据报道，某女青年持假文凭就职某公司。她能力较强，工作出色，但后来假文凭被查出，公司以她缺乏诚信为由解雇了她。你认为公司这种做法如何？我们应该看重诚信还是能力?

参考词汇：假文凭 fake diploma ;   诚信 honesty

See a cellphone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting “print” on your computer. You might find it hard to believe that you could actually “print” an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays ink onto paper line by line, modern 3D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.

Instead of ink, the materials the 3D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin(树脂) and certain metals. The thinner each layer is—from a millimetre to less than the width of a hair—the smoother and finer the object will be. This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.   

Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3D printing industry—printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3D printer might have cost ￡20，000, while now they cost only about ￡1，000, according to the BBC. Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3D printing can create just about anything you can think of—flutes , bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one. 

However, as 3D printing becomes more common, it may bring about certain problems—such as piracy. “Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3D printer, who will visit a retail store again？” an expert in 3D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?

32. According to the article, in the future, the 3D printing technology will _______.  

   A. enable people to make better purchases online  

   B. change the way we make many products 

   C. be applied as widely in our daily life as computers 

   D. shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online

33. What happened in the 3D printing industry last year?  

   A. The 3D printing technology was taken out of the factory. 

   B. The 3D printing technology began to be used in various fields. 

   C. The 3D printer was used for medical treatment for the first time. 

   D. The 3D printer became more affordable for consumers(消费者).

34. What is the best title of the passage?  

   A. Great Demand for 3D Printers                  B. Technology in the Future 

   C. Online Shopping Disappearing              D. Printing out Everything

35. How is the last paragraph developed?  

   A. By giving examples.                       B. By making comparisons. 

   C. By analyzing the cause and effect.            D. By using figures.

Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money listening to rock music. Forbes reports that at least fifty rock stars have incomes between two million and six million dollars per year.

"It doesn't make sense, " says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was most popular, in the 1950s. "Performers aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is. "

But the rock stars 'admirers seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972, one of the luckiest was Kon McLean, who wrote and sang "American Pie". McLean writes his own music, so he earns an additional two cents on every single record of the song.

Nell Young, who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10 000, each of whom has paid at least five dollars for a ticket. After paying expenses, Young leaves with about $ 18 000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening.

How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars simply throw the money around. England's Elton John gave someone a $ 38 000 Rolls Royce car and bought himself 5,000 pair of eyeglasses, then lighted up and spelt: E—L—T—O--N. He also bought himself two cars, "one for each foot".

Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do another tour. They save no money and live from hand to mouth.

In the end the rock star's life is unrewarding. After two or three years, riches and fame are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely person spends his remaining years trying to attract strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

28. This passage is mainly about ________________.

   A. the success of a rock star               B. the way rock stars live

   C. rich rock stars                        D. the admirers of rock stars

29. How much expense does Neil Young pay for a performance?

   A. $ 10,000                B. $ 33,000        C. $ 32,000            D. $ 38,000

30. According to the passage, the underlined phrase “from hand to mouth” means____________.

   A. they have to earn money by hand

   B. they know how to spend money in a reasonable way

   C. they earn money only for their immediate enjoyment

   D. they steal to feed their mouth when they need money

31. What do we know about Johnny Mathis?

   A. He thinks rock stars shouldn’t make much money. 

   B. His admires disagree with him totally

   C. He was once popular in the twentieth century

   D. He never spends any money on a rock star’s performance.

Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品). We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values---not values imposed（强加）from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

21．What Oscar Wilde says implies that _____________.

A. most people’s thoughts are controlled by others

B. most people have a variety of thoughts

C. we have thoughts similar to those of others

D. other people’s thoughts are more important

22．What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph ?

A. We need to pay for what we want to get.

B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

C. We may lose ourselves to please others.

D. The price of taking drugs is freedom.

23． In order to live a happy, effective and purposeful life, we should _________.

A. care about others’ opinions and change opinions all the time

B. guide ourselves by means of values from the outside

C. stick to our own values

D. persuade others to accept our opinions

24．It can be concluded from the passage that __________.

