—Could you lend me the book you ______ me about when I telephoned you?

—No, I am sorry, I can’t. I gave it to a friend.

A．were telling     B．would tell           C．had told             D．had been telling

 He wanted to know ______I became the No. 1 highest paid movie star last year.

A. how was it               B. it was how that        C. how was it that       D. how it was that

假如你是李越，即将进入大学学习。请你用英语写一篇100～120个词的短文，谈谈你

进入大学后的打算。短文应包含以下要点：

1. 如何尽快适应环境；

2. 如何发展各种能力。

注意：短文的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

With my college life waiting for me, __________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Can you imagine a car racer is so eco-friendly that its tyres are made from potatoes, its body is created from hemp (大麻) and rapeseed oil and it runs on fuel made from wheat and sugar beet? The one-seater racing car called Eco One is built by experts from Warwick University, who hope that Eco One will be adopted by the automotive industry. It is sold at $ 51,000.

Pollution-sensitive Dress

Don’t be caught outside unaware of pollution levels in the air. The pollution-sensitive EPA Dress by Stephanie Sandstrom notices pollution in the air accordingly. This dress – which is actually quite pretty – looks like you pull it from the bottom of the dirty laundry pile when the air is dirty. It might protect your health by advising you to stay indoors for the day, but it won’t do you any favor if you’re meeting with clients. 

Eco-friendly Umbrella

Traditional umbrellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only an umbrella skeleton without any surface, which can be folded, so you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface.

Eco-friendly Moss (苔藓) Carpet

It is said that walking on fresh grass increases your blood circulation. The Moss Carpet, created by Nguyen La Chanh, looks at getting the grass to your feet. The mat includes ball moss, island moss and forest moss. The humidity (湿度) of the bathroom ensures that it grows well. And that’s why you need to place it there and not anywhere else. 

28. According to Paragraph 1, we can find Eco One _____．

A. can seat one passenger and one driver   

B. can’t be afforded by the public at present

C. is mainly made from some kinds of plants         

D. will take the place of the traditional car industry

29. Why is EPA Dress designed?

A. To advise people to stay at home as often as possible

B. To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air.

C. To make women look pretty even in the polluted air.

D. To stop people from meeting their clients if necessary.

30. Compared with traditional umbrellas, the Eco-friendly Umbrella _____．

A. is changeable                                          B. hasn’t any surface

C. can be folded                                          D. is made of newspapers

31. Where does the text probably come from?

A. A science report                                     B. A personal blog  

C. A health report                                        D. An official document

Our risk of cancer rises rapidly as we age. So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors (肿瘤) or doesn’t it?

While such tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly. With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it s important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.

In many cases, screening can lead to additional examinations and operations to remove cancer, which can cause side effects, while the cancers themselves may be slow-growing and may not cause serious health problems in patients’ remaining years. But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so ingrained (根深蒂固的) that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused a noisy reaction among doctors, patients and social groups.

It’s hard to uproot deeply-held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data. Certainly, there are people over age 75 who have had cancers detected by routine screening, and gained several extra years of life because of treatment. And clearly, people over age 75 who have other risk factors for cancer, such as a family history or previous personal experience with the disease, should continue to get screened regularly. But for the rest, the risk of cancer, while increased at the end of life, must be balanced with other factors like remaining life expectancy.

A recent study suggests that doctors start to make more objective decisions about who will truly benefit from screening—especially considering the explosion of the elderly.

It’s not an easy calculation to make, but one that makes sense for patients. Dr. Otis Brawley said, “Many doctors are ordering these tests purely to cover themselves from medical disputes. We need to think about the wise use of health care, which means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better.”

