请阅读下面短文，并以Our Life Rests on Our Choice为题，用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Life is a matter of choice. Seemingly, it means a choice of concrete (具体的) things. But in fact, it means choosing a way of life. Life is to be lived and enjoyed, not to be wasted or complained about.

Hardly can we forget the time when our society faced the threat from the life-and death disease --- SARS. Yet, even during those dreadful times, some suffering people remained optimistic. Instead of wearing white masks, some people turned to colorful ones, and thus displayed a happy mood. And some creative people dubbed SARS to mean “SMILE AND REMAIN SMILING.” People who survive these kinds of circumstances decide in their minds to carry on in spite of the hardships.

Although we cannot choose our appearance, inborn gifts and even avoid unexpected disasters and adversities (逆境), we do have the right to choose to live optimistically, to love our lives, to have dreams, and to cherish hopes.

Every morning when we get up, we have a choice of how we want to approach life that day.

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个单词写出上文的概要；

2. 用约120个词就“Our Life Depends on Our Choice” 谈谈你的看法和感受，内容包括：

  （1）简要叙述你对“Our Life Depends on Our Choice”的理解；

  （2）请举例说明你会选择怎样的人生态度；

  （3）简要叙述你这样选择的理由。（至少2点）

【写作要求】

1. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接饮用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

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内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

     假定你是星光中学的高中毕业生李华，母校将为高一新生举办主题为“What to learn in senior high school?”的英语沙龙活动，特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。请根据以下提示准备一份英语发言稿。字数100左右。

 1.学会学习：方法，习惯等；

 2.学会做人：真诚，友善；

 3.学会其他：考生自拟.

      Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinions on what to learn in senior high school.

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High school can be quite the stressful time for any student. There are numerous stresses to deal with and the pressure can be more intense as you enter your senior year. ______36______ The answer is as follows.

______37______ Adjust your approach to your specific situation. For instance, if you’re active in your community and your school and have a large family, you may feel depressed by having all these people involved in your life on a daily basis. ______38______ You just may need a moment to be alone and collect your thoughts before moving on to the challenges that face you.

______39______ If your stress persists and you can’t figure out a way to handle it, you may want to try speaking to your school counselor(顾问). If you don’t feel comfortable speaking to your counselor, try getting some other types of counseling.

Realize your limits, and plan around them. Don’t take on more than you can handle. If you take on too many things, you will be spread too thin and won’t be able to perform at your best in anything. _______40______ You will definitely feel more at ease!

A．Seek professional counseling.

B．Why does the stress come into being?

C．Try thinking of alternative ways to deal with stress.

D．When you feel relieved, you can have a happier life.

E．Taking some time out to be alone may be the best way to handle such stress.

F．But how on earth can you reduce some of the stress?

G．Evaluate what tasks and activities are most important and leave others behind.

When the opportunity arose for me to do some summer traveling, my first urge was to southeast Asia. Being budget-conscious, I eventually decided on Thailand.

  I’d been introduced to the country by the well-received 2010 Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, which sleepily brings out a land in which a dreamy sense of the unknown is so obvious and superstition(迷信) is not only a natural response, but a wise one.

  On the warm and rainy island of Phuket, I found the best way to access Thailand’s treasures was by motorbike. I rented one for four days for about 200 RMB and went on a tour guided mainly by fantasy.

   The Thailand I saw by motorbike was one where religion is ever-present. Though Buddhism is the country’s official religion, the footprints of other faiths can be found all over. Statues of the Hindu gods Shiva and Ganesha aren’t uncommon in the country’s large number of Buddhist temples, and Muslim places of worship are splendidly equipped in communities in Thailand’s south.

   My motorbike allowed me to do more than just see and feel Thailand’s rich cultural heritage, it also allowed me to taste it. Tourism is a leading industry in Thailand, so in top destinations like Chiang Mai, Phuket and Bangkok, there are plenty of restaurants that appeal to international visitors with easy and familiar eats, especially around hotels and hostels. Finding something that tastes truly authentic, fresh prawns cooked in yellow curry and served with spicy beans, for example, is made much easier with a motorbike.

   More than anything, my motorbike allowed me to escape the shabby, crowded spaces Thailand is famous for. Deep in the mountains, with the sound of my 125cc engine melting off into the jungle, I found the Thailand I wanted, calm, fascinating and steaming with an ancient temptation.