A. it’s important to accept others’ opinions

B. it’s better to do what we like

C. we shouldn't change our own opinions

D. we shouldn’t care what others think too much

Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt Napoleon was a major influence. The French have used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand drivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic travelled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift (改变) to the right. A driver would sit on the rear (后面的) left horse in order to wave his whip (鞭子) with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they travelled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left ( the reason was stated in a 1908 catalog: the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially if there is a lady to be considered).Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970.The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the Western world's few remaining holdouts(坚持不变者).Several Asian nations, including Japan, use the left as well—though many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

24．Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right?

A. They had used the right-hand traffic since the 18th century.

B. Rich people enjoyed driving their carriages on the right.

C. Napoleon introduced the right-hand traffic to this country.

D. Hitler ordered them to go against their left-hand tradition.

25．Of all the countries below, the one that travels on the right is ______.

A. Austria   B. England   C. Japan   D. Australia

26．Henry Ford produced cars with controls on the left ______.

A. in order to change traffic directions in the U.S.

B. so that passengers could get off conveniently

C. because rules at that time weren't perfect

D. though many countries were strongly against that

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

A. Before the French Revolution, all the French people used the right.

B. People in Britain and the U.S. travel on the same side nowadays.

C. The Burmese began to travel on the right in 1970.

D. All the Asian nations use the left at present.

In the United States of America, the legal voting(选举) age is 18 years. Though some Americans have expressed interest in raising the voting age, saying that these important decisions should not be left in the hands of a teenager, I disagree. I believe that those who are 18 years are ready to take on the responsibility(责任)for voting.

We all know that in the United States, 18 is the age when an individual is considered an adult by the government. Being an adult in the eyes of the law is quite different than simply being a juvenile. Punishments for illegal activities become much heavier. Additionally, at 18, an individual can join the army without receiving permission from his parents to do so. So, when a citizen turns 18, the politics of the country start affecting him in a completely different way. It is unfair to let one lead a severer lifestyle and not allow him any choice in the matter.

Furthermore, by allowing a teenager to vote, we are helping to ensure that he will become more politically minded at a younger age. I didn’t care at all about the politics of my country when I couldn’t vote. As I couldn’t do anything about the politics at the time, I couldn’t see why I should care. It wasn’t until I turned 18 years of age that I started actively trying to understand who ran my government and the way in which it was governed. By allowing 18-year-olds to vote, we are getting them engaged in the world of politics much sooner.

In addition, teenagers today are much smarter than we think. Today’s society is much more technologically advanced than it was in the past. Teenagers have access to all kinds of information through the Internet and their smartphones. So, teenagers have enough knowledge to make good decisions.

Therefore, I think 18 is indeed a proper age to make important political decisions and those who are 18 should be allowed to make important decisions that will affect their nation.

28. The underlined word “juvenile” in Paragraph 2 probably means_______.

A. child                   B. soldier                   C. teenager                      D. criminal

29. When reaching 18, the author_______.

    A. loved his country more than before

    B. changed his attitude towards politics

C. worked in a governmental institution

D. called for a reduction in the voting age

30. The author believes “teenagers today are much smarter than we think” because they_______.

    A. are quick-minded

B. are well-informed

C. can use modern technologies on their own

D. can act according to changing circumstances

31. Which of the following shows the structure of the text_______.

CP: Central Point             P: Point            Sp: Sub-point(次要点)       C: Conclusion

 “Mama, when I grow up, I’m going to be one of those!” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three. It was the first time that my _41__ took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training. As I grew older and was __42_ to more, my interests in the world of dance __43__ varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a __44_ in the company never left me. In the summer of 2005 when I was 18, I received the phone call which made that dream a __45__; I became a member of the company __46__ back to 1925.

As I look back on that day now, it surely __47_ any sense of reality. I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief __48__ I was halfway through rehearsals (排练) on my first day. I never actually __49__ to get the job. After being offered the position, I was completely __50__. I remember shaking with excitement.

Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change, it did not come without its fair share of __51_. Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week, I found it vital to __52__ up the material fast with every last bit of concentration. It is that extreme __53__ to detail (细节) and stress on practice that set us __54__. To then follow those high-energy rehearsals __55__ a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day, I discovered a new __56__ of the words “hard work.” What I thought were my physical __57_ were pushed much further than I thought __58__. I learned to make each performance better than the last.

