You can take a selfie（自拍） with a hand-held digital camera or mobile phone and later share it on the Internet.   36    According to a recent survey, half of the interviewees admitted to taking a selfie while on holiday. Love them or hate them, selfies show no sign of stopping.

 After all, the selfie is the most important way to show off on holiday.   37    How can you take the best holiday selfies? Here are some useful posing tips for you.

◆‘Food chew’style

Want to let everyone know how exciting your holiday food choices are? Hold up some food on your fork or chopsticks.   38    But don’t have food hanging out of your mouth. Remember, food always looks best before being eaten.

◆‘I’m so adventurous’ style

Rock climbing, hiking, surfing, or skiing? These adventurous holiday moments are great for a selfie.    39     One commonly used gesture is spreading out an arm to show how thrilled you are. But remember that no one likes a sweaty selfie.

◆‘I am cultured tourist’ style

    40    You can also try an optical illusion（视错觉）by making it look like you’re holding up the leaning tower of Pisa, touching the top of the Eiffel Tower, or picking the Sphinx’s nose.

A. Some people have no idea how to take selfies.

B. Just taking a selfie against a famous cultural site makes you look great.

C. Different cultures have different characteristics of food.

D. Everyone has his own way to take the holiday selfies.

E. You can also cut off a piece to show off what’s inside.

F. So selfies have been especially popular over the years.  

G. Just let the natural settings（环境）make people go “wow”.

 —How did you like Nick’s performance last night?

—To be honest, his singing didn’t 　　　to me much. 

A. appeal　　　B. belong　　　　　C. refer　　　　D. occur

He was charged      the police      breaking the law.

A.of,of  B.of,with  C.by,of  D.by,with

Every day, hundreds of thousands of us visit coffee shops. While we drink our coffee, we may connect our smartphone to the shop’s Wi-Fi network, and keep in touch with friends via services such as Facebook.

As well as socializing, we may use the time and free access to a wireless connection to get on top of our finances. Transferring money from your account to others’ accounts is nothing more than a few taps on your screen.

But what coffee drinkers do not realize is that lurking(潜伏) among their fellow coffee-lovers are bank robbers.

Unbeknown to you, this modern form of bank robber is silently collecting all your private data. The only sign of his thievery is perhaps a little smile as your bank log-in details appear on his screen.

You’ll only realize when you later go to a cash machine to withdraw(提取)some money, and discover that every penny in your account has been cleared out.

The common method for thieves is to use your smartphone’s Wi-Fi connection. They rely on the fact that most of us are not careful about the security of networks we connect to.

For example, when you are in a coffee shop, your smartphone will present you with a list of available Wi-Fi networks that you can use to connect your phone to the Internet. Most of these networks are run by legitimate(合法的)companies, but sometimes they are actually created by a thief sitting nearby with little more than a laptop.

These networks are often given names, such as “Free Public Wi-Fi”, which deceive smartphone users into logging in. On the surface, everything seems normal, and you will be able to connect just as you are with a legitimate Wi-Fi service.

However, because you have connected to a network controlled by a thief, he can monitor everything you do, enabling him to collect passwords and log-in details about your bank account.

21.The underlined phrase “get on top of” can be replaced by____________ .

       A.handle                        B.give up                  C.cut off                      D.set up

22.What can we learn from the passage?

       A.Transferring money from your account to others’ is a complex process.

       B.It’s easy for you to tell bank robbers from other coffee drinkers.

       C.Online thieves could steal money because people pay little attention to the security of networks.

       D.All the available networks in a coffee shop are illegal.

23.What’s the author’s attitude towards Wi-Fi traps?

       A.Positive.                      B.Negative.               C.Objective.                D.Indifferent.

24.What’s the best title of this passage?

       A.Be cautious about free Wi-Fi networks.       B.The thief who withdraws our money.

       C.The convenience of free Wi-Fi networks.    D.The process of stealing money.

Endangered whales in the inland waters of Washington State will now have individual health records, which researchers hope will help them identify threats to the whales’ health.

There are typically 84 whales living in Puget Sound from spring to fall. These were listed as endangered in 2005 and are both genetically and behaviorally different from other killer whales. They use distinct calls to communicate and eat salmons (鲑鱼) rather than other marine mammals. Because of pollution, lack of prey (捕食) and disturbance from boats, their numbers have varied in the past few decades.

