Chinese kungfu is one of the earliest and longest-lasting sports that use both muscle and brain. Over its long history it has developed as a unique combination of exercise, practical self-defense, self-discipline and art.

It is estimated that Chinese kungfu can date back to primitive society. At that time, people used sticks to fight wild beasts. Gradually, they accumulated a great deal of self-defense experience. When the Shang Dynasty began, hunting was considered an important part of kungfu training .

During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, martial arts(武术) evolved to become a kind of dancing. Usually, the dancing of martial arts was used to train soldiers and inspire their morale. At the same time, the skill and technology of sword making as well as sword ceremonies developed rapidly.

Starting from the Tang Dynasty, a kungfu examination was proposed and introduced. Excellent candidates would receive titles and awards through the examination, largely promoting the development of martial arts. By then, martial arts had evolved to become an art form and an independent genre. Kungfu was gradually introduced to many countries in Southeast Asia. Today , kungfu is honored as the ancestor of kickboxing(跆拳道), karate(空手道) and judo.

The Song and Yuan dynasties witnessed the climax of kungfu development. The practice of kungfu by civil organizations became more and more popular. People actually made a living as martial arts performers all over the country. Usually their performance was carried out by a single person or two people as a pair.

Chinese kungfu achieved greater development in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the Ming Dynasty, a lot of genres came into being and numerous books on martial arts were published. In the Qing Dynasty, the ruling empire banned the practice of martial arts, and the people had to set up various clubs or societies to pass on the skills in secret.

Today, kungfu continues to be practiced by many people for the purpose of keeping fit or improving body image.

28. According to the text, ___________ was an important part of the development of kungfu

in ancient times.

   A. hunting        B. dancing       C. singing          D. fighting

29. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, kungfu was used to__________.

   A. promote the national economy           

B. keep healthy and improve body image

   C. train soldiers and inspire their morale    

D. fight big wild animals

30. What can we learn from the text ?

   A. The production of swords reached the highest point during the Tang Dynasty.

   B. Kungfu was performed by many people during the Song and Yuan dynasties.

   C. Kungfu has had a great impact on many activities in Southeast Asia.

   D. The Tang dynasty witnessed the climax of kungfu development.

31. How did kungfu evolve in the Ming Dynasty?

   A. The emperor set up many organizations to promote kungfu.

   B. Various genres appeared and books were published about kungfu.

   C. Kungfu became the only performance at court parties.

   D. People made a living as kungfu performers all over the country.

 —I think Harry Potter 7 is absolutely the best in the whole series.   

 —__________. I have seen it twice but I want to see it once again.

  A. You can say it again                                      B. I should think not

  C. By no means                                                D. Out of the question

Christopher Reeve,  41 __was born in September, 1952, was in his first school play  42 __he was eight and he started to act in TV shows and films while he was still in college. He made many ____43___(success) films and TV shows but he was most famous ___44___ his Superman films.

___45___ (lucky), disaster came in 1995 when he fell from his horse and ____46__(break) his back. The doctors did not expect him to live. ____47___, he made amazing progress. At first, he couldn’t breathe without a machine, but he learnt to breathe on his own. He would never walk again but he started____48__ new life with great courage.

The second year after his accident, Christopher returned to film making. He also raised a lot of money ___49__ (help) medical research into back injuries. He made speeches all over the USA about his experiences. This not only ___50___(draw) public attention to research into back injuries but also encouraged a lot of people living with all kinds of problems.

It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, the moments are usually not obvious to the listeners. Why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say. They hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happened.

Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I Have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles(结巴) over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don’t remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making.

People care a lot about making a mistake in a speech because they regard speechmaking as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. They feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually increase a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.

As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.

32．The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will ______.

A．be smarter than you                      B．notice your mistakes

C．do better than you                         D．know what you are talking about

33．You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because________.