Today, when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great __59__ of being a part of, not only as a member, but as a dance captain, I see a __60_ that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow-and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.

41. A. hobby                     B. plan                         C. dream                     D. word

42.   A connected              B. expanded              C. exposed                   D. extended

43. A. rarely                     B. certainly                  C. probably                  D. consistently

44.   A. director                   B. trainer                     C. leader                      D. dancer

45.   A. symbol                    B. memory                   C. truth                       D. reality

46. A. bouncing                 B. dating                      C. turning                    D. tracking

47. A. lacks                        B. adds                         C. makes                   D. brings

48. A. while                    B. since                    C. until                        D. when

49.   A. Cared                B. Expected           C. Asked                 D. Decided

50.   A. motivated            B. relaxed              C. convinced             D. astonished

51.   A. challenges           B. profits            C. advantages              D. adventures

52.   A. put                  B. mix              C. build                  D. pick

53.   A. Attention            B. association            C. attraction               D. adaptation

54.   A. apart                 B. aside                    C. off                    D. back

55.   A. over                  B. by                   C. with                   D. beyond

56.   A. function               B. meaning             C. expression              D. usage

57.   A. boundaries           B. problems           C. barriers                D. efforts

58.   A. necessary             B. perfect                    C. proper                   D. possible

59.   A. talent                    B. honor                      C. potential                  D. responsibility

60.   A. victory                    B. trend                    C. tradition                   D. Desire

  My aunt died back in about 2003. She was eight-four and so was my uncle. When she passed he felt miserable. They had been married for over 60 years. After my aunt’s death, he attended his church more frequently and his morning was nearly unbearable to witness. His only daughter lived across the country in the south so he had only himself to make a comfort.

   My cousin talked him into selling the house that he and my aunt had built together about twenty five years before. It was very hard to part with the home they built together. One day he called my cousin who was living in Texas and told her that he reconnected with a lady from a church that he and my aunt went to forty years previously. She played piano and his church was looking for new music. Her husband had died about seven years previously. He said he just wanted someone to go out to dinner with and spend time with. We were happy for them but had no idea how it would turn out. They were both almost eighty-seven years old.

They were like lovebirds and spent as much time together as they could. They both had one child each, she a son, he a daughter.

The clash in their relationship came one day when they neither wanted to leave their respective churches. Before too long they realized that they did not want to be apart. They would find a new church together. They planned to marry. When he took her to a jewelry store and bought her a diamond, the employees were so impressed that they had a big write up in our own local paper, "The ‘Truth for Valentines' Day. They prepared for their wedding. They moved the wedding date up because neither wanted to wait any longer to "be together" .

   They got married in her house, where her first marriage took place. It was such a beautiful refreshing thing to see, two people who you would have thought had pretty much lived their lives, were beginning a new one together.

21. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage above?

   A. Love me, love my dog

   B. Love in never too late

   C. Love is blind

   D. Love at first sight

22. How many characters are mentioned altogether in the story?

   A. Three               B. Four           C. Five          D. Six

23. Which of the statements is true of my uncle?

   A. He loved church activities more than anything else all his lifetime

   B. He lived in the south of the country, far away from his daughter living in Texas

   C. His wedding day fell on Valentines’ Day when he borrowed the lady a diamond

   D. His conflict with the lady arose in that they were both attached to their own churches

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The three-day event is not fixed (固定的)to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals (当地人).

During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the sands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful traditional culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns (喇叭)and beat drums (鼓)as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair： their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

The local and visiting Italian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.

Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horse race. All the riders run very fast on the horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles (座垫).Some even ride upside down ― their legs and feet straight up in the air ― all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they go. So fast and so wonderful!

25．The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

A. has a very long history in North Africa           B. is held on the same place on the same day

C. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D. is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

26．Before the races begin, ________take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.

A. musicians, dancers, horses and hares   B. camel riders, musicians, Japanese dogs and hares

C. horsemen dancers, camels and Japanese dogs     D. musicians, officials, camels and horses

27．The underlined word "finale" in the fourth paragraph  most probably means the________of the opening day.       A.first part             B.middle                   C.last  part      D.whole

28．This passage mainly tells readers________.

