Our team’s success was       the efforts of Mr Mark, who is        arrive here in five minutes.

A. because; due to              B. due to; about to      

C. due to; due to                 D. as a consequence; going to

My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgia, where my dad got a visa for his family and a job. I had just learned English, and from what little I could gather from my classmates, Santa Claus would come down one’s chimney and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great country, I thought. After I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionary, I knew what I had to do.

On that fateful night, after everyone went to bed, I took my longest, cleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉). Obviously, the previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character.

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplace. To make a sob story short, I was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever told. I burst into tears, quickly took down the sock, and stuffed it in the back of a drawer. Santa was dead.

Every December since then, the topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come up, and I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me story. I had to make it as funny as possible, or else I would cry.

How could I know that Santa was just late ? Nine years ago, on Christmas Eve, an older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front door. He said, “I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years.” He handed me a bulging red stocking, winked, and left. On top of the stocking was a card. It read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second grade, but you’ve always lived in my heart. Santa.”

Through tear-blurred eyes, I recognized the handwriting of Jill, a friend I had met just two months before. I later discovered that the older man was her father. Jill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it.

So now I believe that Santa is real. I don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology or the creation of American holiday marketers. Those Santas annoy and sadden me. I believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful people. This Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefully, really listens to friends, and then plans deliberate acts of kindness.

21.What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus.

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel.

C. Asking for gifts from her parents.

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

22. It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____.

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

23 When the author told her friends about the story, she felt ______in her heart.

A. proud         B. amusing             C. hate             D. regret

24. The author of the passage is probably ________.

A. a teenager              B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman    D. a native American

Some people are like homing pigeons; Drop them off anywhere. and they’ll find their way around. Other people. through, can’t tell holding a map upside down. Are the directionally challenged just bad learners?

Not all of your navigational（导航的）skills are learned. Research shows that your sense of direction is innate. An innate ability is something you are born with. Your brain has special navigational neurons--head-direction cells, place cells, and grid cells（网格细胞）--and they help program your inside compass when you’re just a baby.

In 2010. scientists carried out an experiment to study baby rates’    activity in their brains. Although the rats were newborns. the researchers discovered that their head-direction cells(which help them recognize the direction they’re facing) were fully grown and developed. The rats. it seemed. were born with a sense of direction. And they hadn’t even opened their eyes yet!

Humans. of course, are not rats. But the hippocampus --the brain we use for navigation--is similar in most mammals. If the rat’s compass develops this way. then it’s likely a human’s compass does, too.

If we’re born with a sense of direction. then why are some people so good at getting lost? The scientists found that the two other cells---place and grid cells--developed within the first month. Place cells are thought to help us form a map in our mind. while gird cells help us navigate new and unfamiliar places. The two cells work together, and that’s where the trouble might be.

People who took part in a 2013 study played a video game that required them to travel quickly between different places. Monitoring their brains. the scientists. According to researcher Michael Kahana, differences in how gird cells work may help explain why some people have a better sense of direction than others.

32. What did the 2010 research find?

    A. Rats have a natural ability to recognize directions 

    B. Rats’ hipppcampus is different from that of humans

    C. Rats usually find their way without opening their eyes

    D. Baby rats have as many head-direction cells as grown-ups

33. What do we know about our navigational neurons?

    A. Place cells let us know how to read a map

    B. Grid cells help us reach the place we are going to

    C. They help us use a compass when we lose our way

    D. Place and grid cells grow later than head-direction cells

34. Why are some people so good at getting lost?

    A. They can’t remember landmarks    

    B. Their grid cells can’t work very well

    C. They are unfamiliar with new places

    D. Their ability to follow directions is poor

35. What is the text mainly about?

    A. Human navigational skills           B. The compass in rats’ body

    C. Why grid cells are useful           D. How homing pigeons work

— Why does the lake smell terrible?

— Because large quantities of water______.          

A. have polluted    B. is being polluted       C. has been polluted    D. have been polluted

Whatever is left over may be put into the refrigerator, _____ it will keep for two or three weeks.

A. when         B. which          C. where            D. while

 --I’m fully occupied at the moment. Could you drive my daughter to Lishui East bus station?

