Behind our house is the start of a fascinating trail (小径). This trail is one of the old roads that wind through untold miles of forest. My   1  , Beans, and I walk the trail frequently. Normally, Beans sniffs alongside the  2    to follow the smell of a deer track or   3   some cause known only to him.

    Beans is a white dog, quite handsome and very   4   . He not only understands what

we tell him, but also often makes sounds as if he were trying to   5   back.

    One morning, we took a different route, which led us to a(n)   6    trail. I was sure this trail would eventually lead us to our familiar   7     . But, no. We seemed to be far off course. After two hours, I suddenly realized that Beans probably   8     the way home. So I urged, "Beans, take me home." He ran down a new trail. But it merely led to an intersection (岔道口) of trails.

    Soon it became   9    that we were getting nowhere. I began to picture the rest of the day in the   10  , without food or drink. We had walked about ten miles. But Beans seemed totally   11    . The sniffing and exploring was going well for him.

    Finally, we   12   a crossroad near a highway. Lady Luck suggested I should turn left. We did and   13     reached a cottage beside a field. I knocked on the door and explained my situation to an old man. He laughed and then  14   us home.

    Since our adventure, I   15   that Beans probably knew all along how to get home.

He was just having too much fan exploring new trails.

The Apollo program was not so much a scientific achievement as a technical                              ________(accomplish).

2.Grandfather is                  (forget) and often repeats himself when he tells a story.

3.He was                    (disgust) to see such terrible living conditions.

4.There has been a lot of ________ (resist) to this new law.

5.If it's a legal matter you need to seek                    (profession) advice.

6.Seeing the            film, Mary was almost              to death.(scare)

7.She becomes more and more               in the days of

            , but she still saves the situation               . (desperate)

8.The                said that he became interested in                 affairs due to his                teacher.(politics)

9.To the audience's             ，the actor's              performance really                                          

           them and they all felt                . (amuse)

10.To our            ，the famous star died.That's to say, we were                    at the news of her sudden death, and it was really              .(astonish)

11.If everyone can live in             with others, our society will be­come more                .(harmony)

12.His            words finally             me, and I was             that he was innocent.(convince)

13.My mother is         about knife. So she often asks us to use it with               and every time she finishes using it, she often puts it away          .(caution)

14.It is reported that Wang Fei didn't            to her divorce while her friends had different               to it.(response)

 I’ll be late and my mother will be angry with me ,but I don’t _____it.

A. care for                  B. care about          C. take care              D. take care of

With the development of the Internet, electronic payment    61    (become) more popular to pay bills so far.    62    (actual), the probability of paying bills electronically is decreasing with age and increasing with education, and    63    seems that women tend to use electronic payment at a    64    (high) rate than men. In addition, some consumers may respond negatively to fees when they    65    (charge) by banks for electronic deals,    66    may keep some consumers away from electronic payment and toward signature payment. Moreover, consumers’ use of electronic payment will vary with financial conditions and expectations about the future. For example, if they have negative expectations about their future financial conditions, customers are more likely    67    (pay) electronically.

On    68    whole, businesses offer electronic payment    69    (service) which not only improve customer service, but also cut costs, reduce late payments and provide a greener business solution    70    customers, improving the company’s competitive advantage.

I felt like I had clicked my heels three times and come to a country away from home every morning as I walked through the doors at the Embassy of Australia in Washington. Musical Aussie accents, and Aboriginal art exhibits made me wonder if I had entered without a visa. In fact I was a temporary employee, a public affairs unpaid intern(实习) for three months during the summer in order to engage myself in the culture of the country where I planned to study the next spring.

During the summer I read the Australian news every day. Working at the embassy allowed me to escape the U.S. for six hours per day and learn about what was going on across the planet. After reading the daily Australian and U.S. news I usually helped prepare a PowerPoint presentation for school kids who visited the embassy as part of a school activity. Depending on whether an embassy event was going on, I would attend weekly meetings to listen in on planning and see what I could do to help. Usually there were smaller tasks to be done such as creating visitors' guides.

The most fantastic event in which I participated was the visit of the Australian prime minister. As the only American among countless Australian media and staff, I felt comfortable and was kept busy taking pictures and recording door-stop interviews at famous sites such as the Capitol. But as an intern, you will not be inside, exposed to top-secret information, when it comes to special events.

Government work is a useful addition to one's experience. As an embassy employee you will gain invaluable knowledge while spending your summer in a culturally diverse workplace.

28. What is the author talking about?

A. Her embassy internship.                B. Her trouble in finding a job.

C. Her foreign culture experience.           D. Her preparation for future employment.

29. Why was the author in the Embassy of Australia for three months?

A. To apply for a visa.                    B. To prepare to study in Australia.

C. To record musical Aussie accents.        D. To appreciate Aboriginal art exhibits.

30. What was the author forbidden to do when the Australian prime minister visited America?

A. Record door-stop interviews.            B. Know top-secret information.

C. Take pictures of special events.          D. Stand among the Australian staff.

31. What can we infer about her daily routine at the Embassy?

A. It is tiring.                                       B. It is boring.

C. It is exciting.                                    D. It is relaxing.

    LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO —The Sydney Opera House to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge went dark as people switched off lights in their homes and skylines dimmed around the world on Saturday to show concern about global warming.

