“I have rights. I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market.I have the right to speak up.”

That was Malala Yousafzai. She was 41  about girls' rights to an education, something 42 by the Taliban militant group.

About a year after that interview, 15-year old Malala was shot  43  the head by a Taliban gunman. She 44  , and continued her work to help young women get an education. On Friday, at age 17, Malala became the youngest person ever awarded a Nobel Peace prize. She 45  it with Kailash Satyarthi of India. The 60-year old activist has led peaceful demonstrations  46 child slavery and forced labor.

The 47  that the award is shared is significant. Malala is a Pakistani Muslim,Satyarthi is an Indian Hindu.Their nations are 48  . Malala says the award gives a message to people of love between Pakistan and India and between different  49  .

Malala came to the press conference 50  from school. She spoke mostly without note, she talked for about 15 minutes, and she described how she'd been in the 51 lesson at 10:15 in the morning, and she knew it was a(an) 52 day, she knew the Nobel Peace awards were going to be announced, and at 10:15 she had said to 53  , that she didn't expect that she was going to get the award.

Then a teacher came to the chemistry class  54  she was, and she was 55 to one side told that she had won the award, but she decided 56 that that she would stay and finish her lesson.

She had a physics lesson before coming and  57  the speech. And she talked about how she felt honored to have received this award.

“I'm feeling honored that I'm being  58  as a Nobel laureate(获奖者), and I have been honored with this-this  59  award to the Nobel Peace Prize. And I'm proud that I'm the  60  Pakistani and the first young woman or the first young person who's getting this award. It's a great honor for me.”

41. A.talking up            B. holding up                C. summing up             D. speaking up

42. A.supported           B. approved               C. objected               D.opposed

43. A. in                  B. at                      C. on                     D. to

44. A. died                 B. struggled              C. escaped              D. survived

45. A. speaks             B. shares                 C. gets                   D. accepts

46. A.for                      B. towards                 C.against                     D.through

47. A. news               B. information             C.idea               D. fact

48. A. friends              B. rivals                     C. relatives                 D. neighbors

49. A. religions           B. cultures                  C. countries              D. areas

50.A.slowly                  B. hurriedly                C. quickly               D. direct

51.A. math             B. chemistry            C.physics                 D.geography

52.A. important          B. necessary               C. wonderful             D. useful

53.A.her                  B.them                  C. herself                   D. themselves

54.A. who                B. which                C. where                  D.what

55.A. taken          B. fetched                  C. brought                D. carried

56.A. beyond             B.beneath                  C.beside                       D.despite

57.A. giving             B. offering               C.leading               D.talking

58.A. advised           B. realized                 C. chosen                      D. asked

59.A.splendid            B. precious              C. concise                D.enormous 

60.A. best                  B. first                    C. greatest                  D.smartest

 I refuse to accept the blame for something ________was someone else’s fault.

A. who   B. that  C. as   D. what

British singer Sarah Brightman will begin training this year for a 2015 flight to the International Space Station where she hopes to become the first professional musician to sing from space, the company arranging the trip said on Tuesday．
　　In 2012,I had the opportunity to experience one of the world’s most beautiful and tragically misunderstood nations．I went to Port au Prince, Haiti, with a group of nineteen other members full of   21   for the people there．I had just thought that the   22   two years earlier had destroyed their spirits,   23   their faith, and taken any hope that they had already had．  24  ,I could not have been more wrong．
　　One of my most   25   memories was walking through Tent City, where ten thousand tents sat on what was   26    Haiti's only golf course．They were families who lost everything   27    40 seconds．As we walked past the   28  , I took in all of my surroundings．To my   29  ．there were songs being sung．children playing soccer, laughter everywhere you turned, and women   30   sweeping the dirt floors of their tents．That's when it really  31   me．These people didn't need me to feel   32   for them．Truthfully．the Haitian people were some of the most   33   people I've ever met．Just the way that they still could love, and sing, and play, gave me a sense of   34 .
　　But every once in a while, I would  35   another type of person who looked so broken and had so much emptiness in their   36 ．They were the people who had lost every thing and every person that they loved in the earthquake．This broke group of people ，  37  me to always be compassionate, and to never take anything for granted．
　　It's almost unsettling to know that it took a（n）   38   to one of the world's only fourth-world countries, for me to truly understand what being    39    means．To be grateful is to make the best of every situation you meet with, to   40   everything with a sense of humility（谦虚） ．and to never take a day, or a person for granted．
21．A．enthusiasm        B．sympathy         C．curiosity         D．interest
22．A．earthquake        B．storm              C．typhoon          D．flood
23．A．lost                 B．killed         C．broken           D．stolen
24．A．So           B．And              C．Therefore        D．However
25．A．reliable            B．vivid                C．important        D．attractive
26．A．once               B．already             C．still                D．never
27．A．beyond            B．within              C．after              D．about
28．A．houses             B．bridges             C．shelters           D．villages
29．A．anger              B．surprise        C．relief             D．joy
30．A．willingly          B．seriously           C．cautiously     D．happily

