Owning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are… but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems.

    A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles.

    The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, but a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day checking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in this period, and a quarter checking them    between 11 pm and midnight.

Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones invaluable for many people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”

21. What can we conclude from the text?

   A. All that glitters is not gold.           B. Every coin has two sides.

   C. It never rains but pours.             D. It’s no good crying over spilt milk.

22. The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by         .

   A. calling          B. reaching           C. getting         D. using

23. Which of the following is true according to the text?

   A. The average UK working day is between nine and twelve hours.

   B. Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails.

   C. One fourth check their first mails between 11 pm and midnight.

  D. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.

24. What’s the main idea of the text?

   A. Workaholics like smart phones.        B. Smart phones bring about extra work.

   C. Smart phones make our live easier.     D. Employers don’t like smart phones.

Teaching ______ enthusiasm and selflessness. As a result, to be a good teacher is not an easy job.

    A．calls for                  B．calls off                  C．calls on                   D．calls up

Our bad living habits will destroy the earth.Only by changing        we live can we save the

earth．

A.that                    B.what                  C.how                          D.where

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

When a rather dirty , poorly dressed person kneels at your feet and puts out his hands to beg for a few coins , do you hurry on , not knowing what to do , or do you feel sad and hurriedly hand over some money ? What should our attitude to beggars be ? There can be no question that the world is full of terribly sad stories . It must be terrible to have no idea where our next meal is going to come from . It seems cruel not to give some money to beggars .

Certainly , most of the world’s great religions order us to be open-hearted and share what we have with those less fortunate than ourselves .But has the world changed ?Maybe what was morally right in the old days ,when one knew exactly who in the village had suffered misfortune and needed help ,is no longer the best idea. Quite a few people will not give to beggars .Let us look at their arguments.

First ,some believe that many city beggars dress up on purpose to look pitiable and actually make a good living from begging .Giving to beggars only encourages this sort of evil.Secondly ,there is the worry that the money you give will be spent on beer ,wine or drugs .Thirdly ,there is the opinion that there is no real excuse for begging. One might be poor ,but that is no reason for losing one’s sense of pride and self-dependence.

Related to this is the opinion that the problem should be dealt with by the government rather than ordinary people .Some people think beggars should go to the local government department and receive help.

It is hard to come to any final conclusion ;there are various cases and we must deal with them differently .A few coins can save a life in some situations ,and even if the money is wasted ,that does not take sway the moral goodness of the giver.

—I wish I          the play at the Little Theatre.

—Well, if I had known that, I would have given you my ticket.

       A．have seen            B．saw                    C．see                     D．had seen

    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仅限一词；               

      2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

     Last Monday, we hold a monitor election during our class meeting. Two students in our class took part the event. They are Liu Dong and Wang Hong, all of whom are the top students in our grade. Before the election, they each gave a briefly presentation about their plan after become the monitor. At the last, the winner turned out to be Wang Hong, who gained 28 votes when Liu Dong gained 15. Obviously, we thought Wang Hong’s plan a good one. In the end, we gave Wang Hong a big hand but congratulated her. I expect that our class will be better under his leadership.

Qingdao lies in the east of Shandong Province. As we all know, it is an important port city and it is an economic and      61      (culture) center. It is also home to the Tsingtao Brewery and the     62     (large)international beer festival in China. Of course Qingdao is a very beautiful city, too. Many places around the city are well worth     63     (visit). Every year, the festival     64     (hold) on schedule. Millions of visitors     65     come from the world go to the city during the festival.
   It is very convenient to go to Qingdao. It is     66     (rough) 560 kilometers from Beijing with an average travel time of one hour and 10 minutes by air and five hours by high-speed train. It is 693 kilometers from Shanghai, and      67      (take) about one hour and 25 minutes by air. There are also frequent direct     68      (flight) from Qingdao to the Republic of Korea and Japan. The city’s airport is connected      69      61 domestic cities and 16 overseas cities, with more than 3,000 planes arriving     70     taking off each week. Warmly welcome to Qingdao！

When she was in elementary school, Diana was ________ about becoming a police officer, but quit the ambition after learning that she won’t be able to dye her hair or wear her favorite necklace and rings.

A. controversial                B. enthusiastic                C. stubborn                          C. optimistic

    Gravitational waves are the ripples(波纹) in the pond of space time. The gravity of large objects warps space and time, or “space time” as physicists call it, the way a bowling ball changes the shape of a trampoline(蹦床) as it rolls around on it. Smaller objects will move differently as a result — like marbles spiraling(盘旋) toward a bowling-ball-sized dent(凹迹) in a trampoline instead of sitting on a flat surface.

