As a child,Jane was fond of animals.As a consequence,when she was growing up,all she ever heard was as follows,"Jane,you should be a  41  .You're going to achieve great success in that field.That's the very thing you should do in the future."So when she got to the Ohio State University, she took biology,chemistry and some other

   42   ,studying hard to be a vet.

Later on,she won a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship,which allowed her to spend her  43  year studying abroad in Manchester,England.Away from the family and the  44  from them,she found herself one day siting at her desk,surrounded by biology books and staring out the window,when it suddenly hit her:“I'm in total  45  .I don’t want to be a vet!”

  46  she thought back over all the things she'd done in her life and what had made her happy.And then it hit her-it was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered at  47  the communications and leadership course she had taken as selective course back at Ohio State."How could I have been so  48  ?Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally  49  that I'm on the wrong path. I just never took the time to  50  it until now,"she thought.

  51  by her new thought, Jane spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies.When  52  to Ohio State,she was  53  able to convince the administration to let her create her own program in "leadership studies,"  54  it took her 2 years longer to finally graduate.She  55  to become a senior management adviser in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She  56  founded a drug-prevention organization that  57  the message,“ Lead your own life with the skill and the  58   to say no.”

So,never  59  someone else's dreams.If you limit your  60  only to what seems possible or reasonable,you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.

41.A.engineer           B.programmer            C. doctor              D.vet

42.A. subjects          B.objects                   C. projects                 D.programms

43.A.first              B.second                C. final                    D.past

44.A. promise      B. stress               C.complaint             D.press

45.A. vain              B. misery               C. delight                  D.surprise

46.A.Then               B. Instead                  C. Perhaps                  D.Seldom

47.A.but            B.or                    C. and                      D.so

48.A.disturbed          B.ignorant                  C. intelligent              D.inspired

49.A.aware          B.unconscious               C.afraid                D.satisfied

50.A.complete           B.accomplish            C.permit                D.admit

51.A.Inspired           B. Disappointed             C. Embarrassed              D.Confused

52.A.relating           B.returning             C.responding            D.referring

53.A. eventually        B.especially            C.hardly                D.desperately

54.A.if             B.as                    C.although                  D.despite

55.A.managed        B. failed               C.tried                 D.attempted

56.A.still              B.never                 C.again                 D.also

57.A. proves            B.conveys               C. concludes            D.warns

58.A.fact           B.chance                C.will                  D.truth

59.A.ignore         B. break                C.realize                   D.live

60.A.smiles             B.choices                   C.mistakes              D.reasons

----Children, please! I’m trying to work.

  ----_________.

A. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

B. Terribly sorry and we will leave you alone now’

C. Like mother, like daughter

D. Nothing is so serious, sorry

When traveling, you sometimes have to go somewhere alone, always ____ your attention on your belongings.

A. focusing    B. focuses    C. focused      D. focus

It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.

Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.

    This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didn’t last long.

The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.

The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(杀虫剂) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.

Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.

Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.

26. From paragraph 1 we learn that the villagers __________.

A. worked very hard for centuries        B. dreamed of having a better life

C. were poor but somewhat content           

D. lived a different life from their forefathers

27. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?

A. the frogs were easy money                   B. They needs money to buy medicine

C. they wanted to please the visitors           D. the frogs made too much noise

28. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?

A. the crops didn’t do well              B. there were too many insects

C. the visits brought in diseases                D. the pesticides were overused

Five or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A professor who conducts research over in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human brain that, when we concentrate on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we can’t see what we can’t see, our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing (投掷) basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.

Everyone except me. I’m dyslexic (患阅读困难症的), and the moment I saw that tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldn’t be able to keep track of their movements, so I let my mind wander. I became curious, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩) walked in among the players. She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, beat her chest with her fist, and then went away while they continued passing the balls.

When the tape stopped, the professor asked how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, and congratulated those who’d scored the perfect 15. Then he asked, “And who saw the gorilla?”

I raised my hand and was surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one of only three or four in the large room to do so. He’d set us up, trapping us in our own attention blindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasn’t the one who had played it on us. By concentrating so hard on counting, we had managed to miss the gorilla in the midst.