31．A．fought             B．hit                   C．disappointed        D．defeated
32．A．good               B．bored                C．sorry                 D．terrible
33．A．joyful             B．creative              C．helpful              D．generous
34．A．relaxation       B．hope                 C．humor               D．calmness
35．A．knock into       B．get through       C．deal with             D．come across
36．A．eyes               B．ears                  C．minds                D．hands
37．A．forcing           B．warning            C．reminding         D. informing　　38．A．access            B．trip                  C．period                D．distance
39．A．grateful          B．confident           C．painful               D．sensitive
40．A．welcome        B．challenge          C．protect           D．handle

Sleeping in Class

I can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had____21____most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just ___22___ my first class of the day my eyelids were feeling ___23___and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a ___24___. A few minutes’ nap time before class couldn’t___25___, I thought.

Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart ____26____ quickly trying to find the cause of the ___27___. My young professor was looking back at me with a ___28___, boyish smile on his face. He had ____29____ dropped the pile of textbooks he was carrying onto Ms desk. “Good morning!” he said, still smiling. “I’m glad to see everyone is ____30____. Now let’s get started.”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the shock of my professor’s textbook_____31_____either. It was ____32____from the attractive discussion he led. With knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. I____33____the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ____34____and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than ____35____ in class that day, too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it ____36____, and make it an ____37____ of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. What a beautiful world we could ____38____ if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love. Don’t sleepwalk your way through life then. ____39____! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is ____40____short not to live it well.

21. A. used up          B. stayed up            C. mixed up    D. taken up

22. A. before           B. during               C. after            D. over

23. A. lighter and lighter    B. wider and wider

C. smaller and smaller    D. heavier and heavier

24. A. pillow           B. bed              C. tool         D. waste

25. A. break            B. shock                C. hurt         D. pass

26. A. jumping      B. striking         C. moving       D. beating

27. A. accident    B. lesson               C. action           D. noise

28. A. sad          B. evil             C. naughty      D. silly

29. A. intentionally        B. accidentally         C. naturally        D. obviously

30. A. present          B. awake                C. sleepy           D. attentive

31. A. bomb         B. instructions         C. alarm o’clock  D. hitter

32. A. even         B. instead              C. still            D. therefore

33. A. left         B. attended         C. missed           D. entered

34. A. smarter          B. stranger         C. braver           D. prettier

35. A. not talking      B. not learning         C. not fighting    D. not sleeping

36. A. with effort      B. with pressure        C. with desire      D. with joy

37. A. aim          B. expression           C. acceptance       D. offer

38. A. describe    B. create               C. change           D. ruin

39. A. Cheer up    B. Hurry up         C. Wake up      D. Look up

40. A. so               B. as               C. too          D. such

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 25．The best title of the 3rd advertisement would be             .

A．Training at Home                                        B．Learning at Home  

C．Recording Work                                         D．Working at Home

26．According to the information above, if your child has hearing problems, you can turn to________.

A．At-Home Profession Corp.                       B．Globe Insurance Company

C．Bradford Publications                             D．American Inventors Corp.

27．From the advertisements above, we can learn that            .

A．Globe Insurance Company has a history of 51 years

B．as a medical transcriptionist, you may earn＄25,000 a month

C．Bradford Publications offers a treatment to hearing impaired parents

D．you can visit www.aic.com when you invent a new model of hearing aid

Recently some American scientists have given a useful piece of advice to people in industrialized nations．They say people should eat more of the same kind of food eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago．36_______    

The scientists say that the human life has changed greatly．Our bodies have not been able to deal with these changes in lifestyle and this had led to new kinds of sicknesses．37_______ So they are called "diseases of civilization"．Many cancers and diseases of the blood system are examples of such diseases.

Scientists noted that people in both the Old Stone Age and the New Stone Age enjoyed very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none．38_______  However, a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and that of today.

Stone Age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than domestic ones．They ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables and fruits．They did not have milk or any other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains．39________  We eat six times more salt than our ancestors．We eat more sugar．We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C.

