A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful   41   , and knowing her husband could   42   it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the   43    , her husband told her how   44   he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He   45   her a beautiful gift package. She opened it and   _46   a Bible.  47   , she raised her voice and said to her husband, “With all your money, you give me a Bible?” She was so   48   that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very   49   in business. She owned two large companies. She   50   her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to     __51    him. But before she could, she   52   a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions to her. She needed to come back and   53   things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness   54  her heart. She saw the still new   55   , just as she had left it years before. With   56   , she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring   __57   from the Bible to the floor and a   58   could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words “LOVE U ALWAYS”.

       59   your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it’s because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the       __60   .

41. A. watch                 B. ring                          C. coat                    D. box

42. A. afford                 B. like                          C. design       D. guess

43. A. holiday           B. performance             C. birthday              D. meeting

44. A. proud           B. kind                         C. sorry        D. brave

45. A. lent                         B. asked             C. gave                   D. moved

46. A. carried                B. found             C. missed                D. held

47. A. Politely               B. Lightly                     C. Patiently      D. Angrily

48. A. calm                          B. upset              C. grateful               D. careless

49. A. failing                 B. lonely             C. successful     D. poor

50. A. wondered                   B. hoped             C. realized            D. explained

51. A. visit                    B. understand         C. catch        D. help

52 A. passed           B. wrote                C. sent                    D. received

53. A. take care of         B. pay for                     C. look for               D. give away

54. A. covered          B. broke             C. left           D. filled

55. A. car                      B. Bible              C. letter         D. table

56. A. smiles                 B. laughter                    C. tears         D. interests

57. A. hid                     B. dropped                    C. disappeared    D. made

58. A. book                 B. pen                          C. flower       D. card

59. A. If                             B. But                          C. Although          D. So

60. A. hand                          B. eye                          C. face                 D. heart

    To some degree,multi-generational households have alway been a part of American life,However,the number of adults who have been moving back in with their parents-or never leaving home in the first place-has been growing steadily.

  The PEW Research Center recently reported that 2014 was a milestone in the evolving(进化的）living arrangements of young adults in the US In 2014,about 32.1percent of 18-to -34-year-olds lived in their parents'home,compared with 31.6 percent living in their own separate than to be living on their own.

   UBS Financial Service,a Swiss global financial services company,released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adults still living at home could be that their family doesn't want them to leave.

   The report shows that 74 percent of milliennials(千禧一代）get some kind of financial support from their parents after college.Milliennials see their parents as peers,friends and teachers.Nearly three quarters talked with their parents more than once a week during college.In return,their parents happily provided inancial support well into adulthood,helping fund everything for them.

   Stuart Hofiman,chief eonomist for the PNC Financial Group in the US,said the number of young adults striking out on their own fell during the Great

Recession.Althought job growth for milliennials sicne 2014 has improved,that doesn't necessarily mean that milliennial are starting to fly the nest.He said,“They may like living at home and beig able to save money.”

   “There's no doubt that it has held back household formation and purchasees on things people spend money on related to household(户）formation and perhaps related to childrearing,”Hoffman explained.“But they are probably travelling more and eating out more if they don't have a house expense or marriage.I don't know if it represent a change in moral values.But it is much more common for adult children to live in their parents'homes because it's becomingpart of the culture.”

28.Why have more young adults probably been moving to live with parents?

A.It has always been a part of American life.

B.Their parents help fund everything for them.

C.Job growth for milliennial has improved.

D.They like to live at home and save money.

29. Which of the following belongs to Swiss?

A. The PEW Research Center  B.UBS  Financial Services

C.Stuart Hoffman            D.PNC Financial Group

30. Which of the following could Hoffman agree with?

A.More young adults make a living on their own.

B.Job growth makes milliennial live with their parents.

C.The cultural change will lead to less household formation.

D.Milliennials should see their parents as friends.

31. What can we learn from the passage about American young adults college?

A.They become more independent.

B.More of them will live their parents.

C.They can't find a good job.

D.Their parents no longer give them money.

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

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

    2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

    Tom and Dick are next door neighbor who both work in the same office. They often walked together to and from work. Once they were walking to home together while it suddenly started to rain. Tom quickly opened his umbrella and said proud, “My wife really has great foresight (先见之明). She said this morning would rain and tell me to carry my umbrella.” Dick smiled and walked up to him under the protection of the umbrella, said “Mine has even great foresight. She didn’t let me carry one as she knew you’d share yours to me.”

To prevent the deserts coming near, China has planted billions of trees---to replace destroyed forests and as barriers against the sand. This isn’t a cure, though, say experts, as thirsty trees can make the problem worse by taking in groundwater.

