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.”

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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

 Mr.Green is always devoted to his work and has a sense of responsibility. That’s why he was asked to _______the company when manager’s health was declining.

A. take over        B. hand over         C. turn over       D. trip over

 —I usually go there by train.  —Why not ____ by boat for a change?

A. to try going       B. trying to go        C. to try to go       D. try going

   My father, Danny Thomas, was a famous comedian, singer, actor, and producer with many fans. When I was a child I   41  him. Once, my father made a(n)  42  with Margaret O’Brien and he often took me to the set. I also wanted to be a movie star. Ten years later, at age seventeen, I got my  43  .

   I played the lead in Gigi. However, the   44   of finally being a real actress was painfully short-lived. All the interviews and all the reviews  45  my father.

   Would I be as good as my father? Was I as gifted ,as funny? Would I be as popular? I was extremely   46   .

   I loved my father, but my   47  was just him.

   “Daddy,” I began, “please don’t be   48  when I tell you this. I want to change my   49   . I love you but I don’t want to be a Thomas anymore.”

   I tried not to   50  during the long silence. And then he said, “I raised you to be a thoroughbred(优秀的赛马). When thoroughbreds run, they wear blinders to keep their eyes focused straight   51   with no disturbance, no other horses. They hear the crowd but they don’t  52  . They just run their own race. That’s what you have to do. Don’t listen to anyone   53  you to me or to anyone else. You just run your own race.”

   The next night  54  the crowd filed into the theater, the state manager   55  me a white box with a red ribbon. I opened it up and inside was a pair of old horse blinders with a little note that  56  , “Run your own race, Baby.”

   Run your own race, Baby. Dad could have said it a dozen other ways: “Be   57   ”: “Don’t be influenced by others.” But it wouldn’t have been the same. He chose the right words at the right time. And all   58  my life, I’ve been able to come to the point by asking myself. “Am I running my race or   59  else’s?”

   I thank my father for all his words that continue to live in my   60  .

41. A. hated            B. adored       C. feared           D. avoided

42. A. movie        B. album        C. record           D. interview

43. A. position         B. award        C. degree               D. chance

44. A. affection        B. anxiety          C. excitement           D. bitterness

45. A. focused on  B. relied on        C. appealed to          D. attended to

46. A. calm             B. upset        C. touched              D. guilty

47. A. belief           B. limit        C. model            D. problem

48. A. puzzled          B. injured          C. hurt                 D. confused

49. A. role             B. name         C. school           D. major

50. A. cry              B. smile        C. scream           D. laugh

51. A. ahead        B. around       C. about            D. aside

52. A. hesitate         B. move         C. shout            D. listen

53. A. leading          B. comparing    C. tying            D. introducing

54. A. until            B. though       C. as               D. since

55. A. delivered        B. handed       C. dropped              D. pressed

56. A. wrote        B. showed       C. printed              D. read

57. A. grateful         B. modest       C. independent          D. considerate

58. A. toward           B. beyond       C. through              D. behind

59. A. somebody         B. anybody          C. nobody           D. everybody

60. A. recognition      B. dream        C. experience       D. heart

 They eat only plant foods, and take care to _____ animal products from other areas of their lives.

  A. contain             B. maintain          C. exclude       D. include

–You don’t go to that supermarket quite often , do you?

  --No, I only go there ______ because it’s too far away from my house.

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

Unlike many surfers who sought the perfect wave, my interests always lay beneath the sea' s surface in a world I could only imagine and dream of．When I was twelve, I made my first adventures in the deep．Later I would learn how to dive, expanding my world of exploration many times over．

Perhaps the greatest turning point in my life came when I was in high school and I wrote a letter to the famous Scripps Oceanographic Institution, asking how I might learn more about the sea．A kind scientist answered my letter and told me how to apply to Scripps for a summer scholarship, which I received．During one of their courses that summer, I met Dr．Robert Norris, a marine geologist．He loved the sea almost as much as I did．Soon he suggested I consider his school, the University of California, for my study．One year later I became a member of the freshman class．

Now my love affair with the sea became a serious endeavor．If I wanted to be an undersea explorer, I needed to learn as much as I could about the laws of the physical world that controlled the environment I wanted to enter．The undersea world is not our natural world．It is unforgiving to those who make mistakes．At its greatest depths the water temperature is near freezing, the pressure is eight tons per square inch, and it is totally dark．It is easy to get lost in such a world．I needed to learn a lot about geography, navigation, geology, biology, and many other things．

I decided another important thing for me to do was to join the U．S．Navy．If I was going to be an undersea explorer, I would have to lead men and women on dangerous adventures where they might get hurt, and I didn't want that to happen．

In the Navy I learned discipline, organization, and how to motivate and lead people on adventures so that we could explore the wonders of the deep．

Finally, the time came to put all that I had learned to use, to go forth with a team of men and women and explore ?an adventure I am still on and hope to be on for many years to come．

59．What happened to the author at the age of twelve?