    Scientists announced that they have succeeded in detecting gravitational waves from the violent merging(兼并) of two black holes in deep space. The detection was regarded as a victory for a controversial, delicately crafted, billion-dollar physics experiment and as confirmation of a key prediction of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

    There is no obvious, immediate consequence of this physics experiment, but the scientists say this opens a new window on the universe. Until now, astronomy has been almost exclusively a visual enterprise: Scientists have relied on light, visible and otherwise, to observe the cosmos.

    But now gravitational waves can be used as well. They could potentially take a census of black-hole mergers, spot the collisions of ultra-dense neutron stars(中子星), probe the inner dynamics of exploding stars and discover theoretical “cosmic strings” left over from the big bang.

    These waves will be particularly useful for studying black holes (the existence of which was first implied by Einstein’s theory) and other dark objects, because they’ll give scientists a bright beacon to search for even when objects don’t emit actual light. Mapping the abundance of black holes and frequency of their mergers could get a lot easier.

    Since they pass through matter without interacting with it, gravitational waves would come to Earth carrying undistorted information about their origin. They could also improve methods for estimating the distances to other galaxies.

    It will also start a new era of astronomy in which gravitational waves are tools for studying the most mysterious and exotic objects in the universe.

33. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the experiment of gravitational waves?

   A.  It is a success and was approved of by all.

   B.  It is well designed though time and money consuming.

   C.  It proves that black holes do give out gravitational waves.

   D.  It proves one of the key predictions of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity right.

34. Why is gravitational waves important?

   A.  Because scientists have relied on light, visible and otherwise, to observe the cosmos.

   B.  Because they have been used to discover facts about the inner dynamics of exploding stars.

   C.  Because they could make it possible to probe objects in total darkness even when they don’t give   out light.

   D.  Because mapping the abundance of black holes and frequency of their mergers could be impossible    without them.

35. The underlined word “undistorted” in paragraph 6 probably mean _______

   A.  Unrelated.      B. Unfamiliar.      C. Unchanged.     D. Unreal.

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短文。短文中共有10处错误，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（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

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仅限一词；

  2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear classmates,

It is a pleasure for I to have a chance to make a short speech today.Recently,I had found that some of our classmates study late into the night and do not spare some time to take a rest during the day either.They often cannot help fall asleep in class.And some classmates seldom have breakfast,that is also a bad habit and will surely do harm to our health.

In my opinion,it is extreme important for us to have enough sleep and a proper diet.We must learn to make a wise use of our time,and only in this way can we keep fit or study well.I wonder if you agree me.

Thank you for listening.

假如你是李华，今年暑假你将参加“英国名校两周游”夏令营，计划7月份在London逗留三天（7月16-18日），住在Wellington Hotel。你想与去年你家接待过的来自英国Birmingham的学生Charlie见面，请你给他写一封Email。主要内容包括：

1. 问候；

2. 简单介绍在伦敦的行程；

3. 希望见面并商量见面的时间和地点。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头已给出，但不计入总词数。

Dear Charlie,

How time flies! It has been almost a year since your last visit. __________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

英语课上，老师要求同桌之间相互修改作文。假设以下短文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。短文中共有10处错误，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(A)，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仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

You must have heard about Dolly and have been amazed by the first cloned animal. But here came a problem; should we clone humans? When being asked about this question, a large number of people which are interested in the topic hold the view that it’s beneficial to clone humans. Therefore, some other people, me including, are against this idea. Cloning humans can bring negative effects and wrong informations. In the first place, they may not be treated equal as normal people, which I believe will make him suffer a lot. In second place, human cloning may lead in some social disorder, and it is quite dangerous.

The professor, ________out the project, made a comment on the report.

A. was opposed to carry                    B. opposed to carry 

C. objected to carrying                      D. opposed to carrying

 What does her handwriting tell you about her ________?

A. person                         B. member                                                                            C. character                 D. figure

Camp Jano India 

Celebrate Indian culture, languages, arts, festivals and literature. Weekly themes are brought to life through related arts, games, projects, stories and theatre in a very unique, exciting, creative, interactive (互动的) and structured style. A very unique and unforgettable experience that kids will want to repeat! Mornings are spent with the Hindi language at the child’s level. Afternoons provide the cultural elements taught in an interactive style with special emphasis on drama.