A．your attention is on the content      B．you don’t fully understand the speech

C．you don’t know what the speaker plans to say

D．you find the way of speech-making more important

34．It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A．giving a speech is like giving a performance

B．one or two mistakes in a speech may not be bad

C．the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is made

D．the more mistakes a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be

35．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．How to Be a Perfect Speaker                B．How to Make a Perfect Speech

C．Don’ t Expect a Perfect Speech             D．Don’t Expect Mistakes in a Speech

A new computer program is being praised as a life-changer for blind people．The new program is known as the KNFB Reader app．It can help users listen to an audio read-back—the sound—of printed material including restaurant menus to studying papers in the classroom，which will make the blind people’s life much easier．

The application software program costs ＄ 99．It is the product of a 1ong relationship between the National Federation of the Blind and Ray Kurzweil，a computer scientist and an employee of Google．One user，named Gordon Luke，said that he was able to use the app to read his voting card for the recent election．

The KNFB Reader makes use of new pattern recognition and image—processing technology，and new hardware for smartphones．People using the app can adjust，or change the position of the camera and read printed materials out loud and that gives some people greater independence．

Mr．Kurzweil started working on what he called“reading machines”in the early 1970s．The idea came after speaking with a blind person who expressed frustration with the lack of technology to assist blind people．The first reading machine was the size of a washing machine．It cost ＄50，000．The technology has continued to improve over the Dast 20 years．The new reading app can recognize and take printed material in one language and change it to another language．But it was not available on a mobile device until now．In the past，it cost more than ＄1，000 to use the software app with a camera and a mobile phone．

33．With the KNFB Reader，the blind can do the following except ______________．

A．drawing a picture      B．1earning in the school

C．reading menus            D．voting in the election

34．After years of hard work，Kurzweil managed to make his reading app more _____________．

A．complex                     B．practical

C．expensive                    D．fashionable

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

A．What led to the invention of the first reading machine

B．Why the KNFB Reader app is developed

C．Smartphone app gives“sight” to the blind

D．How a reading app benefits all the disabled

 –Long time no see! Where have you been?

--I went to Ningxia and ______ there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.

A stayed                     B stay                         C had stayed             D am staying

       I’m part of the Roots & Shoots program founded by Dr. Jane Goodall. The program is intended to make and promote positive changes in the world. As Dr. Goodall says, “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”

       In Bulgaria, where I live, homeless dogs are everywhere. Many people here turn a blind eye to them. But I cannot ignore the life of a street dog whenever I see one wandering in the street, looking for something to eat. That’s why I’m no longer a food waster. When I see wasted food, I always think of a hungry dog climbing to garbage bins, searching for food that people have thrown there. When eating in a restaurant, I’m not afraid to take leftover food to feed stray cats or dogs.

       A week ago, I saw a homeless dog around the garbage bins. Immediately I knelt down, spoke to her softly and ran my hands over her. I could see that she had had puppies. I couldn’t imagine how she could have been able to care for them. Hours earlier, I’d bagged up a plate of leftover fish. As I unwrapped it, she wagged her tail and sniffed at it. She ate all the fish in no time.

       It’s sad, isn’t it? I can’t understand why many of us waste so much and think little of it. These homeless animals have taught me that food is precious. Even when I don’t have leftovers with me, I’ll take the time to get something from the grocery store to feed them.

       I know my power is small, so I hope that next time you see wasted food, do turn it into worthy food. You have the power to save a life!

25.The author uses what Dr. Goodall says to show     .

       A. how we can develop our business

       B. why it is important to be great

       C. why the program is popular globally

       D. how we can change the world positively

26.What can be concluded from the text?

       A. There are few homeless dogs where the author lives

       B. The author takes homeless dogs home and raises them

       C. Seeing homeless dogs makes the author never waste food

       D. People throw food into garbage bins to feed homeless dogs

27.The author took the leftover fish with him to     .

       A. feed a homeless dog he met

       B. eat it when he was hungry

       C. look for more homeless animals

       D. set an example to those who throw away food

28.The author wrote the text to ask us to     .

       A. value our food

       B. treat dogs as our friends

       C. save wasted food for homeless dogs

       D. raise homeless dogs and cats

The fact is that everyone has to grow up and mature, ________ come some growing pains.

