假如你是李华，你的美国网友Tom想要了解一下你所在学校的校园布局，请你根据自己的校园给他写一封e-mail，描述一下你的学校，并简单表达你对学校的情感。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．不要提及学校名称；

4．开头语和结束语已经为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Tom,

   How I miss you! I’d like to introduce the layout of my school to you.

____________________________________________________________________________________________

   Best wishes!

                                                                            Yours,

                                                                            Li Hua

Muzak
The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear?     ____36     It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.  
Quiet background music used to be called “elevator (电梯) music” because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has an new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired.      37     
If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why?     38    
Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background.     ____39     Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries. 
    40     They say it’s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A．Some people don’t like Muzak.

B．The music gives them extra energy.

C．Music is playing in the background.

D．Factory workers produce 13 percent more.

E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.

F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.

Father’s Garden

My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

36．Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A．He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.

B．He loved being in the garden with his father.

C．The garden was full of his favorite food.

D．The garden was just freshly tilled.

37．When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father _____.

A．stopped his gardening.               B．turned to other hobbies.

C．devoted more to gardening.           D．focused on planting tomatoes.

38．What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A．There was a great harvest.          

B．The garden was almost deserted.

C．No plant grew in the garden at all. 

D．The author’s son took charge of the garden.

39．Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A．He wanted to honor his father.          

B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes.  

D．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

Wu celebrates birthday with return to music career

Chinese-Canadian singer-actor Wu Yi fan, known to his fans as Kris Wu, has released a documentary(纪录片) that goes backstage at his 26th birthday party．

The documentary S．A．U．C．E was recorded at his fans meeting party, held earlier this month in Shanghai to celebrate Wu's birthday.

The party was streamed live online, and has attracted over 16 million views.

Composed of five sections, Stage, Attitude, Urban, Crossover and Encore, the documentary’ features Wu’s latest single, July, a hip-hop English track, which was written and co-produced by Wu.

The single also marks Wu’s return to music after starring in big selling movies, including Mr. six by director Feng Xiao gang and The Mermaid by director Stephen Chow.

Born in Guang zhou, Guangdong province, Wu immigrated(移民) to Vancouver at ten years old with his mother.

He started his music career with South Korean-Chinese boy group, EXO．

In 2014, he launched his solo career, which has ranged from music and movies to the fashion industries.

After making his first appearance on the runway for Burberry men's collections in London, Wu was selected as the British luxury brand’s first non-British ambassador.

5. What can we know about Wu Yi fan according to the passage?

A. Wu has released a documentary that goes backstage at his 16th birthday party.

B. Wu immigrated to Canada at ten years old with his father.

C. Wu played an important part in producing his latest single, July.

D. Wu was selected as the British luxury brand’s last non-British ambassador.

6. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “stream” in Paragraph 3?

A. perform.    B. broadcast.    C. hold．    D. celebrate.

7. What can we infer about Wu’s career?

A. Wu started his music career with South Korean boy group EXO．

B. Wu left EXO and began his own career in music, movies and the fashion industries．

C. Wu has been singing since he started his music career.

D. Wu returned to music before he released his latest single.

8. In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?

A. Film and TV.    B. Books.    C. Music and Theater.    D. Events and Festivals.

假如你是李华。你看到美国留学生Sharon 在网上发贴，.希望有人能帮助她提高普通话

(Mandarin）水平，她可以教英语作为回报。请根据以下提示用英语给她写一封电子邮件。

1.表达给她提供帮助的意愿；        

2.说明你能胜任辅导的理由； 

3.给出讲好普通话的两点建议；     

4.提出你学习英语的具体需求。

 注意：

1.  词数120左右，开头语已为你写好；

2.  可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.  文中不得透漏个人姓名和学校名称。

Hi Sharon,

This is Li Hua. I learned from your post that you want to improve your Mandarin______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

                                                            Li Hua

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺调处加一个漏字符号(∧）)，并在其下面写上该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。

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。

This summer I visited Yandangshan. When arriving by bus, I caught a sight of many mountains by looking through the mist, one of what was just like a sleeping baby from an angle. Later it looked like a strong man seeing from another.