“Planting trees is one way, but it isn’t that simple. It doesn’t solve the basic issue of water resources,” says Wu Bo, a professor. “We need to calculate how much water the trees will absorb, or else it could have a negative effect.”

Villagers in Zhengxin have taken on this challenge, with limited success. When the irrigation channels began to run dry, Lu Xianglin switched from wheat to cotton on his land. He also planted trees to protect his fields from sandstorms. He says he still gets good yields（产量） using flood irrigation and earns a good income for his family.

Other farmers haven’t stuck it out（坚持到底）: about one in three have left Zhengxin in the past 10 years after their wheat crops died. Young people who can find jobs in the towns rarely return.

Last week, Mr Lu joined the other men in his village on a government-arranged trip to see the land that has been set aside for their relocation, nearly 40 miles to the south. The next day, he was back, shaking his head at the plan. The idea of uprooting his family troubles him, as does the idea of giving up the land that fed his forefathers. He prefers to stay and keep up the fight.

“With enough water, this problem can be solved,” Lu says. “We can plant trees and grass, and they will grow bigger. That will stop the desert.”

Experts say that farmers could switch to drip irrigation （滴灌）to lessen their water intake for growing crops. Elsewhere in the region, farmers have built brick greenhouses as part of a plan to grow vegetables using less water. Roadside signs urge farmers to “Save Water, Protect the Environment”.

28. The negative effect of planting trees in deserts is that __________.

   A. it can make groundwater become less   

B. it can prevent the sand moving freely

   C. it can stop crops growing well          

D. it can get the soil to become poor

29. Why did Mr. Lu NOT accept the idea of relocation?

   A. Because the plan of relocation will cost him much money.

   B. Because his family had trouble moving away.

   C. Because he was reluctant to give up his land.

   D. Because he would rather stay than fight against the deserts.

30. What can we infer from the passage?

   A. The deserts drive more and more people to leave their homes for their lives.

   B. People have no means to fight against the land becoming desert.

   C. Water is the biggest barrier for people to stop the desert.

   D. Planting trees cannot solve the problem of desertification of farmland.

31. What advice is given by experts to save water?

   A. To plant more trees.        

B. To build greenhouses.

   C. To change crops.          

D. To use drip irrigation. 

Two of the saddest words in the English language are “if only”. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment. 
    My father is famous in our family for saying, “Take the extra minute to do it right.” I always try to live by the “extra minute” rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an “if only” moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (衬垫) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. 
    I don’t only avoid those “if only” moments when it comes to safety. It’s equally important to avoid “if only” in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say “I love you” or “I forgive you.” When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my company and I wouldn’t be here. But then I thought about the fact that he’s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn’t give up an opportunity to see him. I called him and told him I had decided to go to work on my day off after all.
    I know there will still be occasions when I have to say “if only” about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I’m doing the right thing. I’m buying myself peace of mind and that’s the best kind of insurance for my emotional well-being. 
32. Which of the following is an example of the “extra minute” rule? 
A. Start the car the moment everyone is seated. 
B. Leave the room for a minute with the iron working. 
C. Wait for an extra minute so that the steak tastes better. 
D. Move an object out of the way before it trips someone. 
33. The author decided to go to her office on Good Friday to ______. 
A. keep her appointment with the eye doctor
B. meet her father who was already an old man
C. join in the holiday celebration of the company
D. finish her work before the deadline approached
34. The underlined word “foregone” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______. 
A. abandoned             B. lacked              C. avoided           D. wasted

35. What is the best title for the passage? 
A. The Emotional Well-being    
B. The Two Saddest Words
C. The Most Useful Rule     
D. The Peace of Mind

It was a lovely Sunday morning. I had  41  to take my daughter to the local playground while my wife  42  at home with the youngest. The moment we got there, my daughter  43  for the swings and asked for a push. As I was helping my daughter to go higher and higher, I noticed another little girl trying  44  to get her own swing going.

I gave my daughter one big  45  and then walked  46  to her asking if she needed any help. She said “yes!” I soon had her feet  47   towards the clouds while she laughed happily.  48  we returned home, I was  49  worn out, but my  50  were still flying higher than those swings.

Two years later, I went to  51  my kids as usual after a long-day hard work from the local grade school. I stood exhaustedly watching for my children  52  suddenly I felt two tiny arms  53  around my stomach. I looked down and there was the little girl from the playground  54  towards me. She gave me one more big hug before heading off to  55  her school bus. As I watched her back, I didn’t feel quite so tired  56  and my spirits were once again soaring in the heaven.