Bay Language Academy  

We invite campers (4-12 years old) to travel and open up doors to explore past and recent civilizations through daily field trips. Cultures will be shown through customs and cooking. Lectures (6/10-8/30) will introduce French, Spanish or Chinese and the cultures they convey. Our language summer-camp is infused (灌输) with cultural activities and taught by a team of bilingual (双语的) instructors.

Petits Confettis 

Want your 3- to 5-year-old kids to experience a French camp? Come and join us for 6 weeks of French camps!

Kids will be totally happy to learn French and French culture while they take part in team projects like building a tipi or making French bread. Weekly themes include cooking, arts, drama, outdoor activities, board games, music, yoga, rhymes and story time.

Chinese Immersion Summer Camp 

This is our 11th Chinese language and culture summer camp. We take children from 6th grade. This year we continue the weekly fun themes like art, science, cooking and sports in the morning. In the afternoon, we have abacus, reading and Chinese culture lessons taught in Chinese. Our teachers are all native speakers with a lot of experience. Our weekly field trips go to different places like SF zoo, tech museums, fire stations etc. 

21. Why can Camp Jano India give children an unforgettable experience?

       A. It has quite experienced teachers.      

       B. It teaches Indian languages at different levels. 

       C. The activities are arranged for the whole day.  

       D. The activities are carried on in an interesting style.

22. Bay Language Academy and Chinese Immersion Summer Camp are similar because ______.

       A. they both provide field trips      

   B. they both have bilingual teachers

       C. they both provide sports programs in the morning 

       D. they are both intended for kids of 4-12 years old

23. If a girl likes yoga, she will go to ______.

       A. Camp Jano India          B. Bay Language Academy

       C. Petits Confettis            D. Chinese Immersion Summer Camp

24. What is the common theme of the four camps?

     A. Fun and sports.               B. Travel and adventure.

       C. Language and culture.        D. Art and music.

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150左右的英语短文。 

    My Mother’s Hands

   50 years ago, for some reason, I was not accepted by the school. However, it was my mum, who held my little hands and tried countless schools and managed to get me registered

   50 years later, the day after my mother had slipped into a coma from a stroke, I sat next to her, holding her hand, stroking it, watching her body heaved up and down as she breathed heavily, like she was struggling with something.

   A few days later. Mum died. At her bedside, I spent some time just looking at my mother, soaking in the finality of her death. There she was, my mother, motionless and lifeless. I took hold of her still warm but lifeless hand, holding it for the last time, recalling every piece of precious moment we spent together. . .

   I finally let go of her hand---1ifeless, yet having given so much life to so many of us---and placed it next to her body. I found myself saying silently to her the only words that came to my mind, “Goodbye Mum, thank you for everything.”

   Thank you, Mother, for not giving up, so that I could go to school. Thank you for coaching me, for reading to me, for ironing my school uniforms, for combing my hair, for tying my shoe laces, for making sure I had a little handkerchief inside my pocket…

   Rest in peace, Mother, you are still very much alive in us. Happy Mother's Day

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   有人说, 因为上帝不能无处不在, 所以他创造了“母亲”。你的母亲是一位怎样的女性?请以“母亲”为主题写一篇记叙文, 结合自身的经历讲述母亲对你的爱或者她对你成长的影响。内容要点包括：

   1. 以约30个词概括以上短文内容。

   2. 然后以约120个词讲述母亲对你的爱或者她对你成长的影响, 并包括以下要点：

   （1）描述你的母亲;

   （2）简述她对你的影响;

   （3）你准备怎样表达对她的感激之情?

Johann Strauss was born in Vienna in 1825．Although his father did not want him to become a 61(music)，Strauss Junior studied the violin 62(secret)as a child．When his father discovered his son practising on a violin one day，he gave him a beating，  63 (say)that he was going to beat the music out of the boy．But that didn’t prevent the boy from becoming one of the 64 (great)composers of all time．

He wrote his first waltz at the age of six．At nineteen，he decided to devote 65(he)to music．He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour of Europe and soon became known 66 the Waltz King．The emperor of Austria was so  67(please)with his music that he appointed him．the conductor at the court balls of Vienna．It Was for these occasions 68．He wrote some of his most popular waltzes，among 69  was the well-known favourite The Blue Danube．In all，the talented Johann Strauss 70(write)more than 500 masterpieces．