  -- ________

A. That’s all right.                                                 B. Yeah, I like it.         

C. Shall I get the ticket for her?                            D. Sure, with pleasure.

    A man, who sometimes takes my bus, is in rags. His life seems different from that of the others. He looks exhausted and carries nothing. He appears along a downtown street, seemingly out of nowhere. We sometimes want to know where he sleeps at night.

    A few weeks ago he boarded the bus. A few stops later, a young woman boarded. She swiped (刷) her bus-card, only to find the machine would not accept it. The driver told her to pay the $2.25 fare. “I just bought this card,” she said. “I paid the money...”

    The driver said she could take the card back to the sales office and explain the problem. In the meantime she would have to pay the fare for that day. The woman became confused and distressed. The rest of us just watched, wondering how the problem would be solved. Suddenly the man rose from his seat, dropped a few coins into the fare box.

    “You’re lucky,” the bus driver said quietly. “He paid for you.” Silence fell over the bus. The rest of us had watched the woman’s discomfort, but he felt it. We lawyers, journalists and business people headed downtown to help fix the world. He fixed her world.

    I haven’t seen him since that day. Some people believe angels occasionally drop down and move among us. All I know is that I have a new respect for the simple act of kindness. It speeds us along on our way.

21. According to the first paragraph, the author _______.

 A. thinks highly of the man                                                B. considers the man strange

 C. knows the man very well                                               D. often gives the man some help

22. What does the underlined word “distressed” probably mean?

 A. exited                           B. generous                            C. bored                 D. anxious

23. What did the writer learn from the man?

 A. to show concern for other people.                                B. to lead a happy life like the man.

 C. to share what he has with us.                                      D. to believe that people are born kind.

My younger brother would be leaving for college and I was leaving for a new job in Europe. We only had a few precious months left as a family living under the same __21____. Everything would change in the ___22___.

A family of magpies（喜鹊）___23___ in our maple tree. This family seemed to be extraordinarily lively. One early morning, the noise was so ___24___ that my dad went out to see what the birds were doing. He found a young magpie __25____ around the yard, flapping his little wings and yelling his little head off.

Dad looked up in the tree to find Mommy and Daddy Magpie sitting on a branch and staring ___26___ at him. He had to do something for the poor little thing. Dad called the zoo for __27____. They told him not to ___28___ it and assured him the baby would learn to fly on its own. Dad no longer __29____ the magpie around the yard. He did, however, watch him __30____ from the living room window, just to make sure a cat didn’t turn him into __31____.

The next day I got a __32____ at my summer job. It was from my father. He never called me ___33___. He asked me if I saw Morey before I left home — he named the bird Morey. Driving home from work, I ___34___ it wasn’t only about the magpie but also about his own little fledglings （幼鸟）who were ___35___ the nest. It was about my brother and me. Daddy felt as helpless as the Mommy and Daddy bird watching in the tree. He couldn’t make us fly nor could he __36____ cats once we left the nest.

I got home and found him looking out of the kitchen window with __37____ in his eyes. I ___38___ him by saying Morey might have learnt to fly with very good parents raising him.

Soon it was the end of the August. Bags were ___39___ and it was time for my brother and me to leave the nest. In the end, dad had nothing to worry about. He ___40___ his little fledglings well. And we flew …

21. A house             B. room             C. family           D. roof

22. A fall              B. summer           C. winter           D. spring

23. A cut down          B. brought down     C. settled down         D. took down

24. A exciting          B. loud            C. frightening       D. low

25. A flying            B. jumping          C. running          D. wandering

26. A helplessly        B suddenly          C hopefully         D. carefully

27. A. advice          B conclusion         C  leave            D. permission

28. A. hunt            B. fight             C. ignore          D. touch

29. A. picked           B. collected       C. followed        D. called

30. A. coldly           B. gladly          C. purposely         D. cautiously

31. A. taste            B. lunch           C. meat              D. nest

32. A call              B. notice          C. news              D. message

33. A at home           B. at noon         C. at school         D. at work

34. A summarized   B. questioned      C. realized         D. wondered

35. A building          B. stopping        C. deleting          D. leaving

36. A drive away        B. associate with    C. argue with      D. fight against

37. A light             B. tears           C. pain         D. doubts

38. A greeted         B. hugged          C. persuaded     D. comforted

39. A locked            B. packed          C. piled             D. put

40. A brought         B. accompanied      C. raised        D. Loved

下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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。