     A．He dreamed about undersea exploration．

     B．He began to swim under the deep water．

     C．He surfed on big waves for the first time．

     D．He learned to dive off the cliffs．

60．In college, the author took many different types of courses because he

      A．was told it was easy to get lost in exploration

      B．was advised to take them by Dr．Robert Norris

      C．thought they were needed to fully understand the ocean

      D．believed it would help him succeed in the Navy

61．The author joined the Navy to ______．

     A．develop his leadership skills

     B．get along with people under stress

     C．learn about the dangers of the ocean

     D．gather specific information about ocean life

62．Which word can best describe the author?

     A．Imaginative．    B．Optimistic．       C．Independent．           D．Ambitious．

Universities in the UK are leading the way in maths, English, history and art, according to annual rankings. Following analysis of subject strength at world institutions, major global league tables have revealed that UK universities provide the best courses in eight of the 42 subjects analyzed.

Four universities feature in the top placed rankings, including the University of Oxford, which leads in four subjects, and the University of Cambridge, which leads three. The Royal College of Art, which was given a major boost last week by George Osborne, the Chancellor, with £54 million in funding for its new campus in Battersea, is ranked as the world’s best university for art and design, while the Institute of Education University College London retains its status as world-leading for education.

However, the rankings were dominated by US universities, with Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topping the tables in 24 subjects between them.

Published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), researchers garnered the opinions of 76,798 academics and 44,426 employers to inform the results, alongside the analysis of 28.5 million research papers.

Results of the research saw UK universities secure eight first place rankings, 16 second-place rankings and 21 third-place rankings, with increases in both academic and employer reputation.

Commenting on the rankings, Ben Sowter, head of the QS Intelligence Unit, said: "Though the US and UK remain dominant, our most inclusive rankings ever show that excellence can be found in an ever-increasing number of places. “Nations like Austria, South Africa, Finland, Brazil, China, and Sweden can be found in the top ten of our tables. Our new top 100 for performing arts acknowledges academic excellence in 27 different countries and regions, while our top 100 for mineral engineering recognizes 26 countries and regions.”

25. Which can you infer from the passage about the UK universities?

   A. UK universities are the best ones in the world.

   B. UK has 42 best courses in the world.

   C. UK universities lead in more subjects than the universities in US.

   D. UK universities become more famous and popular.

26. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. The Institute of Education University College London was world-leading for education before the research was made.

   B. UK universities won most of the first place rankings.

   C. More and more countries are ranking on the list of the top 100.

   D. Oxford and Cambridge contribute a lot to the ranking of UK universities.

27. Why does the author list the figures in Paragraph 4?

   A. To show the research has got a lot of support.

   B. To indicate that the research is reliable.

   C. To attract more people to join it.

   D. To arouse the readers’ interest.

28. How does the passage develop?

   A. By giving examples.

   B. By comparison.

   C. By analyzing the statistic.

   D. By telling stories.

Every time Lionel Messi breaks a record, it seems appropriate to compare him to the legends that came before him.

In 2012, he rewrote soccer history on multiple occasions, and his latest record came when he scored his 86th goal of the calendar year, breaking Gerd Muller’s previous mark, before wrapping up the year with 91 goals.

All statistics indicate that Messi is currently the best player in the world, and that he will go down in history as the top footballer of his generation. But when he is judged against all-time greats like Pele and Diego Maradona, he still has work to do.

We don’t know whether the Barcelona striker will have another year in which he records more than 90 goals, but he must still sustain(维持)a similar level of production for the next several seasons.

Messi has already taken part in three of Barcelona’s victorious Champions League(冠军联赛)campaigns, and he played an important role in two of them. In order to firmly establish himself as the greatest club football player in history, he must win the tournament a few more times.

