Our players came back and we all congratulated them _______ their success.

   A. with              B. to          C. on           D. in

 The next moment, ________ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit over the head.

A. since                  B. when        C. before                           D. after

She stormed into the boss’ office ________ about her co-worker’s behavior.

A. complaining          B. complained  

C. having complained    D. to complain 

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new 　26　in high school.

　  _27　, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 　28　for her to be selected. Two hours later, the 　29　read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart 　30　as the list ended without her name. Feeling 　31　, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was 　32　. She moved on to English and history, and was 　33　to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 　34　math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school 　35　. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as 　36　as Jenna. “ I’m sorry, but we have enough 　37　for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then. “ Jenna smiled 　38　and left. “ Why is high school so 　39　? " she sighed.

Later in 　40　class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 　41　. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to 　42　at her new school.  She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to 　43　. High school was just as her mom had said: “ You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 　44　a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 　45　fish you can be. "

26. A. processes         B. decisions                C. challenges                     D. exercises

27. A. Therefore         B. However                 C. Otherwise               D. Besides

28. A. difficult                     B. easy                       C. boring                            D. interesting

29. A. editor                B. boss                       C. candidate               D. judge

30. A. jumped                     B. sank                       C. stopped                  D. raced

31. A. strange                    B. happy                            C. awful                       D. lonely

32. A. struggling          B. improving                C. working                   D. complaining

33. A. ashamed           B. disappointed           C. shocked                 D. relieved

34. A. put up               B. prepare for                    C. worry about            D. give up

35. A. committee         B. newspaper                     C. radio                       D. team

36. A. enthusiastic             B. artistic                            C. sympathetic                   D. realistic

37. A. speakers           B. readers                   C. cheerleaders          D. writers

38. A. widely                B. weakly                    C. excitedly                 D. brightly

39. A. similar               B. ordinary                  C. different                  D. familiar

40. A. physics                    B. history                           C. English                   D. math

41. A. pleasure                  B. hope                       C. trouble                           D. sorrow

42. A. fit in                   B. look out                  C. stay up                   D. get around

43. A. swim                  B. try                           C. ask                         D. escape

44. A. in return for              B. in case of                C. in terms of                     D. instead of

45. A. slimmest            B. smallest                  C. best                        D. gentlest

     From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they "know" all the words they are reading. This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.
     One day soon after school had started, I said to them, "Now I'm going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that's enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean. "
     The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, "Mr Holt, do you really mean that?" I said just as seriously, "I mean every word of it.
     During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk, From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, "It can't be," and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in the edition with woodcuts. I said, "Don't you find parts of it rather heavy going?" She answered, Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. "
     This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is,an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of "understanding" that can be dug out of a book.
25. According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from________ .

A. reading little and thinking little
B. reading often and adventurously
C. being made to read too much
D. being made to read aloud before others
26. Upon hearing the teacher's talk, the children probably felt that________ .
A. it sounded stupid             B. it was not surprising at all
C. it sounded too good to be true   D. it was no different from other teachers' talk
27. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?__________
A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.
B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.
C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.
D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.
28. From the teacher's point of view, _________.
A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading
B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read
C. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in school
D. reading involves understanding every little piece of information

— I want some information on         package tour to Thailand.

— Ok, it costs $400, including         accommodation.

      A. 不填; the                  B. a; an                         C. the; an                   D. the; 不填

Becoming Refreshed without sleeping

Sometimes there is just not enough hours in the day to get everything done and get a good night’s rest.___16___ Once in a while you can get away with a sleepless night and still feel reasonably good by adjusting your meals and activities.

____17____ The last thing you want to do when you are tired is get warm and cozy, this will cause you to fall asleep. Keeping the air conditioner on will make you feel much more alert and refreshed.

Eat small amounts. Eating small amounts of healthy food will help refresh you. Fruit and nuts are a good choice because they are nutritious and will energize you  ___18___Try to stick to low carbon meals to keep you going. Chewing gum after your snack or small meal will also help keep you awake.