  Thailand is a place thick with mood and myth,  and if you’re wiling to walk in, you’ll be rewarded.

25. What attracted the author towards Thailand?

   A. A Thai film.                       B. Thai food.

   C. Thai Buddhism.                    D. Thai history.

26. We learn from Paragraph 4 that ________.  

   A. Hindu is resisted in Thailand          B. Thailand is a holy land of religion

   C. Thailand is a motorcycle country.      D. Muslim exists mainly in Thailand’s north

27. The author writes the text of share his _______ in Thailand.

   A. mysterious inspection               B. wonderful investigation

   C. fantastic motorbike ride              D. authentic sights and tastes

  A rich landowner decided to leave possessions to one of his two sons. As he lay on the deathbed, he called the two young men to him     59．     the break of dawn and even before the cock could crow (鸣叫). He then said, “I will leave all my wealth to the one     60．     can best fill this room. It was in this room     61．      I made plans on how to build up my fortune. Not an inch must     62．     (leave) uncovered. As I am getting     63．    (weak) by the hour you both must come back by midnight.” He handed them a small piece of silver and an empty bag to put their purchases in. They both went out and    64．     (hurry) came back with their purchases.     65．     (bring) the straw, the elder began to spread it about the floor,    66．      far from filling the room. It did not even cover half the space. “This is no use, son,” said the father, “and let me see how    67．      brother fills the room.” The younger son took     68．     his bag a large candle, set it on the table in the centre of the room and lit it. A brilliant bright light filled up the whole room. The father was delighted and exclaimed, “Son, I am sure you will use the wealth well.”

Learning to read and write is a complex process, which can be disrupted in various ways, leading to disorders known as dyslexia and dysgraphia（读写障碍）. Two new studies, published in a recent special issue of Elsevier's Cortex provide evidence of this variety, suggesting that effective treatment needs to take it into account.

A group of researchers from the Universities of Bari and Rome in Italy studied the reading and writing abilities of 33 Italian dyslexic children, comparing their performance with that of children with normal reading ability. Italian is an "orthographically transparent" language, meaning that letters tend to correspond to the same sounds, whereas many letters in the English alphabet change their sound from word to word (like the "c" in car and city). However, the new study showed that even in Italian, in which it is relatively straightforward to convert sounds into letters, children still have difficulty in spelling. Younger children with dyslexia generally performed worse than proficient readers; however, the older ones showed a more selective impairment when spelling words, suggesting that knowledge of vocabulary may be more important in spelling than previously thought.

The other study, from Tel Aviv University, Israel, provided the first systematic description of a type of reading disorder called "attentional dyslexia" in which children identify letters correctly, but the letters jump between words on the page, e.g., "kind wing" is read as "wind king". Teachers and neuron-psychologists often notice that children substitute letters when reading, but in this type of dyslexia the substitutions are not caused by inability to identify letters or convert them into sounds; they result from migrations of letters between words. The findings showed that letters would mostly migrate to the same position in another word, so the first letter of one word would switch places with the first letter of another word. Awareness to the existence of this type of dyslexia is important, because it suggests a straightforward way to assist these children in reading —— by presenting a ‎single word at a time, e.g., with the help of a word-sized window cut in a piece of cardboard.

58. We know from the first new study that __________.

A. Italian is easier to learn in comparison with English

B. knowledge of vocabulary has a close link with spelling

C. in Italian each letter has only one correspondent sound 

D. children with normal reading ability have no trouble in converting letters into sounds

59. As is inferred from the passage, ___________.

A. many people cannot distinguish learning to read and learning to write

B. converting letters into sounds is more difficult than the other way round

C. younger children usually have a poorer knowledge of vocabulary

D. in the past not enough attention is paid to knowledge of vocabulary

60. In “attentional dyslexia”, children ___________.

A. do not pay enough attention to the meaning of each word

B. are not capable of telling letters apart

C. can not change letters into sounds accordingly

D. tend to transfer the first letter from one word to another

Sharpen your axe （斧头）

A young man came to a logging camp and asked for a   41  . “That depends. ”replied the foreman（工头）. “Let’s see you   42   this tree.”

    The young man   43   and skillfully cut down a great tree.   44  , the foreman announced, “You can start Monday.”

    Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and on Thursday afternoon the foreman   45   the young man and said, “You can pick up your   46   on the way out today.”

      47  , the young man replied, “I thought you paid on Friday.”