One Saturday, I was doing my homework while it suddenly occurred to me that it was my mother birthday the next day. However, I forgot it complete. I was worried that I didn’t prepare any present to her. At that moment, the idea of online shopping came my mind. I clicked the mouse and search some famous shopping websites. Having compared the price of many dresses, I chose one with a reasonable price which I supposed Mum would appreciate it and bought it as soon as possible. The next morning I received the dress as expected without get out of my room. You see, online shopping has made our life much convenient and colorful.

 　　　 seems as if there will be an examination this week. 

A. What              B. That                 C. This                       D. It

This time last year I entered two long-distance mass-participation swimming events, including the Jubilee River 10 km swim. At the last minute, just before both swims, I decided to pull out. The reality is, I live in fear of coming last.

Last year, before the two events, I realized that I couldn’t deal with coming last. I had looked at the swim times of those who had completed the previous year and calculated that, at my current swim pace, I would probably have come last. I just couldn’t face it. But when next year came around, I decided to enter those same events again.

For a few months, I trained hard, but I didn’t get any faster. Then it was June 5, the day of the Jubilee River 10 km. The event started at 9:30 am, and the swimmers were anxious and eager to start. As I swam along, the river was quiet and clean and everything was peaceful. The sun shone, Meadows (草地）rolled by and every now and then someone would wave at the scene unfolding in the water.

As the day wore on, somehow I didn’t mind that, predictably, almost everyone was ahead. There were at least some swimmers still near me, and although we shared the same river we quietly occupied our own spaces. As I concentrated on doing my own thing, watching the sky, the bank, the other swimming caps passing or not passing, I realized I was enjoying myself.

In the end, four hours and 29 minutes after I’d started, I staggered (摇摇晃晃地走)out of the water and was greeted with a smile and a “well done” from the race organizer. I glanced back over my shoulder toward the water and noticed that there were a small handful of swimmers who were still to finish, behind me, out of a field of around 300 swimmers. But it didn’t matter. I was just relieved, proud and happy to finish.

As I drove away, my thoughts turned to my next long race of the season and how much I was looking forward to it, my fears of coming last gently receding(渐渐远去).

32.The author intended to quit swimming mainly because _______.

   A. she feared that she couldn’t finish the two races

   B. she was afraid that she would let family members down

   C. she was unwilling to accept the possibility of finishing last

   D. she didn’t fully prepared for the two races

33.The author hopes to convey the message that ______.

   A. never give up when facing challenges

   B. it is process that matters most

   C. failure is the mother of success

   D. winners always take it all

34.What did the underlined sentence mean in the fifth paragraph?

   A. She took pride in leaving all the other swimmers behind

   B. She was proud that she was not the last one in the race

   C. She was glad to finish the race and had a sense of relief

   D. She was proud to be praised by the organizer

35.It can be inferred from the end that the author is likely to _______.

   A. participate in another race without any hesitation

   B. analyze the reason why she failed in the race

   C. lose confidence completely

   D. decide whether she is suitable for the race

 I have bought the same dress ________ she is wearing.

A. as                            B. that                        C. which                     D. than

 He made some 　　　 on my new dress, and then carried on reading his book. 

A. impressions    B. reactions    C. comments                            D. opinions

Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned  6l  farm, which looked almost abandoned.   62  (lucky),he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby  63  other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what  64 (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass  65  it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she  66  (fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnson tried to make a living  67 the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees  68  (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market  69  people from the town met regularly. Now it occurred to  70  (he)that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