What impressed me was the sunrise. Stood on the top of the mountain, I saw the sunshine giving out all directions. The green mountain in our eyes, the clouds in the sky, and the shocking expressions on people's faces formed a beautiful picture. As for me, nature hold me totally with its power.

The sceneries there made a great impression to me. I hope to go there again one day.

 It’s often less expensive to buy goods in _______ quantity, but you’d better examine _______ quality before buying them.

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

假设你叫李华，将作为高三毕业生代表，在毕业晚会上用英文做简短的告别演讲。请根据以下要点写一份演讲稿。

要点：

1. 高中生活的收获；

2. 对老师的感谢；

3. 对同学的祝福。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 文中不能出现考生的相关信息；

2. 开头已为你写好，开头不计入总词数。

My teachers and fellow students,

The two most common organizational patterns of the family are the nuclear family and the extended family. To a large extent, these patterns 41.________ a society's primary subsistence (存在) strategy.

American social scientists have generally agreed that families everywhere fulfill four crucial social 42.________ : (a) reproduction of new members, (b) child care, (c) socialization of children to values, traditions, and norms of the society, and (d) intimacy and support for members. Although we can define the family 43.________ its functions, the emphasis given to each of them varies widely both geographically and 44.________ . For example, in nineteenth-century America, people married mainly to have children. Today, emotional support among family members has now become the dominant function of the family, and the family has become an economic unit for consumption rather than for 45.________.

In recent years, social scientists have discovered important 46.________in family types, such as the single-parent family and the nuclear family fixed within a network of kin(亲戚). American families also 47.________ according to social class. A couple's social class affects the number of children they will decide to have, if any, and also the likelihood of 48.________to the family because of illness, death, or divorce. Social class also influences the amount of stress a marriage is likely to undergo and the way parents raise their children. 49.________, the extent to which American families now differ by 50.________appears to be much less than it was fifty years ago.

The American family has been 51.________ in a number of ways over the past few decades. Many people are marrying later, having children later, and having fewer children or none at all. These social changes have 52.________ diverse household patterns, including single-person households and childless couples. Role changes are also occurring as both partners pursue 53.________ and share family responsibilities.

  Many innovative family arrangements are attempts to enhance the commitment of marriage while increasing individual freedom and fulfillment. In this way, families are 54________ such broad social trends as delayed marriage, greater participation of women in the job market, and a rising rate of divorce. Undoubtedly, the American family will continue to be subjected to such pressures, but how 55.________ will these future adaptations be?

Sarah lived on a farm with her family. She was ___21___ to learn to track, to identify each person and where they were going by the marks they left on the ground. And if her father couldn’t teach her, she’d teach herself.

To the ___22___ of her family, she borrowed all their ___23___ and taught herself to recognize everyone’s footprints in the sand. More than once her father came outside shouting, “Sarah, bring me ___24___ my boots.”

Sarah developed the habit of walking around with her eyes fixed on the ground, ___25___ the comings and goings of every ___26___ in the place.

She also developed the annoying habit of ___27___ everyone. “What were you doing down at the dam, Jack? You’re not ___28___ to play there.” “Did you find what you were ___29___ in the garage, Auntie?” and “Who was the stranger visiting today wearing size ten boots, Mum?”

After she’d ______30______ every pair of shoes that everyone _____31_____, she turned to the farm’s animals. By this time _______32_______her victims had to admit, _____33_____, that she was good.

Her best _____34_____ came one evening when she said the horse’s front foot was _____35_____. Her father said that the horse was _____36_____ fine. Sarah _____37_____ that its hoof (蹄) had a split. Sarah’s father _____38_____ the horse’s hoof.

“You’re _____39_____. The hoof is split. How did you know?”

“You can see it in its _____40_____.” Sarah moved the horse away. “Look, it’s plain in the sand.’’ “If you can tell it has a split hoof from that sand, you’re pretty good,” said her father.

