A．Care about the details．
B．Be a good listener．
C．Make time for friendships．
D．Strike up a conversation．
E．Avoid causing inconveniences
F．Reach out to the newcomers．
Develop Better Relationships with Neighbors
Good neighbors are a lot like electricity or running water：we don’t know how much we depend on them until we don’t have them．They make our lives more pleasant and give us a sense of who we are, both as an individual and as a member of the community．Here ‘s how to develop your relationships with these very important people in your life．
61._________ Often neighbors don’t even know each other’s names．But it’s okay to be the one to break the ice , even if you’ve lived next door for years．Most neighbors enjoy making small talk with the folks on the other side of the fence．So as you see them at work in their yards, smile, wave, and say hello．Ask how their kids are (whether they’re babies or in college), whether they could use an extra cucumber from your garden, or what they think of the price at the local supermarket．
62._________ These days, the old Welcome Wagon is a thing of the past．But your new neighbors may be feeling lonely and unsure, especially if they’re far from home, and might appreciate a friendly face bearing fresh-baked chocolate cakes．If they have kids, tell them where the children in the neighborhood live．Recommend the best places to eat and sleep．Invite them over for coffee or tea when they get settled, give them your number, and point to your house as you say good-bye．
63.__________ Return anything that you borrow from a neighbor, such as tools, in good repair and as soon as you’re finished with them．Replace anything that belongs to your neighbor that you, your children, or your pets break or soil．Make sure that your car is not blocking their doorway．Such random acts of consideration will have your neighbors talking — and the talk will be good
64.__________If you value a friendship with your neighbors, spend time with them．What better way to meet your neighbors than to invite them to an informal barbecue, pool party, or holiday open house? Better yet, you might even consider throwing a get-together in their honor．Deliver the invitations in person to everyone who lives on your street and chat with each for five minutes before moving on to the next house．This way, you will get an idea of what your neighbors are like so that you can plan for appropriate food and music．
65.___________ In a good relationship, it’s really the little things that count．Help to bring in the mail for the elderly neighbor when there is a heavy rain．When your neighbor forgets to take in his rubbish cans, roll them back into his yard．If you’re truly concerned, you’ll know when your neighbor needs some cheering up — a bunch of flowers or a helping hand when it’s needed．All it takes to develop your relationship with neighbors is the respect for their feelings．
There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae (幼虫). In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought (干旱) in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps (虾) that live in the Mojave Desert, an extremely dry place in the southwest of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50℃ are often recorded.
The eggs of the Mojave shrimps look like grains of sand both in size and appearance. When enough spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to five years, these eggs hatch. Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny plant and animal organisms (有机物）which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre to a length of about 1.5 centimetres.
Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evaporates(蒸发). Therefore, for the shrimps it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 centimetre long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females. Usually by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the 13th day, the shrimps lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates.
If enough rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death. Some years there is not enough rain to form a lake: in this case, the eggs will remain dormant for another years, or even longer if necessary.
31. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The birth of the Mojave shrimps. B. The survival of desert shrimps.
C. The survival of desert life. D. Life in the Mojave Desert.
32. Which of the following is the MOST unique feature of Mojave shrimps?
A. Their lives are brief. B. They feed on plant and animal organisms.
C. Their eggs can survive years of drought. D. They lay their eggs in the mud.
33. By saying “...for the shrimps it is a race against time.” (Line2, Para.3), the author means that the shrimps have to_________.
A. swim faster to avoid danger in the rapidly evaporating lake
B. swim faster to catch the animal organisms on which they survive
C. lay as many eggs as possible within limited time
D. complete their life cycle within the time permitted by the environment
34. What doe the underlined word “dormant” in the last paragraph most probably mean?
A. Inactive. B. Sleeping. C. Safe. D. Dead.
35. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Appearance and size are the most important for life to survive in the desert.
B. A species must be able to grow up quickly in order to survive.
C. Shrimps are the only species with a life cycle of 13 days.
D. Some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely hard condition.
The key to losing weight is to understand what really motivates you. Have you ever been excited about losing a few pounds? 16 And to help you keep your weight under control, you need some coping strategies.