Attention blindness is the fundamental organizing principle of the brain, and I believe that it presents us with a great opportunity. My take is different from that of many neuroscientists: Where they see the shortcomings of the individual, I sense an opportunity for cooperation. Fortunately, given the interactive (互动的) nature of most of our lives in the digital age, we have the tools to control our different forms of attention and take advantage of them.

It’s not easy to admit that everything we’ve learned about how to pay attention means that we’ve been missing everything else. It’s not easy for us logical, intelligent, confident types to admit that the very key to our success — our ability to discover a problem and solve it, an achievement obtained in all those years in school and beyond — may be exactly what limits us. No one ever told us that our way of seeing left out everything else.

50. Which of the following is true about the writer when the tape was played?

A. Like everyone else, the writer was counting carefully.

B. The writer had difficulty keeping track of the tossers’ movements.

C. The writer showed great curiosity about what the players were doing.

D. The writer tried hard to stop her mind from wandering.

51. What’s the total number of basketball tosses by the players in white shirts in the video?

A. 13.                           B. 14.                          C. 15.                          D. 30.

52. Most of the people failed to notice the gorilla in the video because _____.

A. they focused on the basketball tossing only

B. they were trapped by the basketball players

C. they did not know what they were supposed to do

D. they did not listen to the lecture carefully

53. The word “take” (paragraph 5) most probably means _____.

A. understanding            B. impression                C. scene                       D. preference

54. In the writer’s opinion, attention blindness ______.

A. should be viewed as a shortcoming of the individual

B. might be overcome if we can discover problems and solve them

C. makes it possible for us to work together for a shared purpose

D. helps us to become logical, intelligent and confident types of people

Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For      

  61  ，it is a useful way to release their   62  (press). And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.   63   many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,   64    should be used to study.

In my view, I am greatly in favor   65   this activity. Today the Internet  66  (play)an important and essential role in our life .Therefore, as high school students of the Information Age ,we need to learn to make use of this   67   (mean ) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on . Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while   68   ( organize) our micro blogs .

In fact, micro blog   69    (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it  70 

matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

  In Britain’s May 6 parliamentary election, Cameron’s Conservative Party won the most ______.

   A. seats            B. places             C. positions        D. locations

 Much disappointed as he is ________ in the job interview, he still keeps his confidence.

A. to have failed    B. failed C. having failed   D. failing

 —Why didn’t John take part in the race yesterday?

—He          out of the race because of his serious injury.

A. needn’t have dropped                                        B. should have dropped 

C. would have dropped                                           D. must have dropped

 Her dog is funny and lovely, but I don’t think I have enough time to keep ________.

  A. this                           B. one                         C. it                            D. that

Don’t worry！There is still a great chance       we can make up for the lost time.

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

Writing a funny speech is possibly a lot harder than writing a serious-minded one. Are you up for it? Well, if you think you are, try these steps.

Choose a funny topic. Ask your partner, friends, etc., if they agree with you that you have chosen a funny topic. Nothing is less funny than choosing a topic that only satisfies your sense of humor but not anybody else’s. If you can’t think of a funny topic, choose one on an everyday activity.   36 

    Research your topic. If you can’t think of enough witticisms (妙语) of your own, go online and hunt down other people’s.   37   But if you’re performing in public, be sure to acknowledge others’ or to paraphrase (改写) it so that you are not copying.

Write in a humorous way.   38   Don’t choose unclear references. Choose something that everyone is bound to know and understand. Naturally, this will depend on the make-up of those listening to your speech. Make jokes about your topic; that way, everyone will understand, unless the audience has a horrible sense of humor.

  39   If they don’t laugh, this might be a sign to rewrite your speech. Get a good listener. Someone who is a lot like the majority of your audience would be a good listener, because you will know exactly what to say to make them laugh.

Have fun! If you go up to give your speech and you’re shaky and nervous because you don’t think anyone will laugh, everyone will be more focused on terrifying you than listening to your speech.   40   Chances are that you’ll never have to speak in front of them again.