Keep it bright. When it is dark your body thinks it is time to go to sleep. Turn on lots of lights, which will trick your body into waking up and feeling better. ___19___ You get double the benefits if it is daytime.

Take a break. Taking a little break will help you in the long run. Turn up some energizing music to get yourself positive. Relax and talk to a friend in person or on the phone for a few minutes.___20___

A. Keep it cool

B. Calm down and sleep

C. Avoid big, heavy meals as they will make you tired

D. Going outside whether it is day or night for some fresh air

E. Missing sleep regularly can make you sick and should be avoided

F. When you are tired, you may just want to sit around and do nothing...

G. Having a good time for a few minutes will refresh you quicker than anything else.

 Being from a family _____ produced great actors, it’s no wonder that she quickly found her way into the spotlight.   

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

A vertical farm is a concept farm which is planted on levels or floors. A sky scraper type building can house a vertical farm. Since the garden is built upwards, rather than outwards, it requires much less space than a conventional farm.

The world is quickly running out of room for conventional farming. Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. An 18 story vertical farm could feed as many as 50,000 people, all in an area which is the size of the average city block. Vertical farms in the city could cut down on transportation costs as well. Think about the amount of fuel it takes to transport food from farmland to city. The resources saved would be surprising. Besides saving travel time, food would be delivered in fresher condition and with less damage.

There is a growing concern about the use of pesticides in agriculture today. But the vertical farm would be a greenhouse type environment, avoiding the need for a large number of pesticides. Vertical farms can be built in a contained space, therefore they are an excellent solution for living well in an environment far different from our own. Hydroponics(水耕法) could be a big part of vertical gardening. This would reduce the amount of soil needed to grow food. Of course, not all food does well with this type of planting, but there are many crops that actually seem to do better.

In some climates, a lack of sunlight creates a short growing season. The solar power option may not work as well here. The addition of grow lights would make it possible to grow crops in vertical gardens in these areas. In other words, we could grow crops in areas where we never could before.

Vertical farms may just be a concept for now, but they are a concept that will solve many of our problems in the future.

75. According to the passage, a vertical farm______.

A. is mainly built outwards                                 B. is only an environmental friendly farm

C. is planted on levels upwards                             D. is dependent on solar power

76. The second paragraph is mainly about______.

A. the meaning of a vertical farm                          B. the future of a vertical farm

C. the cost of a vertical farm                                D. the benefit of a vertical farm

77. Compared to the conventional farm, the vertical farm can______.

A. help to protect the limited gardens                   B. reduce the harmful effect of pesticides

C. depend far less on sunlight                              D. greatly increase the use of soil

78. It can be learned from the passage that vertical farms______.

A. have been put into use                                           B. need less room than conventional farms

C. only use hydroponics to grow food                  D. may increase the transportation costs

下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的工方增加、删除或修改某个单词。

增加：在缺词处加一个符号（^），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. 每句不超过两个错误；

       2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词；

       3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Time flies! This is a third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school had organized many activities. What impressed me best was an activity called “Learning to Farm”. In an autumn afternoon, we were sent to a farm which we learned to plant potatoes. Having been in the city for so a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After divided into three groups, we started to work. Some students cut potatoes into pieces; some dug holes, and the others put the pieces of potatoes into the hole, put the earth back and pushed them down hard. We continued doing that until all the work was done. Although we were exhausted, but we felt fulfilled on our way back home.               