Ask questions. When you’re researching different dieting products and plans or even talking to a doctor about diets, ask as many questions as you can. 17 Ask questions like: Do I have to purchase special meals or supplements? Does the program include a part to help me maintain my weight loss?
Get real. 18 Don’t burden yourself with unrealistic expectations. Remember, large amounts of weight loss are not realistic and are most likely not safe or healthy. Talk with your health care professional to determine a healthy weight goal.
19 To maintain your weight, you must balance your intake of calories with the energy you burn. Just 30 minutes of fast walking in most days can take about 10 pounds off your weight each year.
Weigh yourself weekly. It’s important to track your weight on any diet or weight loss plan, but don’t get on the scale every day. Weighing daily won’t show you the big picture. 20
A. Stay balanced.
B. Once a week is fine.
C. Stick with your healthy eating plan.
D. Losing one to two pounds a week is a realistic goal.
E. Being well informed will help you choose the best diet for you.
F. Regular weight check-ins will show you your progress over time.
G. If so, you must find a way to turn that excitement into determination.
Jean is a 17-year-old high school student. On Saturday mornings, Jean and her friends take part in the program 16 (call) SAVE THE KIDS. They travel to a poor area of Washington D.C.. They help 17 (young) students learn how to read and to solve mathematics problems. Many American teenagers join in programs 18 serve their communities. 19 weekends Jean sometimes works at an ice-cream store. 20 ___ she is not working, she gets together with her girlfriends. They might go to a movie, to a shopping mall or to an eating place. Or they might attend 21 ____ sports event of their high school. They also often stay at one girl’s house for the night.
Like teenagers in most parts of the country, Jean began driving a car when she was 16 years old. 22 ____, she does not have her car. She must share the family car with her parents. About 70 percent of American teenagers have their own cars. Many of them drive their cars to school every day. Jean does not smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol. Neither do her friends. But many teenagers at her school do. Drinking alcohol is a major problem there. Every weekend teenagers have parties, where 23 drink alcohol. Then they drive to other parties. People under the age of 21 24 (not allow) to drink alcohol in the United States. And it is dangerous to drink ___25_____drive a car. Yet this does not stop some teenagers.
__ What do you think made Celia so happy?
__ ______ a prize in the recent competition．
A．As she won B．Won C．Winning D．Because of winning
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Do you know anyone who suffers from equinophobia, pluviophobia or leukophobia? Or, to put it another way, do you know anyone who is very afraid of horses, rain or the colour white? You probably don’t, and yet these are recognized medical conditions, though very rare ones.
According to many surveys, more than ten per cent of people in the United States have some kind of phobia (the word comes from the Greek phobós, meaning fear). There are, of course, dozens of different kinds, ranging from the obscure to the well known. The names of most of them have been created by adding ‘phobia’ to a Greek or Latin root – a process that has turned into something of a word game, with people inventing names for conditions that perhaps exist only in theory (for example androidophobia, the fear of robots).
True phobias consist of an intense fear that produces a very strong desire to avoid the object of that fear. Without specialist help they are very difficult to control and tend to disrupt the daily life of the sufferer.
Phobias often originate from upsetting experiences earlier in life – for example an intense fear of dogs (cynophobia) often comes from having been bitten by one; In some cases, however, experts suggest phobias are to some extent evolutionary, arising not from personal experience but from inherited memory lying deep in our brains. Arachnophobia and ophidiophobia (the fear of snakes) are often suggested as examples: for our distant ancestors, who lived closer to nature than we do, fear of poisonous spiders and snakes would have served the useful evolutionary purpose of helping them avoid potentially fatal bites.
A common technique for treating some phobias is that of ‘progressive exposure’ in which sufferers are encouraged by a therapist to gradually get closer to the object of their fear. The idea is that at each step the patient realizes nothing bad is happening to them, which should lead to their fear gradually decreasing. With someone who is terrified of spiders, for example, the therapist might start by showing them a picture of a spider, then introducing a real spider in a glass box and slowly moving the box closer to them, then finally having them hold the spider in the palm of their hand. Therapy of this kind is said to be very effective, although in this case perhaps not very enjoyable.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS)
81. When we want to create a name to describe the condition of a person who has the fear of ice, the name is usually ended with _____________________________.