50. Routine cancer screening for the elderly people makes sense because ______.

A. it is believed to contribute to a long life        B. it is part of their health care package

C. they are more sensitive about the health       D. they are in greater danger of tumor growth

51. How do some researchers now look at routine cancer screening for the elderly?

A. It adds too much to their medical bills.        B. It helps increase their life expectancy.

C. They are doubtful about necessity.                     D. They think it does more harm than good.

52. What is the traditional view about women screening for breast cancer?

A. It applies to women over 50.                      B. It is a must for adult women.

C. It is intended for young women.                 D. It doesn’t apply to women over 74.

53. Why do many doctors advise routine screening for cancer?

A. They want to protect themselves against medical disputes.

B. They want to take advantage of the medical care system.

C. They want data for medical research.

D. They want their patients to suffer less.

54. What does the writer say is the general view about health care?

A. The more, the better.                                 B. Prevention is better than cure.

C. Better early than late.                                 D. Better care, longer life.

Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it’s painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

During the hours when you labour through your work, you may say that you’re “hot”. That’s true. The time of day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people that peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such familiar monologues （自言自语）as “Get up , John ! You’ll be late for work again !” The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

You can’t change your energy cycle, but you can make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you’re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to . If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won’t change your cycle , but you’ll get up steam and work better at your low point .

Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy for your sharper hours .

53. If you want to work better at your low point in the morning, you should      .

      A. change your energy cycle                               B. overcome your laziness

      C. get up early than usual                           D. go to bed earlier

54. You are advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will         .

      A. help to keep your energy for the day’s work

      B. help you to control your temper early in the day

      C. enable you to get your energy on your routine work

      D. keep your energy cycle under control all day

55. What’s the best title of the passage?

      A. Change Your Habits                                     B. Save Your Energy

      C. Daily Energy Cycle                                      D. Temperature-and-Energy Peak

56. The text is probably taken from a ______.

A. news report                       B. research paper

C. medical textbook                   D. fashion journal

Poet William Stafford once said that we are defined more by the detours(绕行路)in life than by the narrow road toward goals. I like this image. But it was quite by accident that I discovered the deep meaning of his words.

For years we made the long drive from our home in Seattle to my parents’ home in Boise in nine hours. We traveled the way most people do: the fastest, shortest, easiest road, especially when I was alone with four noisy, restless kids who hate confinement(限制)and have strong opinions about everything.

Road trips felt risky, so I would drive fast, stopping only when I had to. We would stick to the freeways and arrive tired.

But then Banner, our lamb was born. He was rejected by his mama days before our planned trip to Boise. I had two choices: leave Banner with my husband, or take him with me. My husband made the decision for me.

That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through. We took the country roads out of necessity. We had to stop every hour, let Banner shake out his legs and feed him. The kids chased him and one another. They’d get back in the car breathless and energized, smelling fresh from the cold air.

We explored side roads, catching grasshoppers in waist-high grass. Even if we simply looked out of the car windows at baby pigs following their mother, or fish leaping out of the water, it was better than the best ride down the freeway. Here was life. And new horizons.

We eventually arrived at my parents’doorstep astonishingly fresh and full of stories

 I grew brave with the trip back home and creative with my disciplining technique. On an empty section of road, everyone started quarreling. I stopped the car, ordered all kids out and told them to meet me up ahead. I parked my car half a mile away and read my book in sweet silence.

Some road trips are by necessity fast and straight. But that trip with Banner opened our eyes to a world available to anyone adventurous enough to wander around and made me realize that a detour may uncover the best part of a journey----and the best part of yourself.

29. Why did the author use to take freeways to her parents’ home?

A. It was less time               

B. It would be faster and safer               

C. Her kids would feel less confined                 

D. She felt better with other drivers nearby

30. What does the author discover from the trip according to Paragraph 6?

A. Freeways are where beauty hides.               

B. Getting close to nature adds to the joy of life               

C. Enjoying the beauty of nature benefits one’s health                 

D. One should follow side roads to watch wild animals

31. Why did the author ask the kids to get out of the car on their way back home?

A. To give herself some time to read               

B. To order some food for them               

C. To play a game with them.                 

D. To let them cool down

32. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Charm of the Detour               

B. The Road to Bravery               

C. Creativity out of Necessity                 

D. Road trip and Country Life

Steve Paul Jobs passed away in America on October 6th, 2001, _____ death made millions of people feel sorrowful.