40________ But scientists say that we would be much healthier if we eat much the same way the ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet food.

       A．Stone Age people lived a simple life.

       B．But today, we enjoy eating a lot of these.

       C．In that case, they would live much healthier.

       D．Ancient people also got lots of physical exercise.

       E．These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times.

       F．People today probably don't want to live like our ancestors.

       G．Modern people used to suffer from "diseases of civilization".

Master Your Deadlines

The struggle begins in high school,sometimes earlier.Deadlines,and lots of them,start to pile up.At college,the pressure sometimes leads to last-minute rush and unsatisfactory work.At work,failing to meet deadlines can easily get you fired._36_.Here are a few best practices.

●Assign deadlines to what matters.

If the task isn't of high importance,don't set a speci6c deadline.In this way,you are able to keep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured._37_.This will provide just enough pressure to ensure you get it done.

●_38_.

Set a personal deadline for yourself a day or two before the actual deadline._39_.If you're working with a group of people,add in even more time to account for potential follow-ups and the need for approvals.

●Keep communicating.

_40_.This means letting others know when something is taking longer than expected,when a delivery didn't come in,when a client is not providing the necessary information,etc.Although it may feel embarrassing to admit that something is not on schedule,being honest is much better for relieving your stress.

A.Plan for flexible hours

B.Finish your project as early as possible 

C.But if an activity is urgent,set a deadline immediately

D.In this way,you'll never have to stay up late and feel stressed

E.But handled properly,deadlines can actually improve productivity

F.Whenever you feel challenged to finish work on time,communicate

G.So if anything takes longer than expected,you can still wrap it up and submit it on time

一Will you do me a favor and pick me up tonight?

--                  .

    A.  My pleasure.                B.  With pleasure.

    C.  Go ahead.                   D.  Don't bother.

   It encouraged us to visit Quora.com, the online question and answer community, to find out how users get te most out of every tank of gas.

   Light makes right

   Alex Elderfield noted that excess weight prevents an engine from burning fuel efficiently. "Only carry what is essential in your car, clean out any junk or necessary items otherwise you are paying for the fuel to cart these from place to place," he wrote.

Driving smoothly – that is, not mashing the gas and then slamming the brakes later down the road – was a fixture of many responses. Quora user Clint Law agreed on that advice, who wrote, "Every little bit of kinetic energy that your brakes lose, your engine burned in fuel to build up." Overbraking should consequently be viewed as wasted acceleration. "That's really what kills your fuel economy," he argued.

Keep the pressure up

Keeping the recommended tire pressure for your car was another mantra among Quora users. Marlyn Rosent said she checked her tire pressure every time she filled up her SUV. Quora user Doug Dingus checks his tire pressure every weekend. “Less tire contact means reduced rubbing, requiring less fuel,” he said.

Air conditioning or windows

Though the summer heat get many drivers to roll up the windows and turn on the air conditioning, some people argued that running the A/C wastes too much gas. In between were many shades of grey.

Achilleas Vortselas said it would depend largely on a car’s speed. He wrote that as a general rule, people should drive with the windows down around the city and turn the air conditioning on when hitting the highway, where a car’s aerodynamic(空气动力的) characteristics would be influenced by opened windows.

More seriously minded people, however, said to travel as much as possible with windows up and the A/C off. Eddie Xue gets by with just a wisp of outside air. “Use the fan and open your windows every now and then at lower speeds," he wrote.

24. What can we learn from what Clint Law wrote?

   A. Overbraking is a waste of gas          B. Carry what we need in the car

   C. Build up energy to drive smoothly      D. Stepping on the gas freely can keep a balance

25. What do we know from Doug Dingus’ words?

   A. Checking tire pressure will require less fuel

   B. Filling up the SUV leads to reduced rubbing

   C. Keeping the recommended tire pressure is necessary

   D. Braking fiercely can keep wasting acceleration

26. The author says “In between were many shades of grey” to indicate that ________.

   A. rolling up the windows and turning on the air conditioning waste too much gas

   B. people should try their best to travel with windows up and the A/C off

   C. when a car approaches higher speeds, the A/C should come on

   D. there’s balance between the air conditioning and windows usage

27. Which is the suitable title of the passage?

   A. Fuel efficiency, straight from source

   B. Driving with the windows down and using the A/C

   C. How to save at the pump this summer

   D. Reducing the weight and increasing the vehicle’s fuel economy

Here are some themed attractions inside this Disneyland Park that all have something to offer.   