82. A sufferer of a true phobia usually desires strongly to _________________________________.
83. What are the two possible reasons for different kinds of phobias?
_____________________________________________________________.
84. In the last paragraph, the writer gives an example of the treatment of someone who is terrified of spiders to illustrate the meaning of ___________________________________.
The French Revolution was successful in ___________ society of inequality, which had a great effect on many other countries, particularly those in Europe.
A. informing B. reminding C. ridding D. robbing
The ____________house smelled as if it hadn’t been lived in for years.
A．little white wooden B．little wooden white
C．white wooden little D．wooden white little
—I see you got a "D" in biology．_ ?
—Well, I found that subject hard． I think I'II drop it for history．
A．How about that B．What for
C．How come D．What's your next plan
His opening up _____ food processing factory is _____ comfort to his parents．
A． 不填；a B． a；不填
C． a；a D． the；不填
假如你是某英文报的小记者，针对当前流行“偷菜”网络游戏这一现象对人们进行了采访，请就他们的看法写一篇短文，内容要点如下：
观点一：1．体验田园生活，享受乐趣。
2．忘记烦恼，减轻压力。
3．增长知识
观点二：1．沉迷网络，影响健康
2．耽误学习、工作
3．可能影响孩子的价值观
注意：1．可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
2．词数：100左右。首句已给出，不计入总词数。
Nowadays, “stealing vegetables” on line is becoming more and more popular,
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
春天来了，带着无限的娇美。小草已露出嫩芽，花朵也含苞待放，我们怎么能错过这大好的时光，不去旅游？假定你是学校学生会主席李明，请你代表学校同学写一封信给校长，请求学校组织春游，并陈述理由。
注意：1.词数：120左右；
2. 信的开头已为你拟好，不计入总词数；
3. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Headmaster,
I’m Li Ming, chairman of the Students’ Union of our school._________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________-___
Yours truly
Li Ming
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。
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。
Dear Susan,
Thank you for your letter. Due to the fact that I am on business in another city, I couldn’t reply your letter directly after I received it. Now I am writing to tell you what my city has done to reduce traffic jams in the last few years.
First of all, four subways and some expressways have been built in my city to ease the heavy traffic. Second, public transportation has been improved to make convenient for people to take buses. However, the parking fee is raised in the downtown, it helps to reduce the number of cars come in and out.
Now there are more buses and few cars in my city. The traffic is flowing smooth during the rush hour.
Can you tell me everything about the traffic in your city? Expecting for your reply!
Yours
Li Hua
Bill Gates, money isn’t a problem, still lives a very simple life now.
A. which B. for whose C. for whom D. with whose
Last week my daughter was sick, so she had to stay at home. While staying at home, she looks at my hands and asks, “ Your hands have this 41 ,right?” It’s true that my hands are shaking, not too much, not too 42 ,and if I really want, I can control that. When I was a kid, my mother 43 to find out why I had this. We went to quite a few 44 , but none of them really 45 it. They then thought it was something psychological, not 46 . As I grow up, I learned how to 47 _it. But it’s still not very 48 to be asked about it. I 49 most people think that I had too much caffeine or drunk too much.
“Right”, I said, “I has this 50 I was a kid and I never knew why I really had this.” And there she goes, _ 51 my entire sad world in just one tiny sentence: “Well, maybe it’s because you have some kind of superpower.” It took me a few good seconds to 52 _after I heard this. And then a few 53 __to think about it. Yes, maybe it’s because I have some kind of superpower, like too much 54 trying to find an outlet(出口). It’s 55 that kids find the best 56 in everything, even in the strangest things, while adults 57 to see every deviation(偏离)from the 58 as a “disease”.
So, next time you see my hands shaking, don’t you ever 59 _to think I had too much caffeine or drunk too much. It’s not because of that. It’s because I have a superpower that is so 60 that my body can hardly hold it.