A.what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

B.how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara Festival

C.what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

D.how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

 Educators claim that children ___________to English-speaking environment will learn the

   language more quickly.

   A. being exposed   B. to be exposed    C. having exposed   D. exposed

   It is commonly believed that all over the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

    Always boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to(和…相符) the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".

    Surprisingly, the findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

    George Carl, headmaster of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

    The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

    But in single-sex schools teachers can adjust lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

    Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around. "Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine（女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes," James wrote.

    Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be "masterful and in charge" in relationships. "In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means," the study reported.

28. The writer argues that a single-sex school would __________.

A. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

B. help boys to be more competitive in schools.

    C. force boys to he their emotions to be "real men"

    D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man

29.  Traditionally, in a mixed school boys __________.

    A. behave more responsibly.                                B. perform relatively better. 

    C. grow up more healthily.                             D. receive a better education.

30. In Abigail James’ opinion, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is ______.

    A. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

    B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted

    C. teaching can be adjusted to suiting the characteristics of boys

    D. teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit

31．The underlined word “acute” in paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to ______ .

    A. lovely                     B. serious                   C. sharp                  D. dull 

14 days from just ￡2,090 pp

Fully inclusive from the UK

Price covers, international airfares, departure taxes, fuel charge, local transportation all meals, entrance fees, guides, daily tours and visas for UK citizens.

◆ Days 1-3: UK-Shanghai

    Fly to the great city of shanghai and in the evening sample traditional shanghai food. Visit the beautiful Yu Garden, Old Town. Shanghai Museum ,cross the Grest Nanpu Bridge and tour the Pudong area. Also explore Xintiandi with its 1920’s style Shikomen buildings and end your stay in Shanghai with an amazing Huangpu River evening tour.

◆ Days 4-7: Shanghai-Yangtze River Tour

    Fly to Yichang and change（approx: one hour）to board your Yangtze River ship for the next four nights. Enjoy a tour of the three Gorges Dam（三峡大坝）before sailing on the grand Yangtze River, passing through the impressive Three Gorges. We take a side trip to the Lesser Three Gorges or travel up the Shennong Stream in a peapod boat and enjoy various shore trips along the way.

◆ Day8: Chongqing—Chengdu

    Get off in Chongqing and drive to Chengdu for an overnight stay.

◆ Day9-10: Chengdu-Xi’an

    Visit the famous Panda Reserve to see the lovely animals. We then fly to the historic city of Xi’an for two nights, stay and enjoy traditional Shuijiao. Next day, explore one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century—the Terracotta Warriors（兵马俑），followed by the ancient City Wall and a performance of Tang Dynasty dancing.

◆ Day11-13: Xi’an-Beijing

    Visit little wild Goose Pagoda and see the ancient objects at the well-known Shanxi Provincial Museum before walking through the lively Muslim Quarter to see the Great Mosque. Later fly to Beijing for three nights’ stay and try Peking Duck. During our stay in Beijing, we stroll through Tian’anmen Square to the Forbidden city, the largest and best preserved collection of ancient buildings in china, and visit the summer palace. Next day we take a walk on the Great wall, tour the unique Temple of Heaven and enjoy an attractive Chinese Acrobatic Show.

◆ Day14: Beijing-UK

    Fly back to the UK, arriving home later the same day filled with happy memories.

28. The underlined word “sample” in the passage probably means “ ________”

   A. replace         B. observe          C. make         D. taste

29. The first and last scenic spots he visited in Xi’an are ________.

   A. the Terracotta Warriors and Shanxi Provincial Museum

   B. the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Mosque  

   C. little wild goose Pagoda and Great Mosque

   D. Little wild goose Pagoda and the Muslim Quarter

30. Which of the following is TRUE according to the ad ?

   A. The tourists will have to pay extra for fuel and meals.

   B. The tourists will visit the 1920’s Shikumen buildings in Beijing

   C. The tourists will stay in Beijing for three nights before leaving for the UK

   D. The tourists will take a side trip to the Three Gorges Dam during the tour.

31. The ad is mainly intended to ________.

   A. encourage the British to travel in China

   B. attract the British to traditional Chinese food

   C. offer service of booking air tickets to tourists

   D. provide the British with a better understanding of China.

Music

Opera at Music Hall: 1243 Elm Street. The season runs June through August, with additional performances in March and September. The Opera honors Enjoy the Arts membership discounts.