21. A. determined       B. forced           C. appointed            D. encouraged

22. A. expectation      B. annoyance        C. disappointment       D. delight

23. A. shoes            B. books            C. socks                D. tools

24. A. up               B. outside          C. over             D. back

25. A. guiding          B. hearing          C. studying         D. predicting

26. A. vehicle          B. person           C. animal               D. season

27. A. surprising       B. criticising      C. questioning          D. challenging

28. A. prepared         B. invited          C. qualified            D. allowed

29. A. calling for      B. looking for      C. waiting for          D. fighting for

30. A. worn         B. collected        C. destroyed            D. memorised

31. A. owned            B. borrowed    C. tried                D. bought

32. A. yet              B. even         C. also             D. still

33. A. guiltily         B. approvingly      C. merrily              D. unwillingly

34. A. performance      B. trick            C. magic                D. idea

35. A. tied             B. lost         C. injured              D. stolen

36. A. safely           B. extremely        C. hardly               D. perfectly

37. A. doubted          B. wondered    C. insisted             D. discovered

38. A. inspected        B. split            C. treated              D. fastened

39. A. lying            B. joking           C. right                D. crazy

40. A. boots            B. tracks           C. jumps                D. hoofs

    Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013，and the US is just 16th. A new study made by the Economist Intelligence Unit says American babies will have a dimmer（暗淡）future than those born in Hong Kong，Ireland and even Canada. The EIU，a sister company of The Economist，tried to measure how well countries will provide the best opportunities for a healthy，safe and prosperous life in years to come.

    People born in Switzerland will tend to be the happiest and have the best quality of life in terms of wealth，health and trust in public institutions，according to the analysis. The Scandinavian countries of Norway，Sweden and Denmark also all make the top five in a‘quality-of-lif e’index(指数）where it is best to be born next year.

    One of the most important factors is being rich，but other factors come into play including crime，trust in public institutions and the health of family life. In total，the index takes into account 11 factors. These include fixed factors such as geography，others that change slowly over time such as demography (人口学) social and cultural characteristics, and the state of the world economy. The index also looks at income per head in 2030，which is roughly when children born in 2013 will reach adulthood. Small economies take up the top 10 countries，with

Australia coming second and New Zealand and the Netherlands not too far behind.

    Half of the top 10 countries are European，but only one，the Netherlands，is from the eurozone. The crisis-ridden south of Europe，including Greece，Portugal and Spain，falls behind despite the advantage of a favourable climate. Interestingly，the largest European economies-Germany，France and Britain-do not do particularly well. Nigeria has the unenviable(不值得羡慕的)title of being the worst country for a baby to enter the world in 2013.

56．According to the passage，the happiest people live in       ·

    A. Denmark B. Switzerland C. Germany D. Nigeria

57．The factors of telling the best place to be born don’t include       ．

    A. economy B. geography

    C. trust in public institutions D. pollution

58．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？

    A. The Economist Intelligence Unit is a company.

    B. The Economist attempted to measure the best place to live.

    C. The Scandinavian countries are hardly at the top of the list.

    D. Half of the top 10 countries are from the eurozone.

59．The purpose of the text is to show people       ．

    A. the best place to be born in 2013

    B. a new study made by the EIU

    C. the worst country to be born in 2013

    D. the factors of measuring the best place to be born

How to Make a Chinese Hot Pot

       Eating a Chinese hot pot is a very common experience. People gather around the pot, dipping their food, waiting for it to cook, mixing their own seasonings（调味品）and enjoying each other’s company. _____36____.

       Firstly, prepare a large pot of soup. There is no right or wrong way to prepare a soup, so feel free to make your own. A simple soup can be made by boiling water with the addition of meat bones or fish heads and a mixture of herbs, seasonings and vegetables.

       Then, cut a variety of meats and fish into thin slices. ____37___. Choose any food that you enjoy. Some common choices for a Chinese hot pot include thin pieces of beef, pork, lamb and so on. You can make your hot pot using the more traditional method of using the meats and seafood that are local to you. Meanwhile, select, wash and prepare some vegetables. ___38___. Mushrooms of all kinds are also common to Chinese hot pot preparations.

       ___39___. At home, a single hot pot would work well up to 8 people depending on the size of the pot. Make sure everyone is sitting in a circle and has easy access to everything on the table. Prepare a separate small dish for each guest to mix their seasonings. ___40___!