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

假设你是学校国际部的学生会主席，你校的新图书馆即将开馆，请你根据所给提示用英语给留学生写一则通知。内容主要包括：

1．开馆时间：上午11：00～下午8：00(周末除外)；

2．要求：a.所有学生须持学生证进入图书馆和借阅书籍；

b．在图书馆内要保持安静；

c．所借图书要及时归还，每次最长借期不得超过20天，但可以去图书馆办理续借手续；

d．严禁带零食或饮料进入图书馆。

注意：1.词数80左右。开头语和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

2．通知的语言要得体，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear schoolmates，

Good news for you！__________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________

The Student Union

My doorbell rings at 11 am. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady holding the hand of a little boy. In her other hand _____41_____(be) a paper bag. She is the little boy’s grandmother, and her daughter, Nicole, bought ___42___ house next door last October. Nicole has ____43____(obvious) told her mother that I am having a heart operation shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided ____44____(supply) me with meals.

I know what is inside the paper bag — a bottle of hot soup and a ____45____(contain) with a meal of rice, vegetables and meat. It’s become a daily occurrence.

Communication ____46____ us is somewhat difficult because she doesn’t speak English and all I can say in Chinese is hello. Once, she brought an iPad as well as the food. She pointed to the screen, ______47______showed at message from her daughter telling me that her mother wanted to know ____48____ the food was all right for me.

So here we are, two grandmothers, neither of ____49____(we) able to speak the other’s language but communicating one way or another (with some help from technology). The doorbell keeps _____50_____(ring) and there is the familiar brown paper bag, handed smilingly to me.

 The expanding population will form a heavy burden to education and public welfare, and ____to the social stability.

   A. frequently                   B. significantly        C. occasionally        D. consequently

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

      2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

It was 7：15 in the morning of February 8,2007. I was walking along Park Road towards the east while an old man came out of the park on the other sides of the street. Then I saw a yellow car drive up Third Street and made a right turn into Park Road. The next moment the car hit the man while she was crossing the road. He fell with a cry. The car didn't stop and drive off at full speed heading west. I noticed the driver was young woman wore a pair of glasses and the plate number was AC864. Two minutes ago, I stopped a passed car and took the old man to the nearest hospital.

---What happened to Bill?

---He _____ really fast when suddenly he ran headfirst into a parked car.

A. had run        B. was running     C. has run          D. has been running

    Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child – a bit of nostalgia(怀旧) or “blast from the past,” as we say. But it is not a distant childhood memory. The words come back to you as clearly as when you sang them all those years ago.

    Researchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign language. They found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languages.

    Here is what they did. Researchers took 60 adults and randomly divided them into three groups of 20. Then they gave the groups three different types of “listen-and-repeat” learning conditions. Researchers had one group simply speak the words. They had the second group speak the words to a rhythm, or beat. And they asked the third group to sing the words.

    All three groups studied words from the Hungarian language for 15 minutes. Then they took part in a series of language tests to see what they remembered.

    Why Hungarian, you ask? Researchers said they chose Hungarian because not many people know the language. It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages, such as Italian or Spanish. After the tests were over, the singers came out on top. The people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall performance. They did the best in four out of five of the tests. They also performed two times better than those who simply learned the words by speaking them.

    Dr. Katie Overy says singing could lead to new ways to learn a foreign language. The brain likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy 3, or memorable 4, tune 5.

    Dr. Ludke said the findings could help those who struggle to learn foreign languages. On the University of Edinburgh’s website Dr. Ludke writes, “This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning, and opens the door for future research in this area.”

28. The “song” mentioned in the first paragraph is intended to__________.

  A. recall the past                       B. attract the readers

  C. introduce the topic                   D. compare the childhood with the present

29. According to the passage which language doesn’t share the same root with Germanic or Romance languages?

  A. Hungarian      B. Spanish      C. Italian            D. English

30. Based on the last two paragraphs, we can conclude that __________

  A. singing is the best way to learn a language.

  B. the brain probably works best when the foreign language learners sing the words.

  C. a listen-repeat method is very effective for any language learner.

  D. Dr. Katie Overy and Dr. Ludke disagree with each other.

31. In which situation can the finding of the research be applied?

  A. A mother is going to teach her baby how to speak.

  B. A child is going to have his first music lesson.

  C. A student is going to learn a new English song.

  D. An American is going to learn some Chinese.

      Smog in Europe and North America could be more than 25 times more deadly than the average air pollution found in Chinese cities, a new study suggests. In the largest ever study of its kind in the developing world, researchers tested the effects of air pollution on the health of people in 272 cities in China.