You are one of the most familiar faces in class, not because you are funny or have great note-taking abilities but because you ask the most number of questions．   36    It is important to have a good way to ask questions．Here are a few tips for improving your questioning skills:

Be clear about what you want to know．

Be clear about what you want to know and frame your question accordingly.    37    If you beat around the bush, your teachers won't be entirely sure what it is that you haven't understood, or need an explanation for．

   38

If you are uncertain about a particular subject, make it clear when it is being discussed．If you put your question in context（语境）, you can be sure of it．Because questions often open up new avenues within a subject, doing this would benefit the whole class．

Don’t hesitate to talk to your teacher after class．

          39    Therefore, if you feel uncomfortable about asking a question in front of your classmates, wait till the class is over．This will probably put you more at ease．

Write down your questions．

   40    They may appear when you're studying, reading or taking notes．Note them down on a piece of paper so that you won't forget to ask them later． This can also make sure that you don't have any unanswered questions when the exam approaches．

                                A．Don't ask more questions once a time．

                                B．Questions may appear at any time．

                                C．Being curious is not a bad quality．

                                D．You may think it is good to ask no questions．

                                E．Ask questions related to the context．

                                F．A question needs to be easy to be understood and to the point．

                                G．One-to-one interactions are always much better than one-to-many．

Counterfeit（假冒的） goods, or false versions of products, may cost the government of Kenya as much as $1 billion each year. The fake goods also hurt business owners who find it hard to keep customers. But information technology is being used to try to stop the problem. Jemima Mwafigu is a 34-year-old businesswoman who sells products like perfume. But in the first year of running her business, she found it hard to keep customers because of counterfeit goods.

Ms. Mwafigu says her business has improved since she began using a smart phone application called Barcode (条码) Scanner. The app is used to authenticate (验证) products. It checks to make sure the products are not counterfeit.

 “With this application I'm able to scan the bar codes of each perfume and instantly I get the production date, the expiration date and I'm able to know the safety,” she says. “That way, I have confidence in selling to my customers.”

In 2010, Kenya created the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, or ACA, to fight against illegal trade. The ACA has successfully asked government officials for stronger punishments for counterfeiters.

Agnes Karingu is the agency’s acting director for research and awareness. She says the ACA is trying to stay one step ahead of those making fake goods.

“We are also looking into IT solutions where we can be able to use SMS programs, bar codes and information sharing,” she says. “The end users of the products will actually be able to get the authentication information, and this information comes back to ACA and intellectual property rights holders.”

The agency is testing another program called Allvirtuous. The application is another way to find out if a product is real or not by scanning its barcode. The barcode information is sent to a database. Then a result is sent back to the app.

The International Chamber of Commerce is a global business organization. It says the value of counterfeit goods produced around the world is expected to be more than $1.7 trillion (万亿) this year.

32. What’s the main purpose of this passage?

A. To persuade us to resist counterfeit goods.

B. To advise us to use phone apps while going shopping.

   C. To inform us that phone apps can help stop counterfeiters’trade. 

   D. To tell us that Information Technology is developing fast.

33. Why did Kenya create ACA?

   A. To ask the government to punish counterfeiters.           B. To deal with illegal trade.

   C. To raise people’s awareness of counterfeit goods.          D. To look into IT solutions.

34. The underlined phrase “expiration date” in Paragraph 3 means the time when ________.

   A. the product is made                    B. the product is packed

   C. the product is first out of the factory      D. the product is unable to be used

35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

   A. The business of counterfeit goods is falling off.

   B. The value of counterfeit goods is likely to be more than $1.7 trillion this year.

   C. Counterfeit goods make a great contribution to the world economy.

   D. Measures should be taken immediately to prevent counterfeit goods.

Time for Kids (TFK) gets the great news on the coolest toys for 2014 at the 111th American International Toy Fair.

What’s four days long, bigger than seven football fields, and filled with thousands of toys? It’s Toy Fair 2014!

Each year, hundreds of toy companies from across the country come together in New York City. All kinds of products are shown as a way to know what’s to come in the new year. This year’s trends (款式) include oversize toys. “In 2014, everything is really big and really out there,” says Adrienne Appell, a toy-trends expert.

Toy Fair is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere (西半球). Toy-store buyers go to the event to decide which toys they may want to sell during the holiday season. Members of the media, like TFK, go to the fair to report back on all the cool trends. Unfortunately, Toy Fair is not open to the public.