   Up to 30 million people were expected to have turned off their lights for 60 minutes by the time “Earth Hour” — which started in Suva in Fiji and Christchurch in New Zealand ─ completed its cycle westward. More than 380 towns and cities and 3,500 businesses in 35 countries signed up for the campaign that is in its second year after it began in 2007 in Sydney, Australia’s largest city.

   “Earth Hour shows that every day people are prepared to pull together to find a solution to climate change. It can be done,” said James Leape of WWF International, which was running the campaign.

   Lights at Sydney’s Opera House and Harbour Bridge were lowered as Australians held candle-lit beach parties, played poker by candlelight and floated candles down rivers.

   In Bangkok, some of the city’s business districts, shopping malls and billboards went dark,  although street lights stayed on. One major hotel invited guests to dine by candle light and reported brisk business.

   In Copenhagen, the Tivoli Gardens and the Royal Palace and the opera darkened for an hour, along with many street lights.

  “In the central square a lot of people were standing looking at the stars,” said Ida Thuesen,  spokeswoman for WWF Denmark. “It’s not often you can see the stars in a city.”

  “It is not just about turning off the lights, it is about raising awareness,” San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said. “Energy efficiency is low-hanging fruit. Energy efficiency is the easiest thing we can do to reduce global warming.”

   Buildings account for about one-third of the carbon emissions that scientists say will boost global average temperatures by between 1.4 and 4.0 degrees Celsius this century, bringing floods and famines and putting millions of lives at risk. Organizers of Earth Hour said that while switching off a light for one hour would have little impact on carbon emissions, the fact that so many people were taking part showed how much interest and concern about the climate crisis had taken hold. They said they planned a similar event March 28, 2009.

56. What’s the main idea of the first paragraph? (No more than 15 words.)

________________________________________________________________________

57. According to the passage, what does this activity “Earth Hour” indicate?

(No more than 15 words.)

________________________________________________________________________

58. What does the underlined words “account for” mean in English? (No more than 7 words.)

________________________________________________________________________

59. What’s the purpose of writing this passage? (No more than 5 words.)

________________________________________________________________________

60. What do you think of “Earth Hour”? (No more than 20 words) 

________________________________________________________________________

假如你是中学生李华，你校外教Mary女士近期准备回英国度假，为此，你班同学准备开一个晚会为她送行。请你根据以下提示，用英语写一封e-mail，通知她相关情况。

1.      对她的辛勤教学工作表示感谢。

2.      晚会本周日晚上7：30开始，预计持续1个小时。

3.      地点：高三10班教室

4.      活动：同学们一起唱英文歌，班长代表全班赠送她鲜花和亲手制作的礼物。

注意：

1. 词数100左右。

2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mary,

We hear that you’ll return to the United Kingdom on a holiday soon. All the class will miss you very much during your absence!

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours truly,

                                                                Li Hua

       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。每处错误仅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：在错的词下划一横线，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限一词；

                2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

       My friend Lily and I met each other when they were five years old. At that time, I moved into a new house next to hers because my father’s work. I felt so lonely when facing the new environment. Then someday, Lily played in her yard, but when she saw me, she smiled at me and asked me if or not I could play with her. I was shy at first, but then I was affecting by her kindness. We became good friend soon. As time goes by, out relationship becomes much close. When I met difficulties, she will help me without a hesitation. I think I am luckily to have her as my friend.

—Sorry for being latethis morning.

   —Never mind. The weather was terrible and many people ______ the bus.

A. miss        B. will miss  C. missed             D. have missed

    假设你是李华，上周参加了美国朋友David的生日聚会，请写封感谢信，表达你对聚会的喜爱和对David的祝福。

注意：

    1．适当展开想象，语意连贯，结构完整。词数100字左右。

2．不能写成诗歌形式；不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。

Dear David,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

When my daughter Sally was five，I bought Grimm's Fairy Tales and read Snow White to her one night．At the end of the original Grimm tale，Snow White’s stepmother is made to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she falls down dead．

This came as something of a shock．I always thought fairytales had happy endings. And I didn’t want my five-year-old daughter going to sleep thinking：“Thank goodness they tortured(折磨)that old woman to death．”That’s when I decided to write fairy tales.

In the years that followed，I wrote tales non-stop and read them to Sally at bedtime．The Corn Dolly was based on a child who was always complaining；The Silly King was just a silly story Sally loved；1 wrote The Witch and the Rainbow Cat for Sally because of her enormous  appetite  for  stories  about  witches  while Dr Bonocolus's Devil is a new version of the Faust legend．

Nifobobinus，however，was different．I wrote this book when Sally was older and engaged with all things girls have to do—who’s friends with who，who stuck a sticker on the back of whose boyfriend，or whatever thing she felt funny．

Nicobobinus，the boy who could do anything，came out of my desire for a more innocent world．He lived a 1ong time ago，in a city called Venice．Only his best friend，Rosie, knew he could，and nobody took any notice of anything Rosie said，because she was always having wild ideas anyway．

Nicobobinus was so different that it turned out to be an instant hit．The Times called me“an author setting out to rival the classic fairytales”．I asked Sally what she thought of Nicobobinus．She said it was her favourite．

21．What led the writer to start writing fairy tales for her daughter?