The whales are already thoroughly tracked and recorded. Researchers trail them and keep track of their measurements, waste and exhaled (呼出的) breath.

Individual health records, which combine all of the existing research on the whales, will be added to this program. On Tuesday, during a meeting in Seattle more than two dozen wildlife experts discussed how this would be carried out. The records will include data on behavior, reproductive success, skin diseases and more. They will be used to monitor individual health as well as overall trends. “The goal is to really start getting a lot of data and pull them together in a way that permits easier analysis.” Joe Gaydos said. “Finally, the real benefit of any health record is to help make management decisions.”

The records will help identify threats to the whales’ health and provide insight into how to reduce or fix them. “It will be really powerful to rule out things that aren’t important and focus in on what’s really important,” Barre said.

An initial database will be launched this summer using information on sex, age and gender as a starting point. Additional information will be added next year. Some details, such as who will manage the data and who will have access to it, have not yet been worked out.

28. When don’t the whales live in Puget Sound?

A. In spring.                     B. In summer.

C. In autumn.                    D. In winter.

29. How do the whales living in Puget Sound exchange information?

A. By using different calls.          B. By eating salmons.

C. By turning their bodies.          D. By changing their breath.

30. Why did the wildlife experts hold the meeting in Seattle?

A. To find out how to add individual health records.

B. To discuss how to keep away from skin diseases.

C. To know how to improve individual health efficiently.

D. To learn the way to keep track of their measurement.

31. What is Barre’s attitude towards the analysis?

A. Cautious.                     B. Doubtful.

C. Defensive.                    D. Approving.

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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。

A man has been waiting at the bus stop. After a few minutes later, the bus arrived and did not stop. The man thought it would stop a little far, so he started running after the bus. Fortunately, the bus never stopped. The man kept follow the bus until he arrived home. The man was very glad that he could save bit of money. He happily told his wife, “Honey, today I ran after the buses until getting home. I didn’t have to pay the fee.” Surprisingly, the wife blamed her, “You fool! Do you know how many you could save if you ran after a taxi?”

Urbanization

Until relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a cit. The firs city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. 36 In fact, nearly everyone  lived on farms or in tiny rural villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in history-a society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.

Britain was only the beginning. 37 The process of urbanization--the migration of people from the countryside to the city--was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.

In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities, Only about 2% live on farms. 38

Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies, it took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. 39 Until modem times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite（精英）and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.

Over the past two centuries,the Industrial Revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 40 Today,instead of needing ninety-five farmers to feed five city people, one American farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non-farmers.

A.That kept cities very small.

B.The rest live in small towns.

C.The effects of urban living on people should be considered.

D.Soon many other industrial nations become urban societies.

E.But even 200 years ago,only a few people could live in cities.

F.Modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.

G.Modern cities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.

The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government’s health budget（预算)be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.

Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For example, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important.

One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress.

In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people’s health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one’s family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.

Hinderer, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.

32．What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Prevention or Education?

B. Prevention or Treatment?

C. Health or Illness?

D. Exercise or Illness?

33．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt”?

A. Unable to be cured.

B. Unable to pay one’s debts.

C. Stronger than ever before.

D. More successful than ever before.

34．We learn from the passage that    .

A. dressing warmly can prevent diseases

B. a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise

C. It’s better to have more health education.

D. the government’s health budget should be increased

35．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP(Central Point) P(Point) S(Sub—point次要点)  C(Conclusion)

To be great, you must be smart, confident, and, _______,honest.

A. therefore    B. above all

C. however      D. after all

Here is an astonishing and significant fact: Mental work alone can’t make us tired. It sounds absurd. But years ago, scientists tried to find out how long the human brain could labor without reaching a stage of fatigue (tiredness). To the amazement of these scientists, they discovered that blood passing through the brain, when it is active, shows no fatigue at all! If we took a drop of blood from a day laborer, we would find it full of fatigue toxins (毒素) and fatigue products. But if we took blood from the brain of an Albert Einstein, it would show no fatigue toxins at the end of the day.

So far as the brain is concerned, it can work as well and swiftly at the end of eight or even twelve hours of effort as at the beginning. The brain is totally tireless. So what makes us tired?