Most importantly, the Argentine(阿根廷人)needs to win on the international stage. Regardless of what Messi does for Barcelona, his legacy will be incomplete if he cannot win the World Cup with Argentina.

Both Pele and Maradona led their countries to the top of international soccer during their careers, and Messi’s performances for his country have been severely disappointing.

While he was still a teenager in 2006 —and his lackluster(平淡的)showing is excusable due to his youth—he cannot brush off the disappointment that characterized Argentina’s performance in 2010.

But the 4-0 loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup Quarter Final seems to have sparked Messi. He scored 12 times for Argentina last year, and the next World Cup could finally be Messi’s breakout performance in blue and white stripes.

Due to all of his accomplishments, it is easy to forget that the extraordinary footballer is just 25 years old. If he can avoid injury or lengthy slumps(低潮状态)until his speed and skills start to decline due to age, he may continue to break records and win trophies.

56. What will Messi have to do in order to be complete in his soccer career?

A. He must win the World Cup with Argentina.

B. He must win the tournament a few more times.

C. He must defeat Pele and Maradona.

D. He must avoid injury or lengthy slumps.

57. How was Messi’s performance in 2010 World cup?

A. Excellent      B. Inspiring        C. Disappointing      D. Normal.

58. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Messi has firmly established himself as the greatest club soccer player in history.

B. Messi will try his best to win the next World Cup with Argentina.

C. Messi can avoid injury and lengthy slumps to break records and win trophies.

D. Pele and Maradona led their countries to the top of international soccer during their careers.

59. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Lionel Messi, the Best Soccer Player of All Time ?

B. Lionel Messi, the Greatest Soccer Player in History.

C. Barcelona and Lionel Messi.

D. World Cup and Lionel Messi.

While going through life with the pursuit of money on our mind, we're often told that money can't buy happiness. But what truth is there in the saying? Is there a relation between money and happiness?  36 

    Humans are very sensitive to change. When we get a rise, we really enjoy it. But some studies have shown that in North America, additional income beyond 75,000 dollars a year stops impacting day-to-day happiness.  37   They often end up spending all the money, going into debt, and experience ruined social relationships.

    So surely money can't really buy happiness. Well, recent studies suggest that the problem may actually be in the way that we spend money.  38  Studies show that people who spend their money on others feel happier. As for the people who spend money on themselves, their happiness is unchanged.

      39  0ne experiment showed that instead of an organization writing a large check to a charity, dividing the amount up among employees, allowing them to contribute to a charity of their choice, increased their job satisfaction. Similarly, individuals that spend money on each other, as opposed to themselves, not only increase job satisfaction, but improve the team performance.

      40  Interestingly, the specific way money is spent on others isn't important. Spending something on others is the important aspect of increasing your happiness.

A. The same principle has been tested on teams and organizations as well.

B. Money has more effect on the vast majority of people in the long run.

C. Instead of buying things for yourself, try giving some of it to other people and see how you feel.

D. And if so, how can we use it to our advantage?

E. Almost everywhere we look in the world, we see that giving money to others is positively related to happiness,

F. And while you're saving up for these greatest experiences, don't forget the daily joys in life.

G. In fact, people who win a lottery often report becoming extremely unhappy.

—Did any signs come up before the earthquake?

—Yes. Unusual things             all those days, for example, a number of animals got out their homes.

       A． happening       B． were happening    C． has happened          D． had happened

假定你是李华，你在某英文网站看到一个关于“Food ＆ Culture”的征文活动。请根据下表内容提示写一篇短文。

注意：

       1.词数120左右，题目已为你写好；

       2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Chinese Dumplings and Culture

1. 他昨天在会上提的关于环保的建议值得进一步考虑。(deserve)

2. 在校运动会中，全班同学都尽一份力是天经地义的事。（It）

3. 学海无涯这句名言激励着无数年轻人发奋学习去探索未知世界。（stimulate）

4. 专家认为对于青少年的教育，只有父母事事以身作则，方能行之有效。(only if)

5. 这项计划的初衷是募集资金，来帮助那些读不起书的穷孩子，但由于种种原因被搁浅了。（mean）

 The woman           there,         in a blue shirt, is Lily’s teacher.

    A. seated ; dressing        B. seating ; dressed        C. sat ; dressed        D. sitting ; dressed

 —You seem to be familiar with New York.]

   —I _______ there for three years. It’s great to be back.

A. live     B. had lived    C. have lived   D. lived