Mickey Avenue

Once you entered the Disneyland Park, Mickey Mouse and his friends gather along the street welcoming you. This place is also a busy bazaar where tourists can select varieties of goods and enjoy tasty snacks while wandering around.

Gardens of Imagination

It is the first garden-designed Disney park in the world, with bridges and paths connecting seven themed areas. Chinese Zodiac Mural (生肖壁画) in the Garden of the Twelve Friends turn the movie figures into twelve animal signs. Guests can try to find their own zodiac sign on the wall and take photos with it.

Adventure Isle

Adventure Isle takes visitors into a newfound ancient tribe(部落). Drifting down the river on the rafts, you will pass through unknown places and rush into the dark caves, meeting the huge mysterious monsters.

Tomorrowland

The carefully designed Tomorrowland presents endless possibilities of the future. Using high tech, this park is like the settings of science fiction movies. The shooting program, “Buzz lightyear Planet rescue”, gives visitors a mission to save the world.

Admission Fee

Note:

Children between 1 and 1.4 meters tall and seniors aged over 65 can enjoy a 25% discount on the ticket price.

1. What does the underlined word “bazaar” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. club            B. market           C. agency           D. cottage

2. Where should you go if you’re interested in traditional Chinese culture?

A. Tomorrowland    B. Mickey Avenue    C. Gardens of Imagination.    D. Adventure Isle

3. How much is the admission for a young couple and their son (1.2m) on Sunday?

A. CNY998 .       B. CNY1,122.75 .     C. CNY1,322.35 .    D. CNY1,372.25 .

短文改错

短文中共有10处语言错误，每行中最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词;

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉;

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。

       Once a man asked a painter to painting a picture for him. He told the artist he didn't want to any shadows in the picture, just sunshine, but the artist did so. When the man saw the finished picture, he was disappointing. Without shadows, everything in the picture looks flat and unreal. The point of the story is that we need both shadows and sunshine to have a completely picture, just as we need both rain and sun to have living world. People, too, needs both sadness and happiness. We often learn important lesson during sad times. So when we feel sad, we should try to stop and think about that we might learn from the experience.

   Prices began to climb noticeably last year，＿a historical high in November.

    A.  hit        B.  to hit       C.  hitting       D.  being hit

I used to believe politeness was a thing of the past, but I had to change my thinking after my experience in a happening coffee place with two of my grown-up daughters. The place was  41  so we had to climb a  42  and steep(陡的) flight of stairs in order to find an empty table. After  43  coffee and snacks, we were going down the stairs one by one, leaving hardly any  44  for another person to either climb up or come down.

Just as I was in the middle of my way down, a gentleman  45  the restaurant through the main entrance, which was right  46  the staircase. I was sure I would be   47  roughly by this man who would want to go up in a hurry. I kept coming down as fast as I could,   48  the banister(扶手). My  49  were already down, looking up at me  50  , hoping I would reach them  51  the stranger started up the stairs, knowing I was a nervous sort. Nearly reaching them, I  52  the man still standing near the  53  . I reached my daughters and passed the  54  at the entrance door which he  55  holding open.

Looking back on this matter, all three of us felt  56  that we did not even thank the  57  gentleman who was actually holding the door open for us ladies to  58  through before going up. Such well-mannered people are hard to find these days, when jostling(推撞) and pushing is  59  in our advanced but aggressive(好斗的) society. The gentleman in the coffee place restored my faith in human  60  .

41. A. cold                          B. noisy                C. crowded                 D. decorated

42. A. narrow                            B. broken                    C. dark                        D. short

43. A. delivering                 B. making             C. enjoying                 D. ordering

44. A. time                          B. space                     C. pace                       D. step

45. A. left                                  B. blocked            C. checked                 D. entered

46. A. above                      B. in front of         C. behind                           D. at the top of

47. A. punished                  B. pulled                     C. attacked              D. pushed

48. A. making way for         B. sitting on          C . holding on to         D. jumping over

49. A. colleagues               B. daughters        C. friends                           D. neighbors

50. A. worriedly                  B. excitedly          C. doubtfully               D. patiently

51. A. before                      B. once                C. unless                           D. if

52. A. imagined                  B. heard               C. sensed                          D. noticed

53. A. door                         B. table                C. window                   D. counter

54. A. manager                  B. stranger           C. waiter                            D. cook

55. A. appreciated                    B. suggested              C. admitted                 D. kept

56. A. bad                          B. grateful            C. delighted                D. heartbroken

57. A. courageous                    B. generous         C. polite                      D. responsible

58. A. drive                        B. search                    C. run                         D. pass

59. A. popular                           B. common           C. avoidable               D. favorable

60. A. feelings                           B. emotions          C. kindness                 D. behavior

   Memory, they say, is a matter of practice and exercise. If you have the wish and really made a conscious effort, then you can quite easily improve your ability（33）_________(remember) things. But （34）_________ _________ you are successful, there are times when your memory seems to play tricks on you.