Some scientists declare that most of our fatigue comes from our mental and emotional attitudes. One of England’s most outstanding scientists, J.A. Hadfield, says, “The greater part of the fatigue from which we suffer is of mental origin. In fact, fatigue of purely physical origin is rare.” Dr. Brill, a famous American scientist, goes even further. He declares, “One hundred percent of the fatigue of sitting worker in good health is due to emotional problems.”

What kinds of emotions make sitting workers tired? Joy? Satisfaction? No! A feeling of being bored, anger, anxiety, tenseness, worry, a feeling of not being appreciated—those are the emotions that tire sitting workers. Hard work by itself seldom causes fatigue. We get tired because our emotions produce nervousness in the body.

25. What surprised the scientists a few years ago?
       A. Fatigue toxins could hardly be found in a laborer’s blood.
       B. Albert Einstein didn’t feel worn after a day’s work.
       C. The brain could work for many hours without fatigue.
       D. A mental worker’s blood was filled with fatigue toxins.

26. According to the author, which of the following can make sitting workers tired?
       A. Challenging mental work.                      B. Unpleasant emotions.
       C. Endless tasks.                                      D. Physical labor.

27. What’s the author’s attitude towards the scientists’ idea?
       A. He agrees with them.                                   B. He doubts them.
       C. He argues against them.                        D. He hesitates to accept them.

28. We can infer from the passage that in order to stay energetic, sitting workers need to ________.
A. have some good food                                   B. enjoy their work
C. exercise regularly                                  D. discover fatigue toxins

My father had always been an alert observer of human character. Within seconds of meeting someone, he could sum up their strengths and weaknesses. It was always a challenge to see if any of my boyfriends could pass Dad’s test. None did. Dad was always right -- they didn’t pass my test either. After Dad died, I wondered how I’d figure it out on my own.

That’s when Jack arrived on the scene. He was different from any other guy I’d dated. He could sit for hours on the piano bench with my mother, discussing some composers. My brother Rick loudly announced that Jack wasn’t a turkey like the other guys I’d brought home. Jack passed my family’s test. But what about Dad’s?

Then came my mother’s birthday. The day he was supposed to drive, I got a call. “Don’t worry,” he said, “but I’ve been in an accident. I’m fine, but I need you to pick me up.”

When I got there, we rushed to a flower shop for something for Mom. “How about gardenias?” Jack said, pointing at a beautiful white corsage(胸花). The florist put the corsage in a box.

The entire ride, Jack was unusually quiet. “Are you all right?” I asked. “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking,” he said. “I might be moving.” Moving? Then he added, “Moving in with you.” I nearly put the car on the sidewalk. “What?” I asked. “I think we should get married,” he said. He told me he’d planned his proposal(求婚) in a fancy restaurant, but after the accident, he decided to do it right away.

“Yes,” I whispered. We both sat dumbfounded, tears running down our cheeks. I’d never known such a tender moment. If only Dad were here to give his final approval.

“Oh, let’s just go inside.” Jack laughed. My mother opened the door. “Happy birthday!” We shouted. Jack handed the box to her. She opened it up. Suddenly, her eyes were filled with tears.     “Mom, what’s wrong?” I asked. “I’m sorry,” she said, wiping her eyes. “This is only the second gardenia corsage I’ve ever received. I was given one years ago, long before you kids were born.” “From whom?” I asked. “Your father,” Mom said. “He gave me one right before we were engaged.” My eyes locked on Jack’s as I blinked away(眨掉) tears. Dad’s test? I knew Jack had passed.

39. What can we learn about Jack from Paragraph 2?

A. Jack got the family’s approval except Rick’s.    B. Jack was different from any other boy.

C. Jack was getting on well with Mother.                    D. Jack knew a lot about piano.

40. Why did Jack keep quiet during the ride to the writer’s house?

A. Because he was not a talkative person.  

B. Because he was still thinking of the accident.

C. Because he was not feeling all right after the accident.

D. Because he was thinking of planning a proposal to the writer.

41. What should be the writer’s feeling when she heard that Jack talked about marriage?

A. surprised                   B. worried           C. pleased          D. disappointed

42. The writer’s mother cried because _____________.

A. Her daughter found her life partner at last.

B. She had never received such a beautiful gift.

C. The gift reminded her of the gardenia corsage her husband gave her.     

D. The gardenia corsage Jack gave her was too expensive and beautiful.

 ________I was in trouble, he would come to help me out.

A. Every time          B. The first time    C. for the first time      D. Next time  

A huge fire has engulfed a 63-storey hotel in central Dubai ahead of a New Year’s Eve firework display. ___33_____ the blaze at the Address hotel, the display at the nearby Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, started as planned at midnight.

