When you introduce me to Mr. Johnson, could you please say       for me?

A. everything       B. anything C. something       D. nothing

The role of a newspaper is to present and comment on the news. It is vital for keeping people well-informed on current affairs. In most Western countries, journalists try to shape the ideas and opinions of their readers, since in Western countries all newspapers are independent of the government. Some newspaper owners support liberal ideas including economic policies that help poor people. Other owners want policies such as lower taxes for rich people and less money to be given to poor people. You can almost judge the political ideas of a person in the West by looking at the newspaper he reads.

All newspapers report national and international news. They give the facts but also provide opinions on controversial issues in the editorials and columns of opinion. The readers of the newspaper can also comment on these editorials or articles. There are many informative articles too as well as reviews of new films and books, etc. These are very important, for if a film or book gets good reviews it will often become more successful.

All these articles require many journalists who are experts in different areas of life. All these articles come together and are checked by the chief editor of the newspaper. When he or she has made a decision on the articles, the newspaper is prepared for printing. All this work means that the journalists must work together as a team because there is a lot of pressure when you work in a newspaper office. There are constant deadlines and articles have to be fitted round advertisements, photographs and much, much more.

5. What does the underlined word “be fitted” mean?

A. be suitable                   B. be put                       

C. be read                     D. be measured

6. What articles comment on controversial issues?

A. Editorials and opinion columns.           B. News stories.

C. Some of the informative articles.          D. Jokes and humour.

7. Which is true about the journalists in Western countries?

A. There’s no time limit for their report articles.

B. They have no right to influence the readers’ opinions.

C. A newspaper can come out with just a journalist working individually.

D. Journalists must submit their articles before the due date.

8. Why are good reviews important to books?

A. Good reviews are excellent introduction to books.

B. Readers especially favour books with good reviews.

C. Good reviews can make readers feel relaxed and comfortable.

D. Good reviews can bring a large circulation(发行量) of the books reviewed.

 The food she has prepared for the party is not enough, for there are ______ people than she expected．

  A. so many       B. fewer            C. many more   D. much more

 We always keep __________ spare paper, in case we run out.

A. too much       B. a number of       C. plenty of        D. a good many

56. Why is the sitcom Friends typical among young people in the 1990s?

   A. Because it is a breakthrough in the producing style.

   B. Because it is the most influential sitcom of all time.

   C. Because it predicts the future of the young at that time.

D. Because it addresses the subjects faced by the youth.

57. What can we learn about The Big Bang Theory?

   A. It improves the conditions of the people in IT.

   B. It arouses people’s enthusiasm for computers.

   C. It is about four talents who are good at everything.

   D. It is set in the time before the Internet came into being.

58. According to the passage, Gossip Girl          .

A. describes the hardships of upper-class people  B. attracts people of all ages

C. shows eye-catching style and adult subject    D. describes the life of ordinary girls

59. What will the author most probably talk about next?

A. The introduction to other hit sitcoms.         B. The further information about the plot.

C. The analysis of the reasons for the appeal.     D. The emotional response among audience.

A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m. local time on March 11th. Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. More than 4,000 Seismic Intensity Meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening.

There are also concrete sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.

Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert in the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He says, "Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not foreseen the size of this event."

He says there are two reasons for this. First, scientists had not expected such a large earthquake. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves reached as high as 13 meters in some areas.

Second, Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves. "In Sendai, they were about three meters. At least in that area they were not expecting such a sizeable wave because they would have built a higher seawall."

A tsunami wave can travel as fast as 800 kilometers per hour. To get to higher ground people would often have to travel for many kilometers. This can take more time than a fast traveling tsunami will permit. This is especially true in cases like Japan. The tsunami waves followed almost immediately. Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted.  

72. What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A. Better equipment should have been used.                 B. A powerful earthquake hit the coast of Japan.

C. Japan can report an earthquake before it happens.          D. Japan has a good earthquake early warning system.

73. According to Costas Synolakis, ________.

A. the Japanese should have built many higher seawalls

B. the Japanese were not really prepared for such a disaster

C. Japan has experienced the worst earthquake worldwide

D. Japan had the best warning of such a serious earthquake  

74. According to the writer, people hadn’t got to higher ground because ________.

A. didn’t know there would be a tsunami                      B. tsunami didn’t leave people much time

C. they thought the seawalls were reliable                     D. higher ground couldn’t be reached at all

75. What can we learn from the last paragraph?      

A. Early warning systems are basically unreliable.  

B. Earthquakes and tsunamis will soon be predicted.

C. We have to accept the imperfect systems for the moment.

D. New warning systems will be designed to predict disasters.

– You look so upset, Jane. _____?