This year’s Toy Fair was the biggest in its 111-year history. More than 1,000 toy companies showed products from simple card games to high-tech robots. “Larger Than Life” was a Toy Fair favorite. This trend is all about big toys with a big play value.

Though it is all fun and games at Toy Fair, we saw lots of products making a push towards education, with STEAM. That stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This trend includes word games. And of course, we saw some super cool, high-tech games. “Technology is always going to influence toys,” says Appell. “This year we saw lots of 3D games, and robots.”

To know more information about the event, click (点击) here to watch the video.

32. What can we infer from Toy Fair 2014?

A. Toys are becoming more educational than fun. 

B. Robots are great favorites of buyers.    

C. Big toys will be popular this year.

D. Simple card games will disappear on the market.

33. What’s special about Toy Fair 2014?

A. It is the largest.  B. It is the longest. C. It sells all of its toys.  D. It’s held in New York City.

34. What’s the best title for the text?

A. Kids love toys               B. Toy-stores in New York City 

C. Technology changes toys      D. Time for toys

35. The text is taken from a _____.

A.  website       B. newspaper     C.magazine       D. Textbook

Welcome to Adventureland!

Everyone loves Adventureland! The Parks and Exhibitions were built for you to explore(探索),enjoy, and admire their wonders. Everyone visit will be an unforgettable experience. You will go away enriched, longing to come back. What are you going to do this time?

The Travel Pavilion

Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different ways of life in the world. Visit the Amazon jungle(丛林)village, the Turkish market, the tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing.

The Future Tower

This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator(模拟装置) for the Journey to Mars!

The Nature Park

This is not really one park but several. In the safari Pak you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Cruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Ocean Park to watch the dolphins and whales. And then there is still the Aviary to see…

The Pyramid

This is the center of Adventureland. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping center where there are many lovely toys just for children. Come here for information and ideas too.

21. The Travel Pavilion is built to help visitors__________.

   A. realize the importance of traveling       B. become familiar with mountain countries

   C. learn how to make things such as fishing nets.

   D. learn something about different places in the world.

22. If you are interested in knowing about what people’s life will be, you may visit ________.

   A. the Travel Pavilion                           B. the Future Tower.

   C. the Safari Park                            D. the Pyramid

23. If you want to get a toy lion to take home, where will you most likely go?

   A. The Pyramid.                              B. The Nature Park.

   B. The Future Tower.                           D. The Travel Pavilion.

24. Which one is the passage perhaps taken from?

   A. textbook        B. advertisement       C. story                  D. fairy tale

Arabs consider it extremely bad manners to start talking business immediately. 41 the busiest government official always takes extra time to be polite and 42 refreshments (茶点).No matter how 43 you are，you should make time for this hospitality (好客).The “conference visit” is a way of doing 44 throughout the Arab world. 45 you will have to discuss your business 46 strangers，who may or may not have anything to do with your business. Do not be 47 if your meeting is interrupted several times by people who come into the room 48      ，whisper, or speak softly to the person with whom  you are 49    ，and leave. Act as though you do not 50     ，and never show displeasure  at being 51

Making decision quickly is not an Arab 52. There is vagueness (模糊）in doing  business in the Middle east which will 53 a newcomer. Give yourself lots of time and ask lots of questions.

54 is an important quality. You may have to wait two or three days to see high-level government officials 55    they are very busy. Give yourself enough 56 .

Personal relationships are very       57   . They are the key to doing business in Arab

countries. 58 to identify the decision-maker regarding your product or service immediately and get to 59     him on a friendly basis. Do your homework. Be prepared to  discuss details of your   60   or service. Be ready to answer technical questions.