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

Wanted, Someone for a Kiss
    We’re looking for producers to join us in the second of London 100FM. You’ll work on the station’s music programmes. Music production experience in radio is necessary, along with rich knowledge of modern dance music. Please apply(申请) in writing to Producer Vacancies, Kiss100.
Father Christmas
    We’re looking for a very special person preferably over 40, to fill our Father Christmas suit.
    Working days: Every Saturday from November 24 to December 15 and every day from December17 to December24 except Sunday, 10:30—16:00
    Excellent pay.
    Please contact(联系)the Enterprise Shopping Center, Station Parade, Eastbourne.
Accountants Assistant
    When you join the them in our Revenue Administration Unit, you will be providing assistance within all parts of the Revenue Division, dealing with post and other general duties. If you are educated to GCSE grade C level we would like to talk to you. This position is equally suitable for a school leaver of for somebody who has office experience.
    Wealden District Council
Software Trainer
    If you are aged 24-45 and have experience in teaching and training, you could be the person we are looking for. You should be good at the computer and have some experience in programme writing. You will be allowed to make our decision, and to design courses as well as present them. Pay upwards of ￡15,000 for the right person. Please apply by sending your CV (简历) to Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
33. Who should you get in touch with if you hope to work in a radio station?
A. The Enterprise Shopping Centre 

B. Mrs R. Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.
C. Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100. 

D. Wealden District Council.
34. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who __________________.
A. is aged between 24 and 40    

B. may do some training work
C. can work for about a month  

D. should deal with general duties
35. which position is open to recent school graduates?
A. Producer, London Kiss.
B. Father Christmas.
C. Software Trainer
D. Accountants Assistant

There is a very special wolf that lives in Africa. They are actually called, the African wild 

dog, or painted dogs. 

   These animals live in open woodlands, or in the plains of Africa. Today, however, most 

of the animals can be found in eastern or southern Africa. These animals are beautiful. They 

have rounded ears instead of pointed like most dogs, and they have four toes on each of their 

four feet, also a unique characteristic because other dogs have five. Their fur is always different 

from each other. The fur is usually a combination of black, brown, red, and white, and sometimes 

even yellow. No wonder they’re called the painted wolf.

   The African wild dog is a very social animal. They live in groups and have numbers from 

five to about twenty. The members of a group are always very close to one another. They

communicate in their own language or body language. When someone is very old or sick, 

the others will help, and they are willing to share the food with the elders and with those who 

are weak, which is what we should learn from.

  The family does everything together, from raising young, to sleeping together, to hunting. When 

they hunt, they will work together using team work to kill animals that are larger than them.

  They sometimes hunt farm animals. This is unfortunate, because both poachers (偷猎着), and people who own farms shoot the painted dogs who are just trying to survive.

    Before, there used to be many large groups throughout the land, but now the African 

wild dog is very rare. They are also losing their population because of their own loss of habitat 

thanks to human’s farming and forest cutting.

46. From the passage we learn that the African wild dog ________.

A. lives in the north of Africa          B. has sixteen toes altogether

C. has pointed ears like most dogs     D. lives in forests in groups

47. Why do African wild dogs get the name “painted dogs”?

A. They all have colorful fur.

B. The dogs in the same group are of different colors.

C. Artists love to paint them in different colors.

D. None of them has the same color.

48. According to the author, what should we learn from African wild dogs?

A. They always do everything together.

B. They help the sick, the elderly and the weak.

C. They are always very close to one another.

D. They communicate in their own language.

49. Which of the following is NOT the reason why African wild dogs are becoming very rare? A. Poachers kill some of them.       B. They are short of food sometimes.

C. They are losing their habitat.      D. Farmers shoot some of them.

50. Where could this passage probably be found?

   A. The Travelers.        B. Fashion Weekly.        C. Animal World.        D. Star Magazine.

       _____ for her powerful and pure voice, Houston was the winner of 6 Grammys and 22 American music awards.

       A. Being known                                        B. Knowing

       C. Known                                                 D. Having been known

When I was a teenager, we were the only family in our New York town that didn’t own a car. And having no car was ___21___ because all my friends’ parents did.