A.      Ask your listeners to come back.

B.      Humor works best when everyone “gets it.”

C.     Just have a good time giving the speech and don’t mind your audience.

D.     That way, you can push the boundaries and make it amusing.

E.      People do get stage frights, but if you’re confident, then everything will go just fine.

F.  Read your speech out to someone trusted before giving it

G.  If you're at a private party, you won't need to be too concerned about using other people's materials.

假如你是李华，是你校英文报纸“Teens’ Life”的编辑。请你用英文为报纸写一篇介绍中国传统节日“端午节”的文章。

要点如下：

        1.节日的日期；

        2.节日的由来；

        3.庆祝的方式。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

        2.短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；

        3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇: 战国时期the Warring States Period; 自杀 commit suicide; 粽子Zongzi。

The Dragon Boat Festival __________________________________________________

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As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many other college seniors. In her hand was an envelope containing her final grades. As she nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours of studying had paid off.

    They had.

    “I got five A’s,” she still recalls with elation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

    Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a Bachelor of Science degree in philosophy and history at age 80. Three years later, at age 83; she would receive her second degree from Suffolk, a master’s in education.

    Now, with both diplomas proudly displayed in her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93, she continues for her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over to attend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being in an academic atmosphere,” she says. “That’s what I love.”

    Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900. Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leave school for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warren describes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move “broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

    In the end, however, “I went to school nights,” she recalls. “Any place I could find an outlet of learning and teaching, I was there.”

    A short time later, her mother became ill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

    Finally, in 1921, her mother, now recovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for two years to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

    Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to be in the academic field” continued.

    In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, and seven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widow and a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was to last nine months. She said she wanted to see “things you never see in the West End.”

    When she returned home, she took a bookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology and Chinese history.

    In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned from a neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuition- free program for senior citizens.” I was at the registrar’s office the very next day,” she recalls. At first, she took one or two courses at a time, but encouraged by her professors, she enrolled as a degree candidate.

    “I had not studied for so many years,” she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, Warren, who calls herself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

    Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk, says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---that learning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about being here, and that permeates (散发) her activities and is contagious (传染的) to students and faculty.”

55. What does the word “elation” mean in the sentence “I got fives A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness      B. Great surprise       C. Great pride        D. Great honor

56. How old was Warren when she got her first college degree?

  A. She was 79             B. She was 23             C. She was 80                  D. She was 75

57. What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

  A. Studying           B. Factory work        C. Typing                      D. Office work

58. Which statement can be inferred from the underlined sentences?

  A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition; she went to study at Suffolk University

  B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses at Suffolk University

  C. Most of the students at Suffolk University are older than 65

  D. Suffolk University encourages older people to take courses

59. It can be inferred from this passage that Rosalie Warren _______.

  A. came from a wealthy family                B. didn’t like working in an office

  C. put her family before her education             D. didn’t like her family very much

60. What is the main topic of this passage?

  A. Rosalie Warren’s family                             B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education                       D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

Thinking about a career in public safety or law enforcement? Statistics show that these careers are growing, have great benefits,and can be very rewarding.___16___But there are hundreds of public safety jobs to think about-everything from police officer who protect people to driver's license examiners who test driving skills.

For example,Angela Bloom is an animal control worker for the city.She and her co-workers pick up animals that are lost,sick,or dangerous.___17___For this job,being in good physical condition is important and a high school diploma is required.It may be necessary for candidates to have received on-the-job training and hold certification.

___18___He looks for health problems in places where people prepare and serve food.There are many kinds of jobs for inspectors.For example,public safety inspectors look for safety violations or dangerous workplaces and fire inspectors look for problems in buildings that could cause fires.___19___A college degree is often necessary. Actually, applicants with a bachelor's or master's degree,related experience or training in a foreign language may have the best job prospects.

___20___For those interested in working in this dynamic and rewarding field,a wide variety of options are available.So remember,if you like working with the public,and are looking for a good job,a career in public safety might be perfect for you.

A.Martin Lee is a health inspector.

B.You can come and apply for the degree.

C.They also investigate reports of animal abuse.

D.These are only a few of the job options available.

E.Problems solving skills are important for these jobs.

F.Their job is to find a person to adopt the homeless animals.

G.Police officer and firefighter are two of the most popular safety jobs in this field.

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent（出租）a room

Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Don’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

   You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing  solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

24. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.

A. ￡500    B. ￡800         C. ￡4500    D.5000

25. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?

A. On Letpark.         B. On Grashpadder.

C. On Roomspare.      D. On Roommateeasy.

26. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.

A. sign an agreement with the government      B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment

C. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years  D. sell the roof to some energy companies

27. For whom the text most probably written?

A. Lodgers.          B. Advertisers.

C. Online companies  D. House owners.