A．His daughter’s strong interest in fairy tales．

B．The frightening ends of past fairy tales．

C．His desire to let his daughter know more stories．

D．His attempt to fill his daughter’s bedtime with something．

22．We can infer from the third paragraph that the writer ____________．

A．was a very productive fairy tale writer   

B．created his stories out of his own interest

C．based all his stories on some old legends

D．never described witches in his fairy tales

23．When creating Nicobobinus，the first thing the writer considered was _____________．

A．what story the publisher wanted to get

B．the difference of the story from other stories

C．proper ways to keep his daughter Sally innocent

D．the shifts of his daughter’s interests

24．The underlined word“rival”in the last paragraph can be replaced by _____________．

A．follow                  B．explore

C．challenge                    D．recommend

Investing in yourself

Figuring out how to invest your money can be a difficult task. This is something that you will want to learn how to do.

__16__Things that will improve your knowledge, skills or health are all great investments. However, before you start, you need to be clear about what you will gain out of doing all of these things.

    You may think investing in yourself means investing in your education. __17__. There are some other things you can do as well as buying a gym membership or learning a new skill.

    So what are some specific things you can do? __18__. Reading books can really expand your mind and allow you to learn different skills and gain knowledge. I’m talking about the books where you will actually learn a new skill, not fiction books.

    You can also take courses and attend seminars. These programs are taught by people with a high level of knowledge or skill. __19__. Only in this way can you avoid being fooled by some sales presentation.

    Moreover, investing in yourself is a safe way to keep your money. Although a savings account is seen as the most secure investment, that isn’t 100% safe. Even if you never experience your bank closing down, the return is little when inflation(通货膨胀) is taken into consideration. __20__. But over time, they will show up in terms of your happiness level as well as your level of success.

A.     This is just one way.

B.     The benefits will stay with you.

C.     If you aren’t a reader, you should start with that.

D.     The more you do this, the more valuable you will be.

E.      Of course, you need to do some research before investing.

F.      The best way to invest your money is to invest it in yourself.

G.     When you invest in yourself, you may not see gains right away.

Not many people can say that they have lived in two totally different environments, and technically neither can I. I have lived in the same house in the same Connecticut town my whole life, but a lot of my childhood and teenage years have been spent visiting my family in New York City.

Wethersfield is a typical New England town, a small close community (社区) where almost everyone knows your name. My friends all go to the same high school and my parents are friendly with my friends’ parents. Most of my friends don’t realize what life is like outside this little town. Maybe every so often a few take a day trip to Manhattan or Boston, but none really knows what it’s like to live in an urban environment.

My parents are both from New York City and since they have siblings and friends who still live there, we visit a lot. From an early age I have been exposed to urban life. Jeff, one of my cousins, lives with his mother in a one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn. He has never had his own room and has always been very much on his own. I don’t think any of my friends could understand how someone could live like that.

When I go to the city I see things I would never see in my hometown. I see poverty and people struggling to make a living. I observe a whole different pace; there, you’re just one guy living with millions of others who will never know your name.

I feel blessed to have experienced the lifestyles of two completely different places. I am grateful for the opportunities I have had. I feel that living in Wethersfield has given me a solid base in forming my character and the ability to deal in a close-knit society. On the other hand, my time spent in New York has exposed me to diverse cultural experiences. I feel that I would be comfortable in any environment and could make the best of any situation.

1．According to the author, most of his friends in the town _____.

A. have never experienced city life

B. can only understand the rural life

C. prefer the small close community

D. know little about the real city life

2．The underlined word “siblings” in paragraph 3 means _____.

A. schoolmates  B. colleagues       C. relatives        D. parents

3．The author’s life in New York has brought him _____.

A. his present character                B. the social ability  

C. the comfort of city life         D. diverse cultural experiences

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

A. A Small Town and a Big City

B. A Man of Two Different Worlds

C. Experience Various Environments

D. Make the Best of Diverse Cultures

 –You know I dropped medicine and _____ physics in 2014.

   --You made a right decision.

   A. took up        B. took in        C. took apart       D. took off

I．      

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1.    我们盼望着收到你的建议。（forward）

2.    他的重大科学发现震惊了世界。(astonish)

3.    日益紧张的医患关系有待解决。（remain）

4.    我们应该将有限的生命投入到无限的为人民服务中去的说法过时了吗？(devote)

5.    如果饭店老板们把游客当作将要上钩的鱼而不是受到欢迎的客人，旅游事业就不能得到发展。(hook)

 When you got lost in the forest, I guess, you_______ very frightened.

A. must be                    B. must have been     C. should                D. should have been

 There are 12 fantastic lamps hanging ______ the ceiling in the restaurant.

A. on            B. around               C. in                      D. from