Phone: 241-2742. http: //www.cityopear.com.

Chamber Orchestra: The Orchestra plays at Memorial Hall at 1406 Elm Street, which offers several concerts from March through June. Call 723–1182 for more information.http://www.chamberoch.com.

Symphony Orchestra: At Music Hall and Riverbend. For ticket sales, call 381–3300. Regular season runs September through May at Music Hall and in summer at Riverbend. http://www.symphony.org/home.asp.

College Conservatory of Music (CCM):Performances are on the main campus(校园)of the university, usually at Patricia Cobbett Theater. CCM organizes a variety of events, including performances by the well-known Lasalle Quartet, CCM’s Philharmonic Orchestra, and various groups of musicians presenting Baroque through modern music. Students with I．D. cards can attend the events for free. A free schedule of events for each term is available by calling the box office at 556–4183.http://www.ccm.uc.edu/events/calendar.

Riverbend Music Theater: 6295 Kellogg Ave. Large outdoor theater with the closest seats under cover (price difference).Big name shows all summer long! Phone:232–6220.www.riverbendmusic.com.

21. Which number should you call if you want to see an opera?

  A. 241–2742．          B. 723–1182．

  C. 381–3300.            D. 232–6220.

22. When can you go to a concert by Chamber Orchestra?

A. February          B. May       C. August        D. November

23.Where can student go for free performances with their I.D. cards?

A. Music Hall                      B. Memorial Hall

C .Patricia Cobbett Theater     D. Riverbend Music Theater.

24. How is Riverbend Music Theater different from the other places?

A. It has seats in the open air

B. It gives shows all year round.

C. It offers membership discounts

D. It presents famous musical works

假如你是张萌，是一位高中生。iPad已经成为你们中学生的新宠。用iPad既可以听音乐，阅读电子书，又可以玩电子游戏。请用英语给某报社写一封信，谈谈中学生使用iPad的情况。新的内容包括以下要点：

iPad给中学生带来的好处；

iPad给中学生带来的负面影响；

你对中学生使用iPad的看法和建议。

注意：    1. 词数100左右；

        2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

        3. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Editor,

    I am a senior high school student, named Zhang Meng.

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Yours sincerely,

Zhang Meng

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划—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。

Dear American guests,

On behalf of our school, I would like to express our warm welcome to you. We are lucky to have us here in the middle of our English Week activities.

As being scheduled, we had English Talent Show today. The purpose of this programme is develop our interest in English learning and practical abilities in listening and spoken. The programme consists in the following activities: recitation, singing, word spelling, story told and so on. The Show will begin at two o’clock this afternoon at the Student Center. Dear guests, you are welcomed to take part in our activities. I hope we students will benefit great from your presence.

I sincerely hope you a pleasant time with us. Thank you.

 He has always been more 　　　others than himself, so he is respected by people. 

A. fond of            B. tired of    C. excited about   D. concerned about

The Spring Festival, as one of the grandest and most important festivals, is supposed to be a time for the whole families to reunite together. However, as people’s enthusiasm for digital hongbao increased, the amount of the time they spend with family members during the holiday decreases. There has been widespread criticism(批评) over digital hongbao that it has given rise to a wide berth to family reunion.

“ I used to discuss programs in the Spring Festival Gala(春晚) with my family members , but this year , I hardly had the time to watch the gala because I was staring at my cellphone all the time,” said Kang , a 30 –year old radio station editor. “ I went to Karaoke with my cousins during the holiday, and I was grasping digital hongbao the whole time, even when I was singing Karaoke.”

“On the last day of the holiday, I started to regret spending too much time on these digital hongbao. Therefore, instead of fighting for hongbao, I watched TV with my mom that night. I left home feeling sorry! I should have spent more time with my parents.”

But Kang said regret came with a sense of achievement when he managed to bring classmates together.

“Next year, I will still play the game, but with less money and for a smaller amount of time,” Kang said.

Dong Chenyu, a teacher from Beijing Foreign Studies University, said it unfair to blame hongbao for destroying family reunion.