41. A. moving B. striking C. beating D. shaking
42. A. weak B. evident C. slight D. big
43. A. managed B wished C. tried D. refused
44. A. doctors B. scientists C. teachers D. lawyers
45. A. treated B. operated C. examined D. cured
46. A. mental B. physical C. spiritual D. natural
47. A. live with B. go with C. face with D. agree with
48. A. upset B. comfortable C. curious D. awkward
49. A. guess B. calculate C. realize D. announce
50. A. as B. after C. until D. since
51. A. attacking B. sticking C. blowing D. hiding
52. A. restart B. replace C. recover D. pick
53. A. minutes B. months C. years D. time
54. A. energy B. wind C. information D. wealth
55. A. rare B. terrible C. embarrassing D. wonderful
56. A. thing B. fact C. point D. part
57. A. attend B. tend C. expect D. intend
58. A. truth B. path C. life D. highway
59. A. dare B. need C. have D. can
60. A. powerful B. meaningful C. extreme D. awful
There is a boy called Bill in my gym class who has unbearable yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should have his teeth scaled(刮除牙石).Bill was crushed. If the other boy had been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation. He could have dealt with it with tact(得体).He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that’s tact.
If a person isn’t sensitive to another’s feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful. Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen of our television set. Unfortunately, he used furniture polish, which produced an oily film on the television screen. My mother smiled and thanked him for his efforts and then showed how to clean the screen properly. Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect. Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact.
“Tactfulness” also requires “truthfulness”. Doctors, for example, must be truthful. If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth but express it with sensitivity. The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling him curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available. Doctors must use tact with patients’ relatives as well. Instead of bluntly saying, “Your husband is disabled,” a doctor might say, “I’m sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and...”
Tact should not be confused with trickery. Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection(注射) and says, “This won’t hurt a bit.” Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it. It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patient about some of these benefits.
Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected. Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.
64. The underlined word “crushed” in the first paragraph probably means .
A. surprised B. cheated C. regretful D. upset
65. According to the author, his mother was to his brother.
A. sensitive and tactful B. sensitive but not tactful enough
C. truthful but not tactful enough D. sensitive but tricky
66. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Trickery often occurs in hospitals. B. Tactfulness means truthfulness.
C. We should be tactful in our society. D. Nurses are not honest to patients.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您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：把多余的词用斜钱（\）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. 只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last week, we had a class meeting, making a survey about the phenomenon of some students copying from others’ homeworks and cheating in exams. The survey shows that 98% of the students questioning think it is a matter of honesty. However, 25% of the students think they have too many homework, and their parents and teachers care too much for their scores. As result, some of them can’t help copy from others to avoid being punished. In my opinion, this is wrong to copy from others. We students should be honest but try to finish our homework all by ourselves. As for teachers, they had better to offer students different homework and tests depending on different levels. By doing such, every student can have a sense of accomplishment.
“Shake a leg” and “show a leg” are usually discussed together, but it isn’t at all clear how they are connected. Both phrases have more than one meaning.
“Shake a leg” means “hurry up” according to the definition in the New York Magazine in 1904. Before that, “shake a leg” had another meaning, which was “to dance”. There are several quotations from all kinds of American and Britain sources from the mid-19th century that are related to dancing; for example, the Dubuque Democratic Herald, October 1863, in an advertisement for a local ball: “Nearly every man in town able to shake a leg has purchased a ticket.”
“Show a leg” means either “make an appearance”, or it means “hurry up”. The second meaning isn’t commonly used, nor is it old. Whatever the source, it isn’t the original meaning of “show a leg”. Most commentators report that the phrase derives from the Royal Navy and that this was the order given to sailors to put a foot from their hammocks（吊床）and get up.
The use of “show a leg” as a wake-up call is well documented. John Masefield (Poet Laureate from 1930 to 1967) was a trainee mariner on HMS Conway until 1891. He reported the full version of the morning call as: “Heave out, heave out, heave out, heave out! Away! Come all you sleepers, Hey! Show a leg.” That’s the earliest quotation of the naval call I can find, although it may have been used well before 1891.