“Normally we do,” said the foreman. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve   48  . Our daily felling   49   show that you’ve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.”

    “But I’m a hard worker,” the young man   50  . “I am the first to arrive and the last to leave, and even have worked   51   my coffee breaks!”

    The foreman,   52   the young man’s honesty,   53   for a minute and then asked, “Have you been sharpening your axe?”

    The young man replied, “No, sir, I’ve been working too hard to do that !”

    Our   54   are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t   55   time to sharpen the axe. In today’s world, it seems that everyone is busier than   56  , but less happy in the end. Why is that?   57   it be that we have forgotten how to stay sharp?

    There’s   58   wrong with activity and hard work. But we shouldn’t get so busy that we ignore the truly   59   things in life. We all need time to relax, to think and plan, to learn and grow. If we don’t spend time sharpening the axe, we will become dull and lose our   60  .

41. A. tour                  B. stay                         C. job                          D. suggestion

42. A. fell                    B. reduce                    C. measure                 D. surround

43. A. stood back      B. put up                  C. set off                     D. stepped forward    

44. A. Hesitant            B. Impressed               C. Encouraged             D. Inspired

45. A. approached     B. marched              C. appreciated             D. escaped

46. A. tools                 B. luggage                  C. paycheck                D. prize

47. A. Annoyed           B. Delighted                C. Moved                     D. Surprised

48. A. caught up         B. fallen behind           C. finished up              D. gave in  

49. A. teams               B. groups                    C. leaders                   D. records

50. A. explained      B. objected                 C. persuaded              D. predicted

51. A. across              B. to                            C. through                   D. beyond

52. A. sensing            B. guessing                 C. noticing                   D. watching

53. A. laughed            B. rested                     C. worked                    D. paused

54. A. families             B. conditions               C. dreams                   D. lives

55. A. spend               B. waste                      C. take                        D. cost

56. A. ever                  B. even                       C. once                       D. usual

57. A. Must                 B. Should                    C. May                         D. Could

58. A. something      B. nothing                 C. anything                  D. everything

59. A. hard                 B. tough                      C. important                D. interesting

60. A. confidence     B. faith                       C. effectiveness       D. belief

   Children have excellent memories. This is     61    it is important to think before you speak and not make promises you don’t have any     62    (intend)of keeping.

   Children don’t forget the things you promise     63    (they). Parents who don’t keep their word will      64    (eventual)lose the respect of their children. We set a good example by our actions, and when you make promises but break them, you are not only losing your children’s respect, but you are     65    giving them a bad example.

   When you make little promises to your children and you keep them, you are teaching them     66    trust you. Every time you break a promise you     67    (disappoint) your child and making him and her feel that they are not important to you.

   Keeping your promises teaches your children that you are     68    (rely) and that they can count on you.     69    your children can trust you with the little things in life, they will finally trust you with the big ones. When you promise something and you can’t follow through with it, sit down with your child and explain why. Make sure your child      70    (understand) that you are aware you are breaking a promise.

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（Ù），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。

My Favorite Newspaper

When it came to English language newspapers, the majority of students believe that 21^st Century is among the most popular one. 21^st Century is my favorite newspaper. It is an English language newspaper, publish in Beijing each week, which has sections of different kind.

There are quantities of beautiful pictures and interesting articles on it. I enjoy reading the paper, from it I have learnt a lot of new words and useful expressions. At same time, I read it to improve my English. However, I can get a plenty of information about different things, from politics to sports and music. 21^st Century is very popularly with students and English learners.

  My Italian Grandmother was a wonderful woman. 61 a boy I always felt blessed growing up in her home. She worked hard，laughed loud, and was never afraid of 62 life threw at her.

    When she fell and broke her hip in her eighties, my Dad 63 (force) to admit that he could  no longer take care of her at home. It was with a heavy heart 64 Dad moved Grandmother into a  nursing home.

    0ur  whole family gathered together for her 90lH birthday in the nursing home dining room, It was a wonderful  celebration of her life and the love we all had for her.

    Shortly  65 that birthday  however, life gave her the   66  (tough) challenge of all as ,age  and illness started to take her mind from her too. The Dementia (痴呆)grew worse and worse. At  times when I visited her she didn't know  67 I was. During one   of these visits 1 was holding her  hand while she slept. When she awoke, her eyes were fixed 68  me and I could tell she didn't  recognize me. She looked down at my hand 69(hold) hers  and instead of pulling hers away, she smiled at me .Then she closed her eyes and went 70 (peace)back to sleep. I could see  then  that even though her mind didn't   remember me, her spirit still remembered love.