“When television was invented, people accused it of standing in the way of face-to-face human communication. The same accusation came up on telephone and text message services when they were first invented. The same goes with digital hongbao,” Dong said.

“It does nothing but offers a new way of human communication. The rest is people’s choice. As long as no one expects to earn money from this and takes this as a means of gambling(赌博), it’s a good way to improve human connections,” Dong said.

25. The underlined word “alienated” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ____.

A. improved     B. encouraged        C.  separated       D. ended

26. How did Mr.Kang feel about digital hongbao according to Paragraph 2?

A. He felt regretted spending too much money.

B. He had a strong preference for it.

 C. He was happy to spend too much of his time.

D. He felt a sense of guilty in getting it.

27. What can we infer from what Mr. Dong said about digital hongbao?

A. Mr. Dong is in favor of the digital hongbao.

B. It will be out of fashion in near future.

C. Lots of people will use it to earn money.

D. It will bring us trouble in holiday reunion.

28. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

   A. Spring Festival Reunion    B. Family Reunion Destruction

   C. New Holiday Enthusiasm   D. Double-edged Sword

Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they            on their life journey.

A. give up            B. settle down           C. get through           D. set off

The archctype(典范）of the Hollywood leading man is taller and handsome. But that norm(标准）hasn’t prevented 21-year-old Josh Hutcherson from   21  his ambition to become a Hollywood heartthrob(万人迷）.

Hutcherson stands only 1.65 meters tall. On April 13, Hutcherson  22  the best Male Performance Award at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angles for his portrayal (饰演) Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games :Catching Fire.

“This is so wonderful. I know everybody said it, but I grew up watching these awards. How I wish I could win the awards and now I’ m here，and it’s like the  23  thing in the world"，said Hutcherson during his acceptance  24  .

Hutcherson dreamed of becoming a movie star from the age of 4. At that time, he expressed  his __25  in acting  26  he was teased by other kids at school.

“I didn’t understand, because I just loved doing it and I didn’t know what was wrong with it. It was  27  to me,” he recalled to Movies Online.

28  , Hutcherson finally persuaded his parents to  29  him.

At 12, Hutcherson got his first lead  30  in a movie, Little Manhattan, which earned the young actor  31  . “Mr. Hutcherson emerges (暂露头角）as a child actor worth watching，” The New York Times commented then.

In the years that followed, his passion for acting  32 . After he played his breakthrough leading role in Bridge to Terabithia, he became a(n)  33  , brave boy, he told MoviesOnline.

Hutcherson was a huge  34  of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy(三部曲），so he was excited to hear that film  35  of the books were on the  36  . He had once read all the three books in only five days.

Hutcherson  37  getting the part in The Hunger Games. He said he was able to attract  38  as Peeta because he connected so  39  to the character.

“Peeta is all about staying  40  yourself. He goes into the Games and does everything he can to maintain what he believes in,” Hutcherson told Parade magazine.

21. A. discovering      B. treating       C. achieving       D. reducing       

22. A. won           B. instructed        C. passed         D. spared         

23. A. kindest          B. coolest          C. hardest          D. simplest       

24. A. training         B. journey        C. speech         D. schedule

25. A. respect          B. sympathy       C. interest            D. pity           

26. A. since           B. if                  C. until          D. but

27. A. similar          B. important          C. complex          D. hurtful   

28. A. Confused     B. Determined      C. Astonished        D. Embarrassed

29. A. reward           B. defend             C. affect         D. support

30. A. role         B. pace           C. mark           D. level

31. A. freedom          B. praise           C. power            D. competition

32. A. grew           B. combined         C. bothered            D. benefited

33. A. energetic        B. strict             C. confident         D. intelligent      

34. A. talent           B. fan            C. character         D. director

35. A. expenses     B. manners        C. industries     D. adaptations

36. A. spot           B. way              C. guard          D. rise

37. A. attached to      B. called for         C. ended up         D. put off           

38. A. reporters        B. children       C. judges          D. audience           

39. A. variously        B. toughly        C. strongly           D. regularly

40. A. independent of   B. careful of         C. patient with        D. true to       

 _______ on our own efforts, we overcome all the difficulties and finished the task ahead of time.

A. To rely   B. Rely    C. Relying   D. Relied