A. Finally, arrange the seating reasonably

B. Now comes the turn to enjoy your hot pot

C. It will guarantee that the items will cook quickly and fully

D. Here are some easy steps to make a Chinese hot pot at home

E. For more variety, consider dumplings, rice cakes and tangyuan

F. Popular choices include: cabbage, pea leaves, winter melon and tomato

G. It usually lasts a couple of hours because you are cooking and eating in small parts.

   One of the latest trends（趋势）in American Childcare is Chinese au pairs. Au Pair in Stamford, Conn, for example, has got increasing numbers of request for Chinese au pairs from zero to around 4,000 since 2004. And that’s true all across the country.

    “I thought it would be very useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age” Joseph Stocke, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year old son. “I would at least like to give him the chance to use the language in the future,” After only six months of being cared by a 25-year-old woman from China, the boy can already understand basic Chinese daily expressions, his dad says.

    Li Drake, a Chinese native raising two children in Minnesota with an American husband, had another reason for looking for an au pair from China. She didn’t want her children to miss out on their roots.” Because I am Chinese, my husband and I wanted the children to keep exposed to(接触) the language and culture.” she says.

    “Staying with a native speaker is better for children than simply sitting in a classroom,” says Suzanne Flynn, a professor in language education of Children.” But parents must understand that just one year with an au pair is unlikely to produce wonders. Complete mastery demands continued learning until the age of 10 or 12.”

    The popularity of au pairs from china has been strengthened by the increasing numbers of American parents who want their children to learn Chinese. It is expected that American demand for au pairs will continue to rise in the next few years.

29. What does the term” au pair” in the text mean?

  A. A mother raising her children on her own

  B. A child learning a foreign language at home

  C. A professor in language education of children

  D. A young foreign woman taking care of children.

30. Li Drake has her children study Chinese because she wants them ______.

  A. to live in China some day

  B. to speak the language at home

  C. to catch up with other children

  D. to learn about the Chinese culture

31. What can we infer from the text?

  A. Learning Chinese is becoming popular in America.

  B. Educated woman do better in looking after children

  C. Chinese au pairs need to improve their English skills.

  D. Children can learn a foreign language well in six months.

There are many ways of defining success. It is accurate to say that each of us has our own ideas of success to the extent that each of us is responsible for setting our own goals and determining whether we have met these goals satisfactorily. Because each of us possesses unique differences in genetic ability and favorable environments in which to express these abilities, it is necessarily true that we must define success broadly.

For some people，simply being able to live their life with the least misery and sufferings is considered a success. Think of the peace of mind of the poor shepherd who tends his sheep, enjoys his simple life with his family in the beauty of nature, and who is respected because he does a good job of achieving the goals expected of him and accepted by his family and his society. On the other hand, it seems that even though some people appear to be rich in material possessions, many of them seem to be miserable and consider themselves unsuccessful when judged by their own standards of success. Because not all ventures can be successful, one should not set unrealistic goals for achieving success, but if one has self-confidence it would be unfortunate to set one's goals at too low a level of achievement.

A wise man once said to a young man who was experiencing frustration (挫折）with his own professional success, “You do not have to set your goal to reach the moon in order to have success in traveling. Sometimes one can be very successful merely by taking a walk in the park or riding the subway downtown,” The man added, "You have not really failed and spoiled your chances for success until you have been unsuccessful at something you really like，and to which you have given your best effort. ”

   42. According to the first paragraph, what is implied as basic in achieving success?

      A. Ability and goals.                                      B. Goals and determination.

      C. Ability and environment.                            D. Goals and environment.

   43. Some rich people consider themselves unsuccessful because ______.

      A. their life is busy and miserable

      B. they haven't reached their own standards

      C. they set their goals at too low a level

      D. they are not rich in material possessions

   44. From the last paragraph we can tell that ______.

      A. success means achieving great goals

      B. success comes from great goal setting

      C. success means efforts and favorites pay off

      D. success has nothing to do with the distance of your travel

   45. The purpose of the passage is ______.

      A. to give us a clear definition of what success is

   B. to talk about how to achieve success

      C. to state what our life goal is

      D. to discuss the importance of goals

 The title of Scientist Tomorrow comes to David—a really ____ man who always comes up with unique ideas.

A. cheerful     B. creative   C. hospitable   D. favorable