Officials say the fire ___34_____ largely under control and 16 people suffered mostly minor injures. It is unclear ___35_____ caused the blaze, which broke out as large crowds had gathered to ring in the New Year. People were asked to leave the area around the Address Downtown Hotel, which was evacuated.

As I watched the flames engulf the massive building, I knew right away it was the Address Hotel in Dubai’s downtown district that overlooks Burj Khalifa. I also knew that it was fully booked five years in advance. There were also thousands of people in the streets below and in the adjacent buildings, all waiting to view the highly anticipated New Year’s Eve fireworks display, ___36_____ them my youngest sister. After checking on my sister, I hastily decided to head out to downtown Dubai in the hope of seeing the scene on the ground for myself.

As I approached downtown, I realized that the normally brightly illuminated Burj Khalifa was only half-lit and I could barely see the imposing structure amid the black smoke from the Address Hotel. I did not expect to spend the next four hours right outside the downtown area, in one of the worst traffic jams I have ever encountered. ___37_____ the clock struck midnight, I resigned myself to ringing in the New Year among thousands of strangers, all gazing out of our cars towards Burj Khalifa’s spectacular fireworks display, alongside a burning hotel.

It started on the 20th floor, officials said, and had not spread inside the building, they claimed.

14 people were believed to ___38_____ minor injuries, one moderate injuries and there was one "heart attack case" due to "overcrowding and smoke".

Irish singer Anita Williams, who ___39_____ at the hotel when the fire began, told the BBC that people left in a "stampede".

"We left everything. There was debris falling down. It [the fire] just shot up through the entire hotel."Everybody was screaming, everybody was running... I thought: ’This is ___40_____ film’."

A. lag        B.  at large      C. absence      D. back      AB. prioritize       AC.darker

AD. domestic    BC. make       BD. in place    CD. mounting     ABC. exposure 

Many of us have found ourselves trying to explain to friends and colleagues, “No, business travel isn’t as fun and fascinating as it seems.” Finally, there could be proof to___51___ this up. Researchers at the University of Surrey, in Britain, and Linnaeus University, in Sweden, have published a new study highlighting what they call “a ___52___ side of hypermobility(常飞行)”.

The study, which combines existing research on the effects of frequent travel, finds three types of consequence: physiological, psychological and emotional, and social. The physiological ones are the most obvious. Jet ___53___ is the suffering travellers know best, although they may not foresee some of its more terrible potential effects, like speeding ageing or increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Then there’s the danger of deep-vein thrombosis(深静脉血栓), ___54___ to germs and radiation. And finally, of course, business travellers tend to get less exercise and eat less healthily than people who stay ___55____

The psychological and emotional damage of business travel is more abstract, but just as real. Frequent flyers experience “travel disorientation” from changing places and time zones so often. They also suffer___56___ stress, given that “time spent travelling will rarely be balanced through a reduced workload, and that there may be anxieties associated with work continuing to pile up while being away”. Due to the ___57___ from family and friends, “hypermobility is frequently a/an isolating experience,” the authors write. The accumulated impact can be astonishing and great.

Finally, there are the social effects. Marriages suffer from the time apart, as does children’s behaviour. What is more, relationships tend to become more unequal, as the partner who stays at home is forced to take on more ___58___ duties. There’s a gender inequality here, since most business travellers are men. Friendships also suffer, as business travellers often “sacrifice local collective activities and instead ___59___ their immediate families when returning from trips”.

Of course, these impacts are moderated by the fact that they fall disproportionately on a small part of the population that is already doing rather well. The “mobile elite(精英)” tend to have higher incomes and access to better health care than the population___60___

So these may be problems of the 1% (or the 3%, or the 5%). But they’re real enough regardless. By all means feel jealous of acquaintances' Instagram photos of exotic meals and faraway attractions. But harbour a small amount of concern as well.

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。

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删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一条横线，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。

It was 6 pm when we arrived Belfast, so we went straight to the hotel that we booked online to check in after we got on the plane. On our way to the downtown, the taxi driver brief introduced the city, which had been in chaos for almost 30 years until the end of next century.