An alternative version comes from the fact that women were allowed on board Royal Navy ships in the 19th century and that they were allowed to stay asleep after the sailors had been woken. In the morning the bosun’s mates（水手长助手） had to check whoever was still asleep and did so by requiring them to show a leg over the side of the hammock. If a leg was hairy, it was probably male and its owner was ordered to get up and begin work. Believe that if you will; personally, I don’t.
All in all, although both of the two English slangs are sometimes used to mean “hurry up”, they are two independent phrases that were coined with different meanings.
28. How many ways does the slang “show a leg” come from?
A. 1. B. 2. C. 3. D. 4.
29. In which sentence does “shake a leg” have a different meaning?
A. I will shake a leg with him at the next ball with great pleasure.
B. Nearly every man in town able to shake a leg has purchased a ticket.
C. They wanted to shake a leg on a TV show.
D. You must shake a leg to catch the last bus.
30. What is the author’s attitude to the version mentioned in Paragraph 5?
A. Doubtful. B. Supportive. C. Indifferent. D. Neutral.
31. The author’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to __________.
A. to persuade readers to learn slangs seriously
B. to describe “shake a leg” and “show a leg”
C. to distinguish “shake a leg” and “show a leg”
D. to remark on “shake a leg” and “show a leg”
Nuclear power’s danger to health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in one word: radiation.
Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it, partly because it cannot be detected by human senses. It can’t be seen or heard, or touched or tasted, even though it may be all around us. There are other things like that. For example, radio waves are all around us but we can’t detect them or sense them without a radio receiver. Similarly, we can’t sense radioactivity without a radiation detector. But unlike common radio waves, nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.
At very high levels, radiation can kill an animal or human being immediately by killing masses of cells in vital organs. But even the lowest levels can do serious damage. There is no levels of radiation that is completely safe. If the radiation does not hit anything important, the damage may not be serious. This is the case when only a few cells are hit, and if they are killed immediately. Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones. But if the few cells are only damaged, and if they reproduce themselves, you may be in trouble. They can grow into cancer. Sometimes this does not show up for many years.
This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation. Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred. A person can be irradiated（辐射）and feel fine, then die for cancer five, ten, or twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be born weak as a result of radiation absorbed by its parents.
Radiation can hurt us. We must know the truth.
32. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How radiation kills a man. B. How to detect nuclear radiation.
C. The mystery about nuclear radiation. D. Serious harm caused by nuclear radiation.
33. Which statement about nuclear radiation is true?
A. It is just like common radio waves. B. It can be harmless if its level is low.
C. It can be detected by human senses. D. It can cause cancer to human beings.
34. How can nuclear radiation kill an animal?
A. By damaging its heart. B. By stopping it breathing.
C. By killing many cells in key organs. D. By destroying its brain.
35. If a man is hit by nuclear radiation, he may _______.
A. die of cancer after many years B. die immediately
C. have a child who may be born weak D. all of the above
Are you too old for fairy tales? If you think 61 , Copenhagen is sure to change your mind.
See the city first from the water. In the harbor sits Denmark’s bestknown landmark: the Little Mermaid. Remember her? She left the world of the Sea in search of a human soul in one of Andersen’s popular 62 (fantasy). From the harbor you can get a feel for the 63 (attraction) “city of green spires”. At twilight (黎明) or in cloudy weather, the spires of old castles and churches lend the city a dreamlike atmosphere. You’ll think you’ve stepped into a watercolor painting.
Churches and castles are almost all that are left over in the original city. Copenhagen became 64 capital of Denmark in 1445. During the late 16th century, trade grew, and so did the city. But fires in 1728 and 1795 65 (terrible) destroyed the old wooden structures. Much of what we see today 66 (date) from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Copenhagen was the first city 67 (declare) a street for pedestrians only. The city has the 68 (little) traffic noise and pollution among European capitals. 69 you’re from, you can come to dance, dine, and take in outdoor and indoor concerts. Even without money, you can still enjoy the proud old trees, the colored night lights and the beautiful gardens. You might feel as if you 70 (be) in a fairy tale.