Most people feel lonely sometimes, but it usually only lasts between a few minutes and a few hours.    36    In fact, it is quite normal. For some people, though, loneliness can last for years. Psychologists are studying this complex phenomenon, and have identified three different types of loneliness.

The first kind of loneliness is temporary. This is the most common type. It usually disappears quickly and does not require any special attention. The second kind, situation-for example, family problem, the death of a loved one, or moving to a new place.   37  

The third kind of loneliness is the most severe. Unlike the others, chronic (the opposite of "temporary") usually lasts more than two years and has no specific cause.   38   Unfortunately, many chronically lonely people think there is little or nothing they can do to improve their condition.

Psychologists agree that one important factor in loneliness is a person's social contacts, for example, friends, family members, co-workers, etc. We depend on various people for different reasons. For instance, our families give us emotional support, our parents and teachers give us guidance, and our friends share similar interests and activities. However, psychologists have found that, though lonely people may have many social contacts, they sometimes feel they should have more.   39  

Psychologists are trying to find ways to help habitually lonely people for two reasons. They are unhappy and unable to socialize and there is a connection between chronic loneliness and serious illness as heart disease.   40  

A. It is very difficult to deal with.

B. They question their popularity.

C. This kind of loneliness is not serious.

D. They don' t think they are in need of them.

E. People who experience it have problems socializing and becoming close to others.

F. What's more, temporary and situational loneliness can be a sad, and sometimes dangerous condition.

G. Although it can cause physical problems, such as headaches and sleeplessness, it usually does not last for more than a year.

                                                            CWU

The communication union

　 Head of Research

　 Salary:￡55, 271

We are looking for a Head of Research to manage the CWU Research Department and Information Centre. You would be required to exercise control of all research work of the department and manage a team of three researchers and four support staff.

The person appointed would be expected to carry out research work of a strategic(战略的)nature across the range of businesses in which the CWU has or seeks membership and to contribute to the strategic thinking and direction of the union as a whole.

　 You will need: proven line management skills, especially in managing and motivating a team; good research skills, holding a good degree in a related subject or other similar experience; a high level of mathematical and calculating skills; the ability to produce high quality work under pressure; a commitment to and knowledge of the trade union movement and social democratic politics; and knowledge and/ or experience of the postal and/ or telecommunications industry.

　 To apply, please request an application pack by emailing hr@cwu. org or by telephoning HR( Human Resources ) on 020 8971 7482. When applying please state your source.

　　Closing Date for Applications: 4th August 2016

　　Interview date: 17th August 2016

　　No agencies please

21. One of the duties of the person to be appointed is           .

　 A. seeking membership for the trade union.

　 B. taking charge of research work.

　C. managing a team of three or four members.

　D. running a telecommunications company.

22. If you want to apply for this position, you can do all EXCEPT          .

　 A. ask an agency for an application form.

　 B. dial 020 8971 7482 for more information.

　 C. email hr@cwu. org for an application pack.

　 D. send in your application before 4th August 2016

23. Which of the following applicants is most likely to be employed?

　 A. A school teacher with a master's degree.

　 B. A university graduate majoring in computer science.

　 C. A director from a research centre with a master's degree.

　 D. A clerk from a telecommunications company.

 For sustainable development, the government has decided to give _______ to those

energy-conserving and environment-friendly businesses in many aspects.

A. profit                  B. interest                   C. preference              D. advantage

We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.

　　Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopping at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!

　　The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!

　　No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don’t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal (节俭的), how rich, and so on… No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?

Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity (呆板)? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:

　　“Dance as though no one is watching you

　　 Love as though you have never been hurt before

　　 Sing as though no one can hear you

　　 Live as though heaven is on earth”

　　When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.

　　So don’t lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails (使…痛苦) you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy (肚子) hurts. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn’t want to feel good?