      They found average annual exposure to fine particles, known as PM2.5, in those cities was more than five times higher than the level recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), according to a paper in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

      However they also discovered that it was much less likely to increase the death rate than PM2.5 in Europe and North America.

      The researchers, led by Dr Maigeng Zhou, of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, suggested this was because China is affected by large amounts of natural dust blown by the wind from arid areas, while most pollution in the West comes from industry.

      They found that for every increase of 10 micrograms of air pollution in a cubic meter of air, the mortality rate increased by 0.22 percent, discounting deaths from accidents.

       Professor Frank Kelly, an expert in environmental health at King’s College London, who was not involved in the study but has studied air pollution in China, told The Independent: “Those relative risks are considerably less than those seen in Europe and the US. For mortality(死亡率)in Europe we are working on a six percent increase per 10 micrograms.” That suggests air pollution in Europe is about 27 times more toxic than average air pollution in China.

      However, Professor Kelly said cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong were likely to suffer from Western-style air pollution. "The natural dust component there is not of the magnitude that it would dwarf the coal, biomass and fossil fuel signals,” he said, “That may be true in certain cities whose pollution is not dominated by local power generation or major traffic congestion.”

      Natural dust particles can cause physical damage to the lungs and trigger an asthma attack. Particles of carbon produced when fossil fuels are burned can lead to similar problems but they are also coated with toxic heavy metals, chemicals and volatile organic compounds. These are able to pass from the lungs into the blood stream where it is thought they cause further damage to the body.

      Areeba Hamid, an air pollution campaigner with environmental group Greenpeace, said: “Poisonous air causes damage to people’s health wherever in the world they live. We now know fumes from diesel(柴油机) vehicles are a lot more poisonous than car companies claimed and this is a big cause of air pollution in Europe and North America. These companies have a lot to answer for, but so far they’ve managed to avoid any real accountability.”

      The study of cities in China found the average annual expose to PM2.5 was 56 micrograms per cubic meter, compared to the WHO guideline limit for safe air quality of 10 micrograms.

      People who were older than 75, had less education or who lived in hotter places were more likely to die. It is thought people in warmer cities were more likely to spend time outside or leave their windows open, thereby breathing more polluted air, the researchers said. They also speculated that less well educated people might have poorer access to health care or experience poorer environmental health conditions.

62. Why PM2.5 in China is less deadly than that in Europe and North America?

      A. China is free from any pollution about PM2.5.

      B. Pollutants affecting China mainly come from arid areas.

      C. Fewer people died from PM 2.5 in China than those in Europe and North America.

      D. Europe and North America are polluted by natural dust.

63. What does the underlined part in Para 7 refer to?

      A. The average mortality rate.         B. The higher mortality rate.  

       C. The lower mortality rate.           D. The normal mortality rate.

64. What’s the real cause of air pollution in Europe and North America according to Areeba Hamid?

      A. Fumes from diesel vehicles are much more poisonous.

      B. The environmental agencies can’t take on responsibilities.

       C. The technology doesn’t meet the standards.

      D. Car companies can’t evaluate the results.

65. The author’s purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

      A. appeal to people to lay an emphasis on environmental protection.

      B. illustrate smog in Europe and North America is quite serious.

      C. demonstrate China is safest place in the world to live in.

      D. provide some good ways to address the smog.

The ten most ____________(频繁地) asked questions are listed below.

越来越多的汽车进入了我们的家庭，改善了我们的生活，但同时也带来了很多问题，如塞车和车祸，给家庭和社会带来了极大的危害。作为中学生，我们应该怎样做呢？请写一篇有关交通安全的短文。

内容包括：1.遵守交通规则，如走人行道/过斑马线；

2.别在街道或马路上玩耍和踢球；

3.劝父母不能酒后驾车。

注意：1.词数100左右；

  2.你可以适当增加内容，以使行文连贯；

  3.开头语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：zebra-crossing斑马线

With more and more cars coining into our families,we are happy that it has greatly improved our life.