    Sometimes you remember things that really did not happen. One morning last week, for example, I got up and found that I (35) _________ (leave) the front door unlocked all night, yet I clearly remember locking it carefully the night before.

    Memory “tricks” work the other way as well. Once in a while you remember not doing something, and then find out that you did. One day last month, for example, I was sitting in a barber shop (36)_________ (wait) for my turn to get a haircut, and suddenly I realized that I had got a haircut two days (37)_________ (early) at the barber shop across the street from my office.

    We always seem to find something funny and (38)_________ (amuse) in incidents caused by people’s forgetfulness or absent-mindedness. Stories about absent-minded professors (39)_________ (tell) for years, and we’ve never got tired of hearing new ones. Unfortunately, however, absent-mindedness is not always funny. There are times when  “trick” of our memory（40）_________  cause us great trouble.   

Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer (温度计) for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear.      __36__ We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don't feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.

Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale. Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide.    __37__

The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury (水银) inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts (收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.    __38__

First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw (吸管) through the nail hole.     __39__

Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily.      __40__

As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.

A．We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives.

B．Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled.

C．Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work.

D．The water will rise in the straw. As the temperature of the air goes up, the water will expand and rise even higher.

E．They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees.

F．Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal (把……粘住) them together.

G．People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world.

Being Left-handed in a Right-handed World              

   The world is designed for right-handed people, but why does a tenth of the population prefer the left?   71 

   The answer to it remains a bit of a mystery. Since scientists have noticed that left-handedness tends to run in families, it’s assumed that left-handedness has a genetic(基因的) component to it.   72   In fact, identical twins, who share the same genes, can sometimes prefer to use different hands. There are also plenty of theories on what else might determine which hand you write with, but many experts believe that it’s kind of random.

   Historically, the left side and left-handedness have been considered a negative thing by many cultures.   73   In some areas, the left hand became known as the “unclean” hand. In many religions, the right hand of God is the favored hand. For example, Jesus sits at God’s right side. God’s left hand, however, is the hand of judgement. Various activities and experiences become rude or even signs of bad luck when the left hand becomes involved. In some parts of Scotland, it is considered bad luck to meet a left-handed person at the start of a journey.   74   A person giving directions will put their left hand behind them and even physically try to point with their right hand if necessary. In some Asian countries, eating with the left hand is considered impolite.

  75   People come to realize that left-handedness is natural. People even noticed that many famous people are left-handed, including Benjamin Franklin, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Charlie Chaplin. Some researchers find out that lefties are more creative and can deal with abstract thinking better. The left-handedness is more easily adaptable to the right-handed world as well. Being left-handed is no longer a sad story now; instead, it is a wonderful gift or maybe it is something you should take pride in. 

A. In other words, left-handers are born that way. 

B. Left-handedness used to be regarded as a disability.

C. The unfavorable associations of the use of the left hand among cultures are varied.

D. Why do they prefer to use their left hand rather than their right hand for routine activities?

E. Why do some parents force their left-handed children to become right-handed when writing?

F. In Ghana, pointing, gesturing, giving or receiving items with the left hand is considered rude.

G. Fortunately, nowadays most societies and cultures no longer reject left-handedness like before.

Peter, Helen, Catherine, Elizabeth和Levin 想根据各自在环保方面的兴趣进行案例研究。阅读下面某杂志的专题报道摘要（A、B、C、D、E和F），选出适合他们研究的最佳案例，并在答题纸上相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

37. Peter: Reducing plastic and other wastes through DIY.

38. Helen: Making use of the heavy traffic to produce electricity.

39. Catherine: Building a community without private cars

40. Elizabeth: Building houses with recycled materials and energy-efficiency systems

41. Levin: Developing a new type of urban car which burns less gas

---Are you sure you can pass the drving test tomorrow?.

  ---______. I can manage it very easily.

  A. That’s right.                                      B. It’s a piece of cake.    

  C. Forget it.                                                    D. It really isn’t worth mentioning.