61. According to the passage, what does the writer usually do?

  A. He pretends to be a rock star.                         B. He dances in his own home.

  C. He sings songs while going to work.                D. He gets jammed on his way to work.

62. What do other people think of the writer?

  A. They think that the writer is strange.           B. They look down upon the writer.

  C. They believe that the writer is lonely.          D. No one is interested in the writer.

63. What is the writer’s opinion about the people who look very serious?

  A. They are honest.                                       B. They are silly.

  C. They are perfect.                                      D. They are educated.

64. The writer quotes Souza to show that ________.

  A. life is a beautiful journey                            B. life is full of rigidity

  C. life is like a great recipe                             D. life is to be treasured

65. The underlined part “the child” in the last paragraph probably refers to ________.

  A. the writer                                                 B. any child          

  C. the feeling of being a child                         D. the time of being a child

    假设你叫李华，你的英国朋友Chris打算在校园网上成立一个中文读书俱乐部，他来

  信向你寻求帮助和建议。请你根据以下提示回信。

    L在网络上发布相关信息；

    2．在校园张贴海报；

    3．定期组织读书活动，交流读书心得.

    注意：1．词数不少于l00左右；

          2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

    ．    3．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

      Dear Chri s，

                                                              Yours ,

 Li Hua .

请根据你对以下图片的理解，以“人与自然”为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文。

You use her as a shoulder to cry on. She texts you back with casual jokes. But she, Xiaoice, is only a virtual chatbot（虚拟聊天机器人）.

    Xiaoice, Microsoft’s latest artificial intelligence robot, was briefly released in 2014, and returned to WeChat in 2015, where she became a big hit. Millions of young Chinese now exchange messages with her daily, The New York Times reported. On WeChat, Xiaoice is an official account. After following it, users can start text-based conversations with Xiaoice.

    “Her incredible learning ability was why people loved to talk with Xiaoice,” Liu Jinchang, a researcher at High-tech Research and Development Center under the Ministry of Science and Technology, told China Daily. Apart from her ability to identify photos and send emojis（表情符号）in conversations, Xiaoice gains 45 percent of her knowledge from interacting with users, China Daily reported.

    Chatbot programs first appeared in the mid-1960s in the US. Driven by top tech companies, they are becoming smarter and more common. For instance, IBM’s latest artificial intelligence program served as an academic consultant at Australia’s Deakin University, answering students’ questions about course schedules and financial aid. Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa have been used as voice assistants who can read news, play music and even make jokes for their users.

    These programs are expected to move beyond smartphones, into televisions, cars and living rooms, The New York Times pointed out. However, it may take decades before scientists develop a “Samantha”, the advanced chatbot seen in the fiction film Her. In the film, Samantha has a romantic relationship with her user played by US actor Joaquin Phoenix. Many viewers were enthusiastic about this fantasy of virtual soul mates.

28.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. She became a best seller.                 B. She became very powerful.

    C. She became a money maker.              D. She became very popular.

29.Which of the following can Xiaoice do?

    A. Do housework.                         B. Spread messages.

    C. Identify various photos.                  D. Read news to its users.

30.Which company’s chatbot program can act as an academic consultant?

A. Microsoft.        B. IBM.           C. Apple.         D. Amazon.

31.What can be learned from the last paragraph?

    A. Chatbots will be applied to cars soon.

    B. Chatbots mainly run on smartphones now.

    C. Samantha is played by a US actor in the film.

    D. The film Her doesn't interest many audience.

Scientists have discovered that__61  (stay) in the cold could help us lose weight. Researchers at the University of California found that exposure to the cold increases levels of a protein that helps form brown fat--the type of fat that produces heat and keeps us warm. Brown fat burns energy,   62  helps us lose weight. White fat stores extra energy, which results  63    weight gain. The researchers said that because air conditioning and heating give us constant,    64    (comfort) temperatures, our body’s need for brown fat has decreased. They found that: “Outdoor workers in northern Finland who  65   (expose) to cold temperature have  66    significant amount of brown fat when  67  (compare) to same-aged indoor workers.” The research was conducted on two different control groups of mice.   68  group was injected with the protein that helps create brown fat. This group later gained 30% less weight after both groups were fed high-fat diets. The researchers say this could be good news in the fight against obesity. People who are obese have  69  (low) levels of brown fat than thinner people. Head researcher Hei Sook Sul said, “This protein could become an important target for research into the treatment and prevention of obesity and obesity-related diseases.” She added, “If you can somehow increase levels of this protein, you could  70   (possible) lose more weight even if eating the same amount of food.”

The discovery was made in the 1950s, while the ________ of it was not recognized until half a century later.

  A. sacrifice                B. difference                 C. significance                     D. insurance

 He tried to go away without being noticed by the teacher, but luck ________ him.

   A. went with           B. went against      C. went along        D. went over