In this life every single bit of love we  57  finds its way back to us again. It may travel from heart to heart or it may blossom in the soul  58  it was planted. It may take seconds or it may take years. The law of love is never broken  59 . What we sow, we harvest. The love we share, the kindness we give, and the joy we  60  will always come back to bless us. 

41. A. preferred                B. tried                      C. intended                  D. volunteered

42. A. left               B. stayed                C. wanted                   D. felt

43. A. headed              B. ran                        C. walked                   D. turned

44. A. in need             B. in wonder              C.in peace                   D. in vain

45. A. hug               B. push                     C. ball                      D. smile

46. A.       forward             B. away              C. over                              D. down

47. A. lifting               B. taking                   C. flying                     D. running

48. A.       By the time      B. Up till now         C. At a time                 D. So far

49. A. mentally            B. physically              C.       especially              D. totally

50. A. hearts               B. minds                C. spirits                     D. brains    

51. A. pick up             B. look for              C. watch out               D. attend to

52. A.       when             B. while                    C. before                    D. as

53. A. wrap                B. pat                     C. look                              D. walk

54. A. showing up       B. smiling up          C. pointing out             D. running out

55. A. find                        B. search                   C. catch                      D. drive

56. A.       once more         B. much more            C. no more                  D. any more

57. A. seek                        B. share                    C. have                       D. hold

58. A. when               B. what                     C. which                     D. where

59. A. already             B. though                  C. however                 D. still

60. A. enjoy                B. possess              C. own                              D. create

When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station．When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street．But she overcame these terrible setbacks to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University．And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April.

Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination．Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents．There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house．Liz was the only member of the family who had a job．Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old．The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life．Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it.

Liz went back to school．She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she was homeless．At night, she lived on the streets．“What drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, by understanding that there was a whole other way of being．I had only experienced a small part of the society,” she wrote in her book Breaking Night.

She admitted that she used envy to drive herself on．She used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that “next to nothing could hold me down”．She finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at Harvard University．But Liz decided to leave her top university for a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed AIDS．“I love my parents so much．They are drug addicts．But I never forget that they love me all the time.”

Liz wants moviegoers （影迷） to come away with the idea that changing your life is “as simple as making a decision”．

56．In which order did the following things happen to Liz?

a．Her Mum died of AIDS．

b．She worked at a petrol station．

c．She got admitted into Harvard．

d．The movie about her life was put on．

e．She had trouble finding a place to sleep．

   A．b, a, e, c, d          B．a, b, c, e, d                 C．e, d, b, a, c   D．b, e, a, d, c

57．What decision did Liz make that changed her life?

A．To write Breaking Night.

B．To go to the best university.

C．To live through the difficult time.

D．To live a different life from her parents’．

58．When she wrote, “What drove me to live on … I had only experienced a small part of the

   society”, she meant that ________.

A．she had little experience of social life

B．she could hardly understand the society

C．she would do something for her own life

D．she needed to travel more around the world

A Guide to the University

Food

The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm. It serves snacks(小吃), drinks, ice cream bars and meals. You can pay with cash or your ID cards. You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.

If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.
Relaxation

The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.

Health

Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm.

Academic Support

All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 –minute appointments per week maximum. This service is free.

Transportation

The TWU Express is a shuttle(班车) service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $1.

28. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?

  A. Do homework and watch TV       B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts

  C. have meals and meet with friends    D. Add money to your ID and play chess

29. Where and when can you cook your own food?

  A. The McMillan Hall , Sunday.           B. The Lower Café, Sunday

  C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday         D. The Globe, Friday

30. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre  _________.

  A. is open six days a week              B. gives advice on mental health 

C. trains students in medical care        D. offers services free of charge

31. How can you seek help from the Writing Center?

  A. By filling in a sign-up form             B. By applying online

C. By calling the center                D. By going to the center directly

 ________, I'm glad you made that mistake, for it will serve as a warning to you.

A. In case           B. In a way           C. In return        D. In relief

 ______ of the time _______ used up.

   A. Two thirds; are                   B. Two thirds; has been  

C. Two third; is                     D. Two thirds; have been

 Had he not been so busy taking the diamonds, he _________ the blow.

  A. had been feeling                        B. would feel

  C. would have felt                         D. had felt

Early on Friday morning, a truck carrying millions of honeybees overturned on a highway in Seattle, Washington. For some unknown reason at 3:30 a.m., the truck suddenly turned down. Unfortunately, the driver was not hurt. The truck held 448 bee homes containing 13.7 millions bees. The bees were being transported from Sunnyside, in central Washington, to a strawberry farm in Lynden, a city locating between Seattle and the Canadian border. The company, who owned the bees, quickly sent beekeepers to save as many bees as they can. Wearing protective suits, he worked for nine hours. Most of the bee homes had been broken. Seven hours after the accident, many of the bee homes were still on the highway. TV reporters had difficult time trying to do their news reports though they had to fight with the bees at the same time.