   -- I have been told my father has got skin cancer.

   A. What’s for                                                   B. What’s up                                          C. So what                D. How’s up

 Climate experts warn that people seem unable to _____ the potential disasters that the global warming might bring about .

   A. come up to                  B. wake up to       C. live up to          D. look up to

Oh my God, the robots are taking over! We’re doomed! Doomed! Now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, it’s become clear that while we may or may not be doomed, the robots are taking over. The latest example is the government’s new guidelines for self-driving cars.

Tesla, Google and Uber are already testing driverless cars in cities across America. Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick is among those predicting that by 2021, self-driving cars will play a big part in urban settings....

Nearly 40,000 people died last year in this nation in automobile-related accidents, and we believes driverless cars can save tens of thousands of lives annually.

Makes sense. Robot drivers are less likely to get drunk, drive without a license, text while driving or feel agitated at the scene of a pileup. On the other hand, I wonder how these highly sensitive cars will react, with walkers constantly dashing into the street. Will they jam on the brakes every 10 seconds?

But there’s a bigger picture. Not only are robots replacing humans behind the wheel, but behind the work desk, in warehouses, senior homes, you name it. Robots aren’t just taking over in the workplace.

The question is, where can’t a robot function better than a human? How about writing songs? A robot can go through every combination of notes in record time and come up with a pleasing melody. The lyrics might be a different story. Is a Grammy-winning song co-written by Hank Human and R-3071 in our future?

Finally, it’s only a matter of time until we have robot politicians and presidential candidates. Why not? They can be programmed to be experts in world and domestic affairs and come up with the best solutions without corruption and bad humors.

Actually, it’s too bad such technology isn’t available in 2016. Pretty sure the robot would win in a landslide.

9. What does the underlined word “agitated” mean?

A. Tired    B. Cautious

C. Careful    D. Anxious

10. What doubt does the writer have about self-driving cars?

A. How passengers behave in it.

B. How robot drivers get the license

C. How they avoid crashing into other car

D. How they respond to walkers on a busy street

11. The last questions asked in the sixth paragraph reflects the writer’s       .

A. confidence in robots, winning Grammy Awards

B. eagerness to listen to songs written by robots

C. doubt about robots’ ability to write songs

D. curiosity about the future Grammy songs

12. What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A. Robots will control the world in every field

B. Robots are coming but not soon enough

C. Robots are being used in our daily life

D. Robots can drive cars and write music

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

You and I have principles.  And we also have opinions.  I have opinions  about what I think is  36  or wrong, good or bad. But they’re only  37  ---I could be wrong! I won’t try to  38  my life around my opinions, but I will try to 39  my principles.

A 15-year-old boy learned a(n)  40  lesson about principles. On his way home he found a wallet that  ____41___$127, the owner’s identification and many other things.  42 hesitation, he hopped(快速跳) onto his bicycle and went over to the owner’s  43  ---about a mile away.  He told her that he had  44 her wallet and she gave him a big hug and twenty dollars.

That evening the boy told his parents about what had happened. However, his father said, “I don’t think you should have  45 $20 for doing what you should do. A person shouldn’t be  46 for being honest.”.

He thought about his father’s  47 and decided he would return the money.  He returned to the lady’s home and   48  her  back the twenty dollars.  She didn’t want to take it,  but he told her she  49  to ,  for his father pointed out  50  to him that he had never  51  before.

When principles  52  our decisions and actions,  we actually change. These great principles  53  our lives and make us into persons of character.  That boy is  54  to be raised by a wise father who had the  55  to say, “Those are my principles.”