After dropped our bags, we wandered around in the streets. The city was peacefully and people seemed to be enjoying their life very much. The place that we had our dinner was called “The Crown”, a pub dated back to 1826, when the first train ran from Belfast to Lisburn.

We met two European girls having Chow Mein, fried noodles, when we were having a rest in the hall of the hotel later. They told us they have bought the noodles in a Chinese restaurant named Eastern Land. We decided not to go there the next evening so that we could taste it.

 Our English teacher told us to find out _______the difference between American English and British English lie.

   A. what              B. where             C. which              D. how

Their cheery song brightens many a winter's day. But robins are in danger of wearing themselves out by singing too much. Robins are singing all night一as well as during the day, British-based researchers say.

    David Dominoni, of Glasgow University, said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is affecting the birds' biological clock, leading to them being wide awake when they should be asleep.

    Dr Dominoni, who is putting cameras inside nesting boxes to track sleeping patterns, said lack of sleep could put the birds’ health at risk. His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day. And the more birds are exposed to light, the more active they are at night.

He told people at a conference, "There have been a couple of studies suggesting they are increasing their song output at night and during the day they are still singing. Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy. So by increasing their song output, there might be some costs of energy."

And it is not just robins that are being kept awake by artificial light. Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal. Dr Dominoni said, "In Glasgow where I live, gulls are a serious problem. I have people coming to me saying `You are the bird expert. Can you help us kill these gulls? During the breeding(繁殖)season, between April and June, they are very active at night and very noisy and people can't sleep."

Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.

However, some birds thrive(兴旺)in noisy environments. A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery. It is thought that they are capitalising on their predators(天敌)fleeing to quieter areas.

4.According to Dr Dominoni's study, what cause robins to sing so much?

  A. The breeding season.           B. The dangerous environment.

  C. The light in modern life           D. The noise from heavy machinery.

5.What is the researchers' concern over the increase of birds' song output?

  A. The environment might be polluted.

  B. The birds' health might be damaged.

  C. The industry cost might be increased.

  D. The people's hearing might be affected.

6.What does the underlined word "nocturnal" in Paragraph 5 mean?

  A. Active at night.                   B. Inactive at night.

  C. Active during the day.             D. Inactive during the day.

7.Why do some birds thrive in noisy environments?

  A. Because there are fewer dangers.

  B. Because there is more food to eat.

C. Because there is less light pollution

D. Because there are more places to take shelter.

Her son,      whom she was so      went abroad 20 years ago,leaving her alone in the small village.

A.of,loved                       B.for,cared

C.to,devoted                     D.on,affected

 —The weather here in summer is so changeable. Please take an umbrella when you go out.

—________.

A. Well, don’t worry         B. Well, it just depends    C. Oh, take it easy   D. OK, just in case

Chester City Library offers a range of Library Special Needs Services to people who don’t have access to our library service in the usual way. As long as you live in Chester City, we’ll provide a wild range of library services and resources including:

Large printed and ordinary printed books; Talking books on tape and CD; DVDs and music CDs; Magazines Reference and information requests

Home delivery service

    Let us know what you like to read and we will choose the resources for you. Our staff will deliver the resources to your home for free. We also provide a service where we can choose the resources for you or someone instead of you choose the things from the library. You can also choose the resources you need personally.

    Talking books and captioned videos

    The library can provide talking books for people who are unable to use printed books because of eye diseases. You don’t have to miss out on reading any more when you can borrow talking books from the library. If you have limited hearing which prevents you from enjoying movies, we can provide captioned videos for you at no charge.

    Languages besides English

    We can provide books in a range of languages besides English. If possible, we will request these items from the State Library of NSW, Australia.

    How to join?

    Contact the Library Special Needs Coordinator to register or discuss if you are eligible（合适的） for any of the services we provide ---Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am ---5pm on 4297 2522 for more information.

25. Library Special Needs Services are meant for_____.

   A. those who are fond of reading

   B. only those who have walking disabilities

   C. those who can’t get medical help in Chester City

D. people living in Chester City with an illness or disability

26. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Few entertaining resources are offered here.

B. Books with different languages are available.

C. People with limited hearing have to pay for captioned videos.

D. People have to choose what they need by themselves.

27. To get home delivery service, you must_______.

A. only choose printed books         B. have others choose the resources for you

C. register ahead of time            D. pay the library ahead of time