A new study, conducted by British company Mindlab International, has found that listening to music at work increases accuracy and speed, The Telegraph reported. Perhaps, some parents disagree with this idea, saying, "Switch off the music and concentrate!" Well, if that's the case with your parents, you might now be able to convince them that you have science on your side.
    The company gave 26 participants a series of different tasks for five days in a row, including spell checking, mathematical word problems, data entry, and abstract reasoning. The participants completed these tasks while listening to music or no music at all.
    The results showed that while music was playing, 88% of participants produced their most accurate test results and 81% completed their fastest work. David Lewis, chairman of Mindlab International, told The Telegraph, "Music is a very powerful management tool if you want to increase not only the efficiency of your workforce but also their emotional state... they are going to become more positive about the work."
     However, you may have a list of your favorite songs, but not all kinds of music match all homework. For maths or other subjects involving numbers or attention to detail, you should listen to classical music, the study found. In the study, pop music enabled participants to complete their tasks 58% faster than when listening to no music at all. If you are reviewing your English writing, pop music is the best choice, as it is the best kind for spell checking. It cut mistakes by 14%, compared to listening to no music. After finishing your homework, do you often take time to check your answers? Maybe, some dance music is suitable for you.
32．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
    A. Music helps us to learn    

B. We cannot live without music

C. Different music, different lives      

D. Music in the classroom.

33．What did the participants have to do in the study？
A. Persuade their parents to listen to music.

B. Listen to the same music together.
C. Try their best to choose the most suitable music.

D. Finish tasks with music or without music at all.

34．What does the underlined word "they" refer to in Para 3？

A. tools               B. results                  C. tests       D. participants

35．When you review your English writing, what kind of music is the best choice？
A. Classical music    B. Dance music   C. Pop music      D. Rock music

 She told me that she would not go with us if it ____ the next day.

  A. was raining         B. rains                      C. rained                    D. had rained

Want to know more about how World Food Programme helps women all over the world? Here is a quick look at the valuable things it has done.

Investing(投资) In Bulls, Woman Begins To Escape From Poverty

In Shahinoor’s household there were days when she struggled to put even one meal on the family table. She and her husband are among Bangladesh’s poorest: those with no land, no wealth and little hope of breaking out of hunger and poverty. But a new programme to unlock the entrepreneurial(创业的) spirit of Bangladeshi women has transformed her life.

Food Aid Brings Fresh Water To Nepalese Village

Kanukura, 33, says that carrying water up the mountain slopes to her village used to be the hardest part of her day. It’s a job that mainly fell to women in this part of Nepal, who faced a difficult and tiring climb when they needed water. But that’s changed now, thanks to a new village tap, from which women like Kanukura can get clean drinking water whenever they need it.

In Colombia, Food Assistance Is Part Of Response To Violence Against Women

In Colombia, WFP assists many victims of sexual and gender-based violence, providing them with food assistance as they recover. As part of her work for WFP, Mariangela Bizzarri recently visited a town on Colombia’s Pacific coast to meet some of these women and to assess the effect of the violence they have experienced. She sent us this personal account of one day of meetings.

Afghanistan Diary - Day Six

On the final day of Silke’s trip to central Afghanistan, she meets three women, each of whom impresses her with their determination to improve their own lives, and those of their families and their community. One of them is thrilled at simply having a job in a government office. As a child the idea of working outside her home had seemed impossible.

60. Who lives in a place where water used to be difficult to get according to the passage?

   A. Silke      B. Kanukura     C. Shahinoor    D. Mariangela

61. We learn from the passage that women in Colombia ________.

   A. may give birth to 5 children

   B. can’t go to school all their life

   C. have to work in a government office

   D. are more likely to get harmed than men

62. Women in Bangladesh now become not so poor as they used to be by ________.  

   A. raising bulls with the help of WFP

   B. working more hours in the fields

   C. doing part-time jobs in the evening

   D. receiving money from the government

63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. There are many victims of sexual violence in Nepal.

   B. Getting clean drinking water is easier in Bangladesh.

  C. The social position of women in Afghanistan has greatly changed.

  D. Children in Colombia sometimes have only one meal a day.

 Around the world, people are satisfying their thirst with bottled water. In the past 10 years, sales in Asia and South America have greatly increased. In 2007, people in the United States drank more than 8 billion gallons of bottled water. The United States now uses up the most bottled water in the world, followed by Mexico, China, and Brazil. Compared to sugary soft drinks, this seems a healthy choice. But is it a wise one?

