to playing computer games, he is always absent from school．

    A． Lost             B． Addicted          C． Buried          D． Absorbed

    Don't you just love ice skating every winter? I am sure, that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. Impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice-skate backwards with the help of these tips. Skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there' s nothing like it. Follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time.     

Stand Straight

    The first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. If you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. Don't worry; this happens to all.

Confidence is What You Need

    The most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. How can you achieve this? By practice. Just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slope every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. But before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris（碎片）because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. While going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. One of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor (做剪式运动) your skates. Keep practicing this till you are confident about it.

Maintain Speed

    Confident now? Great! Now the next step is to maintain your speed. While rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling (滑浆), that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke (滑动). Now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. Make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. Now, try the same thing using the other foot. Again keep doing this till you are confident enough.

Increase Your Speed Now

    Once you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. Try some of your own tricks now. Scull with either foot or with both at the same time.

Scull and Be Aware

    While you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. You can do that simultaneously with both feet. Concentrate on what you are doing but don't get so involved that you don't see where you are going. If you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone.

46. According to the text, confidence comes from ________.

   A. constant exercise B. strict coaches C. high speed D. good techniques

47. Which is the right order of ice-skating backwards?

   a. Increasing your speed.   b. Being able to scull with one foot.

   c. Being about to stand straight.  d. Trying some different tricks.

   A. c→a→d→b  B. c→b→d→a C. c→b→a→d D. a→c→b→d

48. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _________.

   A. one must be brave to learn to ice-skate backwards      

   B. skating and keeping cautious are both important

   C. it's difficult to concentrate when ice-skating backwards

   D. it' s a common thing to hit someone when ice skating backwards

49. The purpose of the text is _______.

   A. to offer some advice on ice-skating backwards

   B. to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwards

   C. to explain advantages of ice-skating backwards

   D. to compare different ways of ice-skating backwards 

— How about dinner tonight? It's on me.

    — ______ .

A. You are welcome                     B. Oh, I'd like to     

C. Well, I'm afraid so                 D. That's all right

For the past two years I have been travelling and living abroad. ___21___ has become more of a feeling than a place. I feel at home ___22___I am with my family in London, but I ___23___feel at home in Italy with friends I ___24___ , or in Spain with my partner. Home is no longer a picture of a ___25___with a front door and some windows. It is more    ___26___than that.

This is one of the reasons that ___27___the New Year has become very important for me. New Year’s Eve has become my time to reconnect with the____28____that make me feel at home. Every year we try to reunite, no matter where the world has ___29___us, and remember a time when we knew each other so___30___that we felt like a family. It is a moment to reconnect and get to___31___each other again. Last year, we ___32___to a cottage(村舍)in Ireland___33___ we had no Internet and no neighbours. In the middle of the___34___, away from our big and constantly changing lives, we were able to become like a little___35___again.

This year, we went to Barcelona. It was a very big change. We were ___36___by culture and joy. There were bars and parties. It was___37___, but one thing stayed much the same---I felt at home and we felt like a family____38____.

Two hours into 2017, I realized that I was___39___enough to be with people who didn’t mind and just wanted to  ___40___the first day of the New Year with me even if it was on a sofa watching TV!

21. A. Mind         B. Life         C. Home         D. Advice

22. A. since            B. until            C. before           D. when

23. A. also         B. either           C. never            D. ever

24. A. meet         B. love         C. help         D. touch

25. A. temple           B. tower            C. house            D. castle

26. A. interesting      B. wealthy      C. difficult        D. complicated

27. A. celebrating      B. decorating       C. congratulating  D. making

28. A. classmates       B. friends          C. relatives        D. workers

29. A. invited          B. brought      C. taken            D. attracted

30. A. seriously        B. easily           C. closely          D. well

31. A. notice           B. hear         C. know         D. find

32. A. travelled        B. led          C. belonged    D. submitted

33. A. how          B. why          C. where            D. which

34. A. city         B. countryside    C. capital            D. river

35. A. organization    B. team          C. group            D. family

36. A. refused          B. surrounded       C. buried           D. connected

37. A. different        B. grateful    C. normal           D. lost

38. A. already          B. yet          C. just         D. again

39. A. wrong            B. lucky            C. clever           D. cool

40. A. spend            B. pass         C. admire           D. approach

A ________ is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.