We were poor. Suddenly a moment arrived ___22___ my life forever. For weeks a new Buick Road Master ___23___ in the window of the biggest store on Main Street. Now, on the special night, I stayed in the shadows at the edge of the crowd waiting for the winning ___24___to be drawn.

It had never even entered my mind that we would ___25___. But the loudspeaker called my father's name! ___26___ I wormed my way up to the platform, the mayor had presented dad with the ___27___, and he had driven off amid___28___. I ran ___29___. Mother met me and told me that my father had asked Jim, his boss, if he wanted to buy a ticket. Jim said yes and my dad ___30___ two tickets in his own name with his own money, ___31___ 348 for Jim and the winning number was 348 instead of ___32___ one 349.

“Your father is struggling with a/an ___33___ problem. But I think if you have character, you have the better part of ___34___and I know your father will do what is right,” mother said ___35___. At last we ___36___ dad’s step on the front porch，I held my ___37___. He went straight to the ___38___ in the dining room and dialed. Jim’s phone rang for a long time...

___39___ over the years, I know now we were never ___40___ than we were at the moment when dad made the telephone call....

21. A. relaxing    B. shaming    C. worrying    D. pleasing

22. A. saving    B. improving    C. risking    D. changing

23. A. had stood    B. had been on sale    C. had performed    D. had been under repair

24. A. team    B. guy    C. ticket    D. boss

25. A. jump    B. fail    C. strike    D. win

26. A. As soon as    B. Because    C. By the time    D. Although

27. A. dollars    B. keys    C. medals    D. tickets

28. A. shouts    B. prayers    C. noises    D. cheers

29. A. home    B. downtown    C. to my friends    D. to the platform

30. A. saved    B. bought    C. booked    D. printed

31. A. calling    B. writing    C. marking    D. bringing

32. A. the other    B. another    C. the lucky    D. other

33. A. embarrassing    B. mental    C. puzzling    D. moral

34. A. wealth    B. poverty    C. health    D. belief

35. A. with anger    B. excitedly    C. calmly    D. with anxiety

36. A. saw    B. heard    C. followed    D. found

37. A. arms    B. mouth    C. eyes    D. breath

38. A. phone    B. cup    C. ticket    D. window

39. A. Looking out    B. Looking up    C. Looking back    D. Looking in

40. A. poorer    B. richer    C. more foolish    D. more clever

假如你是育才中学的一名英国交换生Tom。为了放松心情、结交朋友并了解中国的风土人情，你计划这个假期去云南大理、丽江旅游。请根据以下要点撰写一篇博文寻找中国学生作为旅游伙伴：

1．时间：8月2 1日-8月26日；     2．对旅伴的要求；

3．联系方式：电话：13012345678; E-mail:tommy1999@163.com.

注意：

1．词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

I'm Tom, a British exchange student at Yucai High School.                               

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 — Are you still very busy?

 — Yes, I       the report for the manager and it won’t take long.

A. have just finished                                  B. am just finishing

C. had just finished                             D. am just going to finish

New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple will get to ring in the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year in the U.S., in style with a fireworks display on the Hudson River set to music written by Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun.

The display is part of the second annual “Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China” festival held in New York on February 5-10, 2016. The China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the U.S.-China Cultural Institute and the Cultural Associate of the Committee of 100 announced this year’s events on November 18 at a press conference at the Lincoln Center.

The “Fantastic Art China” festival will feature a larger and more diverse series of artistic and cultural events across New York’s top cultural venues (地点) and landmarks, including the Lincoln Center, Empire State Building and Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.

This year’s theme focuses on exploring the complicated relationship between sound and image, said Professor Yu Ding from CAFA, who is also president of Fantastic Art China and in charge of the festival’s design. Lunar New Year, which celebrates the “Year of the Monkey” in 2016, is an opportunity to bring China’s modern art to mainstream America, and the festival serves as  an innovative approach to establishing cultural exchange between China and New York City, Yu said.