36．A. mistaken        B. right               C. good                D.bad

37．A. opinions           B. decisions         C. suggestions            D.wishes

38．A.waste           B.share            C. risk                    D. build

39．A. make            B. follow          C.advertise                D. change

40．A.difficult          B.easy            C. valuable                 D. funny

41．A.included         B.listed            C. worn                      D. contained

42．A. In                B. Without         C.About                 D.For

43．A.factory         B.school           C. house                D. office

44．A. checked        B. found              C.searched               D.threw

45．A.received         B.supplied         C. borrowed                 D. accepted

46．A. rewarded       B. awarded         C.praised                 D.forgotten

47．A.worries          B.actions        C. words                  D. excuses  

48．A.set             B.put           C. took                       D. gave

49．A. had              B. planned         C.preferred                 D.attempted

50．A.anything         B.everything       C. nothing                    D. something 

51．A. guessed        B. realized       C.met                   D.taught

52．A. guide           B. interrupt        C.confuse              D.allow

53．A.limit             B.prevent         C. shape                  D. keep 

54．A.comfortable      B.careful        C. brave                             D. fortunate   

55．A. chance         B.right            C. wisdom                    D. courage     

 _________ on mobile phones for storing information that people are unable to remember basic things

   A. Such is the dependence         B. Such dependence does

   C. So they are dependent          D. So do they depend

The manager will put whoever he thinks has       strong sense of duty in        leadership position.

       A．a; the                  B．a; /                      C．the; /                   D．the; the

Teaching anyone to think of others before themselves is, I believe, a life-long effort. For me right

now, it might mean not buying that extra shirt or a cup of coffee and 41 saving the money to help someone   42   . For my kids, it might mean sharing    43  , happily taking turns in the playground. I like to   44   thinking of others and finding a way to help them as “kindness”.

On this particular day, instead of    45   a lot of money on a lunch out in the restaurant, we bought some   46   little toys to give to strangers. I asked the boys   47   they would like to give these toys to other children. At first they were disappointed because they wanted to    48    them. This wasn’t surprising----I knew that if my mom bought a whole lot of great shirts which I thought were for me, and then said she wanted to give them away, I might at first be a bit    49    , too. So we    50    them and my oldest child    51    we keep one and give the others away to make others happy. We    52   this was a good idea and then they started to get excited about the  53       of giving them away, asking me who they could give them to and how.

We    54    some slips of paper, punched(开洞)  a hole,   55    them to the little dolls, and then headed out for the local mall.

The boys were very excited to be on their way to    56    the toys, and I admitted I was a bit    57   . What would the parents think as we gave their child a toy? Would they be    58   , or not like the gift? But I took some deep    59    and realized that if we are doing something out of love, we can only give with open    60    and accept whatever is to come.

41. A. extremely                            B. thus                              C. just                                     D. instead

42. A. in particular                        B. in ruins                        C. in need                                D. in return

43. A. secrets                                B.toys                              C. gifts                                     D. decorations

44. A. deserve                              B. describe                        C. discuss                             D. learn

45. A. spending                            B. taking                            C. paying                              D. costing

46. A. grateful                              B. naughty                         C. cute                               D. straight

47. A. why                                   B. if                                    C. how                                  D. that

48. A. adopt                                 B. settle                              C. purchase                          D. keep

49. A. disappointed                    B. delighted                        C. inspired                           D. shocked

50. A. designed                           B. counted                           C. persuaded                       D. suffered

51. A. told                                   B. asked                               C. informed                        D. suggested

52. A. concerned                         B. preferred                          C. decided                          D. agreed

53. A. adventure                          B. experience                       C. prospect                        D. agreement 

54. A. cut out                               B. cut across                        C. cut up                           D. cut down

55. A. tied                                    B. marked                          C. hung                             D. passed

56. A. bring                               B. deliver                              C. replace                          D. rescue

57. A. nervous                             B. doubtful                         C. sorrowful                      D. excited

58. A. worried                             B. interested                         C. offended                        D. amused

59. A. measures                          B. turns                                 C. steps                              D. breaths  

60. A. hugs                                 B. minds                               C. hearts                            D. hands

 ----Shall I attend my friend’s coming-of-age ceremony, Mum?
----No, ______ you _______you will be home before 10:00 PM.
A. unless; see it to that B. if; see to it that  C. unless; see to it that  D. unless; see that to it 

Rather than______ on a crowded bus, he always chooses to run to school.

  A. riding                   B. to ride                      C. ride           D. rides