attempts, he has finally passed 　　　 driving test. 

A. /;the                B. a; the      C. the; a              D./;a

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。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（﹨）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。

Li Hua and I were neighboures and we went to same school. We always went to school together. We were good friend and had a great deal to share with every day. However, one day, Li Hua copied my homework, which made me such angry that I did not want to be friends with him any long. Then on Monday morning I ran downstairs with out realize it was raining, but there was no time to return home to fetch an umbrella. It happens that Li Hua was just around the corner and be offered to share her umbrella with me. He made apology to me in a gently voice. I forgave him but gave him a hug.

Staying silent can be just as powerful as the words you mean to say, like when the act of hugging will be more comforting than saying, “Sorry for your loss.”

Another time when silence is golden is when you are unsure of what to say. If you are confused about your own feelings concerning a matter, it’s best to stay quiet until you are more certain because more harm can be done by revealing false or exaggerated feelings

Choose silence instead of blurting out “in-the-moment” feelings that are hurtful and not really how you feel in the grand scheme of things. When you feel the urge to say an unkind thing, take a few breaths and think of the possible consequences of your words.

Silence can be your best friend during negotiations. Say your piece, then close your mouth, and let the other person come to their own conclusions. Your silence shows that one, you are confident in what you just said, and two, you respect the other person enough to hear what they have to say.

Sometimes silence is the best and most timely solution because the other person is not in a position to hear what you have to say. For example, when a friend needs for you to listen to her problems, but she is unable to accept your advice at that moment.

Practice being silent at work when you don’t have anything meaningful to contribute. Unless you can start the conversation by pointing out something interesting, missing, or beneficial, it’s best to just observe and learn.

Finally, silence is golden when you don’t want to engage in a fool’s argument. As some squabbles(口角) will never be resolved, one must agree to disagree.

However, there will be times in your life where you will need the power of your voice,the voice within you that wants and needs to be respected and appreciated.

33．The passage mainly tells us about ___

A. whether or not to stay silent         B. why to stay silent

C. how to stay silent                    D. when to stay silent

34．What is the best to do during negotiation?

A. Grasp every chance to say more than the other

B. Close your mouth and just listen to the other

C. Speak out your own points and discuss with others

D. Keep silent after expressing yourself

35．To follow this passage, the writer is likely to continue telling about___

A. the occasions when you should speak up

B. the power of your voice

C. the advantages of speaking up

D. the disadvantages of staying silent

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28. What do the first two programs have in common?

A. They both award certificates.

B. They both offer college credits.

C. They both last for the whole summer.

D. They both focus on international relations.

29. At Saint Anselm’s Abbey School, students can learn to____.

A. attract people’s attention

B. speak foreign languages

C. make a speech in public

D. deal with university life

30. If you are interested in the exchange of global ideas and cultures, you should visit____.

A. ysp.umd.edu/wpr

B. summeratau.com

C. www.wclschools.org

D. www.saintanselms.org

31. What type of writing is text?

A. An announcement

B. An advertisement

C. An official report

D. An education plan

"Your homework is to collect sounds and take them down," Mrs. Olson said before class was over. She handed out sheets of paper shaped like giant ears.

On his way home, Colin glared out the school-bus window. Not fair, he thought. How could he collect enough sounds on his family's farm? If only he lived in the town.

   He got off the bus when it stopped at his mailbox. But he wasn't in the mood to wave[as it drove away.

    "I’m home！”Colin called when he pushed open the gate. He threw his schoolbag down on a kitchen chair.

    "How was school?" His mother asked, walking in with his baby brother on her shoulder.

    "I’ve got homework," Colin complained.

    "Eat something before doing your chores." His mother gave him the animal biscuits. Colin ate two tigers, three lions, and a seal, then drank some milk.

Astrid, Colin's dog, woofed as Colin walked toward the barn（谷仓）．Her young dogs were yipping. Colin placed dog food into their pan. In the chicken house, Colin hurried two hens from their nests．He put their warm eggs into his jacket. The black cow napped in the sun. Colin woke her when he poured corn into her pan. "Moo, thank you！”she seemed to say.

    Colin put the eggs in the kitchen, then climbed to his tree house as usual. He could see Dad's beehives（蜂箱）by the field. Six hives usually meant plenty of humming noise. But today he couldn't hear it over the chattering sound of the sparrows，How could a person think?

   "QUIET！”Colin shouted.

   Suddenly, he sat up straight. Cows mooed and young dogs yipped. Chickens crackled in their yard. When Astrid began woofing below, Colin smiled broadly. "I hear you！”he called. He hurried down from the tree.

24．Why did Colin wish he lived in the town?

    A. Because living on the farm was boring.

    B .Because people were treated fairly there.

    C .Because the town was near his school.

    D .Because collecting sounds would be easier.

25．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 refer to?

A. Doing his homework.           

B. Helping with farm work.

C. Playing with animals.            

D. Babysitting his brother.

26. How many animal sounds are mentioned in the text?[KS5UKS5UKS5U]

    A. 4.                    B．5．          C. 6.                   D. 7.

27. What will Colin most probably do next?

A.   Walk Astrid.                        B.  Gather honey.

C.   Draw a giant ear.                 D.  Record the sounds.

   An American educational expert says that a long summer vacation doesn’t make sense in today’s world.

This summer, 50 million  41  will spend much time talking online, watching TV, playing video games and 42 older brothers or sisters to take them to the mall. They will also be putting their  43  futures at risk.

During  44  of the 20th century, many Americans worked in  45  that did not need a college degree but still 46 a high salary. Also, in the 19th century, there was no air condition. And poor hygiene (卫生) 47  that crowded schools had health risks.

Things have changed. For today’s students, academic skills are  48  to future success. Many 49 don’t give kids an American-style summer vacation. They offer no more than seven   50  of vacation. Most American school districts offer up to 13 weeks. To  51  in global marketplace, Americans must be prepared to go up against 52  competitors.

Summer vacation also  53  challenges for today’s families. In the 1960s,  54  than 60% of families had a stay-at-home mum. Now, two-thirds of American children live families  55  every adult works. For these families, summer vacation can be more  56  than break. Someone must watch the kids. 

But the biggest  57  may be how summer vacation hurts academic achievement. Scientist have found that disadvantaged students lose  58  ground in the summertime.

A longer school year can allow time-limited teachers to  59  richer and more imaginative lessons. Schools would have more time for  60  , languages, music and the arts.

41. A. experts                      B. kids                     C. adults               D. parents

42. A. inviting                     B. asking               C. forcing              D. having

43. A. academic                     B. technical                C. controversial        D. uncertain

44. A. many                         B. some                     C. much             D. little

45. A. hospitals                    B. schools              C. factories        D. offices

46. A. desired                      B .offered                  C. saved                D. increased

47. A. meant                    B. affected             C. spread               D. reported

48. A. exit                         B. door                     C. result               D. key

49. A. colleges                     B. districts                C. nations              D. provinces

50. A. days                     B. weeks                    C. months               D. seasons

51. A. exist                    B. explore                  C. escape               D. compete

52. A. professional                 B. wealthy                  C. fortunate            D. international

53. A. causes                       B. solves               C. rescues              D. weakens

54. A. no more                  B. more                     C. not more             D. many more

55. A. which                    B. that                 C. when             D. where

56. A. burden                   B. freedom                  C. pleasure             D. suffering

57. A. achievement              B. regret                   C. problem              D. research

58. A. various                      B. strong               C. important        D. minus

59. A. conduct                      B. develop              C. accept               D. reject

60. A. sports                   B. homework                 C. break            D. lessons