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Tan Dun’s music is a new edition that will be featured  at several venues, including a major art exhibition at the Javits Center, events at the Lincoln Center and the fireworks display on the Hudson, which will take place on the evening of February 6. Five barges (游艇) on the river will launch the fireworks designed by CAFA that will tell a story about celebration and conservation.

“We Chinese are fond of nature, so the best way to celebrate the Lunar New Year is to salute with the sounds of nature, such as sounds of water, stone and bamboo,” said Tan Dun at the press conference, “And it will be fun to use the music of water during the firework display.”

In addition to the fireworks, a special lighting show at the Empire State Building will illuminate New York City during the holiday.

 Chinese New Year is being recognized as a public school holiday for the first time in New York. Children from the National Dance Institute, which represents 75 schools, will perform traditional Chinese dances at the Lincoln Center and the Javits Center. And, in celebration of the “Year of the Monkey” events will feature a conservation message about the endangered golden monkey in China.

28.  The theme of this year’s celebration is centered on ________.

   A. diversity of Chinese traditional festivals

B. relationship between sound and image of nature

   C. endangered species and environment protection

   D. cultural exchange between China and America

29. The coming “Year of the Monkey” is to be celebrated in New York by ________.

   A. sailing on the Hudson River along with a new-year speech

   B. holding a special concert at the Empire State Building

   C. setting off fireworks and holding a special lighting show

   D. taking a week off and organizing Chinese dance contests

30.  What does the underlined word “illuminate” (in Para. 7) most probably mean?

   A. Lighten.        B. Surround.       C. Decorate.        D. Broaden.

31.  This passage is written mainly in order to ________.

   A. compare some traditional festivals in China and America

   B. attract visitors to America for the coming new-year celebration

C. strengthen the cultural co-operation between China and America

D. report celebration activities for the “Year of the Monkey” in New York

Disease, poverty, hate, love—Charles Dickens’ stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his age. Two hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens’ legacy(遗产) was far greater than just “great literature”

    February 7 marks the 200^th anniversary of the writer’s birthday. To mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern world. Let’s take a look at two of them.

A white Christmas

Dickens is described as “the man who invented Christmas”—not the religious festival, but the cultural aspects that we associate with the festive season today. In the early 19^th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh Hunt. The committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day – unthinkable in the West nowadays, when everyone but the most necessary workers takes at least three days off.

Many people believe that Dickens’ popular descriptions of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to come. In his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas, but also painted a picture of glowing warmth –“ home enjoyments, affections and hopes”.

In his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote: “ Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of Christmas.”

“Dickensian” poverty

Dickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the underclass and the poor of Victorian (the period during British Queen Victoria’s reign from 1837 to 1901) London.

He helped popularize the term “red tape” to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy（官僚作风） in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of society.

“Dickensian” has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of poverty. In 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in the UK wanted to talk about deprivation in some areas of Britain, she did not use words like “terrible” or “horrific”, but rather described it as “life mirroring the times of Dickens”. 

13．What is the main idea of the article?

   A. An introduction to Charles Dickens’ classic novels.

   B. Charles dickens’ impact on the world.

C. Charles Dickens’ amazing characters.

D. Why Charles Dickens is popular across the world.

14．Why is Dickens called “the man who invented Christmas”?

A. Because he created the religious festival.

B. Because many of his novels have something to do with Christmas.

C. Because one of his novels helped to shape Christmas celebrations.

D. Because he was the first man to have proposed celebrating Christmas.

15．According to the article, the phrase “red tape” refers to _______.

   A. rules or procedures that are required to accomplish a task

B. a situation in which poor members of society are hurt.

C. conflict between people in power and weaker people

D. pointlessly time-consuming official procedures

假如你是银川一中的李华，你在某英文论坛上看到一个帖子。澳大利亚中学生Martin想来中国旅游，你向他推荐了西安市，请根据以下提示写一封电子邮件。

内容包括：1.自我介绍；

2.推荐理由：历史悠久、景色优美、文化丰富、市民友好、小吃多样；

3.你的祝愿。

注意：1. 字数不少于100；

2. 适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。

Dear Martin,

I’m very glad to have read the post that you put on the English Forum.___________

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Yours,

Li Hua