_________to drugs, he ran out of all his money.

  A. Having addicted    B. Addicted            C. To addict           D. Addicting

 How I wish every family _____ a large house with a beautiful garden!

A. will have    B. had    C. has    D. have

Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors (因素) tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer situations for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and clear.

Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material aspects, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than in what was learned early; in the simple elements (因素) rather than in the complex ones; in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange ones.

Besides, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with a shape division. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white fellows.
28. The underline part “greater tolerance” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to “________”.

A. quicker adaptation to changing condition

B. greater willingness to accept social change

C. greater readiness to agree to different conditions

D. more respect for different beliefs and behavior
29. Why is social change less likely to occur in a society where people are similar in many

ways?
A. They are so conservative that they tend to slow down social change.
B. They are so used to their conditions that they seldom want to change.
C. They can easily get what they want in the material aspect of society.
D. They have similar needs that can be satisfied without much difficulty.
30. Which of the following factors probably tends to promote social change fast?

A. Sharp divisions in relations             B. Traditional values

C. Different points of view                 D. Similar appearances.

31. What is this passage mainly discussing？

A. Two different kinds of society          B. Certain factors affecting social change.

C. The importance of social change    D. Consequences of social change

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Tony在你校做交换生，希望你教他包饺子，你写邮件告诉他你的安排。内容包括：

（1）确定时间和地点一起买原材料；

（2）回你家包饺子；

（3）看网络视频预先学习；

（4）吃饺子。

注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tony,

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 My brother was so excited ________ captain of their school football team that he told us the news the moment he arrived home.

A. to choose B. to be chosen   C. to have chosen      D. to have been chosen

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。

 Hello, boys and girls! Today, I am going to talk with what you should do when a fire alarm go off. If you hear the alarm, stand in line at the door and wait your teacher to lead you outside. Stay close to your teacher and classmate. Don't panic or get out of line, and trying to remain quiet and calmly. Soon the firefighters will come and put out a fire. If it's a false alarm and there is no fire, your teacher will lead us back to the classroom. If you notice that when someone is missing and hurt, tell your teacher immediately.

A. blame        B. peak        C. assess        D. distinct        E. experiences 

F. burden       G. affects       H. leisure        I. suggests        J. factor

    The stress of returning to work on a Monday morning can cause a dangerous increase in blood pressure, according to a study.

The Tokyo Women’s Medical University study shows blood pressure readings（读数、指数） are higher than at any other time of the week.

It may explain why deaths from heart attacks and stroke tend to   41   on a Monday morning. There are 20% more heart attacks on Mondays than on any other day.

Heart disease is Britain’s biggest killer. Around 270,000 people suffer a heart attack every year and nearly one in three die before they even reach hospital.

High blood pressure, or hypertension,    42   one in five people in the UK and is a major risk   43   for heart disease. The higher it climbs, the greater the force exerted(施加) by blood on the walls of the arteries（动脉）when the heart beats.

To see how it changed over the course of a week, researchers from Tokyo Women’s Medical University in Japan, fitted 175 men and women with a device that would measure their blood pressure round-the-clock. A week later, the volunteers returned the devices so that researchers could   44   how blood pressure had changed.

The results, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, showed a surge(振荡) in readings in those getting ready to go back to work on a Monday morning. Volunteers who stayed asleep did not experience an increase, which   45   work-related stress is most likely to   46   .

“Most people are free of the mental and physical   47   of work on Sundays and experience a more stressful change from weekend   48   activities to work activities on Mondays, ”said Dr. Murakami, who led the research.. “But anyway, there was a   49   peak on Mondays.”

Some of us feel puzzled about the   61   (participate) of a debate. Here is some information which will help you get a general idea of it.

Participating in a debate is a useful practice of those who aim to become public speakers. In a formal debate a statement called a “motion” is   62   (propose). It is defended by the proposers and challenged by their opponents. To become a   63   (lead) debater it is necessary to acquire several techniques and skills.   64   experienced debater seeks to persuade others by presenting relevant arguments   65   (intention), not by the violence of his language. He shows respect for standpoints which   66   (different) from his own and does not allow personal hostility to enter into   67   should be a conflict of ideas. He anticipates the points put forward by his opponent and deals with them methodically. He attempts to present a   68   (consist) case,   69   rather, a piece of reasoning free from self-contradiction. He realizes that the   70   (accept) conclusions must be supported by adequate evidence. He knows how to sum up the various points that arise in the course of the debate.