A single-serve water bottle offers great convenience. It can be bought almost anywhere, carried around for a while, and then thrown away. The influence of bottled water on the environment, however, is surprising. Around 2.7 million tons of plastic are turned into disposable bottles each year. This requires large quantities of crude oil(原油) and water. It also produces greenhouse gases. Although the bottles can be recycled, only a small part of them are. The United States only recycles about 23 percent. The rest are part of a growing solid waste problem.

Convenience isn’t the only reason for bottled water’s rise in popularity. Words like “pure”, together with images of mountains or glaciers(冰川), are used to market bottled water. Many people believe that it must be cleaner and more healthful than tap water from public water systems. But this is a wrong idea. In developed nations such as the United States and in Europe, rules that ensure safe water are often stricter for tap than for bottled water.

It may come as a surprise that as much as 40 percent of the water bottled in the United States starts out as tap water. Before bottling, some companies filter it, and they might add minerals for taste.

Despite its low origins, bottled water can cost anywhere from 240 to 10,000 times more per gallon than tap water. Is the bottle ever better?

Bottled water has spread around the world. While it is an important source of safe drinking water, we should not lose sight of a more environmentally friendly source: the water that comes out of our taps.

41. What’s the author’s purpose in Paragraph 1?

A. To correct some wrong views on bottled water.                                  

B. To explain which countries lead in bottled water use.

C. To show that bottled water is popular all over the world.       

D. To convince readers that bottled water is better than sugary soft drinks.

42. According to the text, what is the main problem with bottled water?

A. The poor quality of the water sources.                 

B. The waste associated with bottled water.

C. The difficulty in transporting the bottles.

D. The amount of water required to fill the bottles.             

43. Why are words like “pure” used for selling bottled water?

A. To meet government’s laws.

B. To show values of the buyers.

C. To present scientific evidence.

D. To influence people’s choices.

44. What do we know about bottled water in the United States?

A. It comes from glaciers.       

B. It is not so popular as soft drinks.       

C. Around 23 percent of it is recycled each year.    

D. It is usually under less tight control than tap water.

45. What is the author’s attitude towards tap water?

A. Doubtful.                 B. Uninterested.             C. Favorable.                D. Optimistic.

You might make a disgusted face when you notice that the person waiting in their car at the red light next to you is picking their nose,but admit it,you do it too.And while it might be the natural option when there isn't a box of tissues around,it can be bad for you.The main reasons people feel the need to pick their nose is to clear it of dried liquid,stop an itch（痒）,or just because it feels good.Boogers（鼻屎）form when dried liquid and cilia,the tiny hairs that line the nostrils（鼻孔）,trap the dust,dirt,and other things.When boogers build up in your nose,it can be uncomfortable,and sometimes just blowing into a tissue doesn't do the trick.

Otolaryngologist Erich P.Voigt,MD,told Business Insider that picking your nose can cause injuries and bleeding within your nostrils.That's not terribly damaging,but when the bacteria from your hands get into your body,it can cause a cold and flu.So doctors strongly suggest not picking the nose.

If dry winter air is causing the dirty liquid to harden in your nostrils,making you want to pick,consider damping the air at home,or taking a steam shower to soften things up in there.

Children,who are most famous for having a finger up their nose,sometimes don't realize how much injury they're causing,and sometimes it.can lead to nose bleeds.

So,next time you go to pick your nose,think about how many bacteria are on your hands and in your boogers, and maybe reach for a tissue instead.Even if you 're alone,and not waiting for the light to turn green,please,use a tissue.

32.Why do people pick their nose?

A.Because they want to disgust others.                     B.Because they have the need to do it.

C.Because they have nothing else to do.                  D.Because they don't have tissues around.

33.Which of the following can replace the underlined part " do the trick" in Paragraph 1?

A.act                           B.work                         C.play                         D.help

34.Which can help people avoid a cold and flu according to the text?

A.Stopping nose picking.                                            B.Using tissues regularly.

C.Taking a shower every day.                                   D.Keeping the air wet at home.

35.What should you do when you have to pick your nose?

A.Be careful not to cause bleeding.                           B.Use a tissue instead of bare fingers.

C.Wait for the light to turn red if you are driving.        D.Wash up your hands and clear your fingernails.