A. symptom                       B. dimension                   C. compliment                      D. heritage

 It’s very hot these days. Will the fish ______ until tomorrow?

A. continue                     B. keep                         C. remain                            D. last

 — Mr. Smith, Tom is here. ______ he come in now?

— Oh, yes please. I’ve been expecting him.

A. Should                  B. Shall                        C. Might                       D. Must

They are always short of water to drink, __________less to bathe in.

    A. much     B. too     C. rather     D. no

 —We are going there by_________ sea.

  —Don't you think it too slow? Why not take________ train?

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

He is sure to win—the current situation is in his ____.

A. term    B. mind    C. favor      D. expectation

  在班级活动中，当你的想法与大多数同学不一致时，你是坚持自己的观点并说服别人，还是尊重大多数同学的意见？请你以“When I Have a Different Opinion”为题，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。要求如下：

1．从以上两种做法中选择一种；

2．以具体事例阐述你选择的理由。

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 It was in time of danger ________ he made the final decision ________ they should send more doctors there.

A. where; that             B. when; which

C. where; what             D. that; that

－Have you got any particular plans for the coming winter vacation?

    －Yes, _      , I'm going to visit my grandparents．

    A． if necessary           B． if so                      C． if ever          D． if possible

   Lost in the Post

    How would you feel if the letter you penned carefully and posted to your favorite star ended up in the recycling bin? That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville.   36  

Swift’s management said it was an accident, but dealing with piles of letters is a burden for most public figures. According to the BBC reporter Jon Kelly, at the height of his fame, Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10,000 letters a week.   37  

The dawn of the digital age in which public figures with a Twitter account can be messaged directly has made the process easier. The White House says it deals with 20,000 messages addressed to President Barack Obama each day.

Some celebrities don’t want letters. In 2008, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said that he would throw them out because he was too busy.  38   Robert Pattinson, star of the Twilight films, claims that he reads tons and tons of letters from fans, which takes up almost all his free time.

Many artists, however, outsource (外包) the task of opening, reading and replying. Sylvia “Spanky” Taylor, 58, has run a service in California that does just that since 1987.   39    Most letters are simply declarations of affection and admiration, she says. A few ask for money. A small number contain threats which require her to contact the celebrity’s security team and law enforcement.

The biggest problem for Taylor is working out how to deal with the correspondence(通信). Presents such as soft toys are sent to local hospitals, and most of the letters just get shredded and recycled.

   40    For some, this is enough, according to Lynn Zubernis, an expert at West Chester University. She says that the relationship between fan and celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former but it comes from a deeply-rooted human need for community.

A. Others do attempt to get through it themselves.

B. In fact, there is no alternative to deal with the problem.

C. How could he have enough time to skim through these letters one by one?

D. Typically, correspondence is acknowledged by a photo with a printed “signature”.

E. Accordingly, the correspondence problem has been difficult for the computer to automate.

F. She and her staff deal with up to 20,000 items of mail a month on behalf of 26 celebrities.

G. This incident has caused a wide public concern about how the public figures deal with the letters or mails from the fans.

 Mr. Frank asked me a question________ I could go with him to_______ he called the Treasure House the next week.

   A. that; which             B. whether; that          

C. whether; what            D. that; where

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

29. Library computers on the ground floor　　　.

A. help students with their field experiments         B. contain software essential for schoolwork

C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi        D. are mostly used for filling out application forms

30. A student can rent a locker in the library if he　　　.

A. can afford the rental fee                     B. attends certain courses

C. has nowhere to put his books            D. has earned the required credits

31. What should NOT be brought into the library?

A. Mobile phones.       B. Orange juice.    C. Candy.        D. Sandwiches.

 The blind boy has_______ gift for hearing the slight sound in_____ distance.

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