41. A. Also     B. Even  C. Only  D. Still

42. A. offer    B. sell     C. bring  D. beg

43. A. excited       B. friendly     C. tired   D. busy

44. A. good   B. homework C. work  D. business

45. A. Otherwise  B. Frequently       C. Anyhow     D. Therefore

46. A. on the basis of  B. with the help of       C. in the presence of  D. in the charge

47. A. surprised   B. pleased    C. embarrassed   D. scared

48. A. unanswered      B. unannounced  C. unadvised       D. unaffected

49. A. eating B. chatting    C. talking      D. quarreling

50. A. hear    B. know  C. think  D.speak

51 • A. fired   B. respected C. refused     D. interrupted

52. A. direction     B. custom      C. affair  D. attitude

53. A. interest      B. puzzle       C. attract       D. prove

54. A. Patience    B. Politeness C. Hospitality D. Kindness

55. A. after    B. although   C. as      D. unless

56. A. time     B. room  C. space       D. money

57. A. tense  B. important  C. common   D. open

58. A. Apply   B. Refuse      C. Pretend    D. Try

59. A. favor   B. help   C. know  D. understand

60. A. decision     B. product     C. talk    D. identity

Once a group of 50 people was attending a seminar(讨论会). Halfway through  61  （he）talk, the speaker stopped and decided  62   (create) a group activity. He went around the hall and gave each person a balloon. Each one was asked to write his or her name on the balloon    63   (use) a marker pen. Then all the balloons  64   (collect) and put in another room.

   The speaker then led the group to the room full of balloons and asked them to find the balloon that had their name    65    (write) on within five minutes. Everyone was   66   (hurry) searching for their name, bumping into each other, pushing each other around. At the end of the five minutes no one could find their own balloon.

   Now each person was asked to collect    67    balloon and give it to the person whose name was on it. Within two minutes everyone had their own balloon. When everyone quieted down, the speaker began to talk, saying that this is exactly    68   was happening in our lives.

   We may like to think of   69   (us) more important than others, but our happiness sometimes lies in the happiness of other people. Give them their happiness   70    you will get your own happiness.

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

Malaria is a serious and ancient disease caused by one-celled Plasmodium parasites, and malaria is spread by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. The symptoms of malaria include periodic chills, fever, headache, and sweating. Complications affecting the kidneys, liver, brain, and blood can be fatal. Malaria is a major health problem in the tropics, where it afflicts up to 500 million people every year.

Malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought, but the number of deaths has fallen rapidly as efforts to combat the disease have ramped up, according to a new research from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.

More than 1.2 million people died from malaria worldwide in 2010, nearly twice the number found in the most recent comprehensive study of the disease. The researchers say that deaths from malaria have been missed by previous studies because of the assumption that the disease mainly kills children under five. They found that more than 78,000 children aged 5 to 14, and more than 445,000 people aged 15 and older died from malaria in 2010, meaning that 42 percent of all malaria deaths were in people aged 5 and older.

The study also found that while the overall number of malaria deaths is higher than earlier reports, the trend in malaria deaths has followed a similar downward pattern. Starting in 1985, malaria deaths grew every year before peaking in 2004 at 1.8 million deaths worldwide. Since then, the number of deaths has fallen annually and, between 2007 and 2010, the decline in deaths has been more than seven percent each year.

Researchers say the biggest drivers of the decline in malaria deaths have been the scaleup of insecticide-treated bed nets and artemisinin-combination treatments. This has been accomplished through the advent of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria & Tuberculosis in 2001 and the creation of organizations focused on fighting malaria, such as the World Health Organization's Roll Back Malaria, Malaria No More and Nothing But Nets. Overall funding for malaria efforts grew from less than 250 million U.S. dollars annually in 2001 to more than two billion in 2009, according to the researchers' latest estimates.

The game taught Jeremy Lin that           character was more important than playing well,

         lesson he still remembers．

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

Most people present at the meeting think poorly of the measures taken by the local government, which they think will ________ the worsening of the environment.

      A. correspond              B. contribute to            C. refer to                    D. submit to

 I have to reschedule the appointment with you since there is a ________ in my arrangement.

A. contract           B. contrast           C. connection      D. conflict