Mrs Chen is         paper-cutting expert, whom I interviewed for my article on

         Chinese Art.

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

 I’m afraid the teacher will blame you for you’ve failed to do what you ________to. 

  A. will expect         B. will be expected   C. expected         D. were expected

Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you, then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free shopping. Or is it?

Online shopping brings its own challenges. Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing (浏览) various websites. The claim made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases. The evidence challenges this. In any case, you only have to be the victim of fraud (诈骗) once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing. Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation.

Another problem is the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen. This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green. Also, product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue. Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items where design and color are not essential to customer satisfaction.

Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming. Yes, your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large vans pouring out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems. You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated (使烦恼) by the fact that the delivery is late and you have wasted the leave from work you have taken to receive it!

Without question, online shopping is here to stay and it has its benefits. However, perhaps it is not as wonderful as some of its supporters claim it to be.

39. The author lists several questions in Para. 1 to         .

A. support online shopping                       B. collect answers from readers

C. show his dislike of going shopping             D. introduce the topic of the passage

40. By what can online shoppers avoid fraud?

A. Using only trusted websites.                B. Choosing big websites.

C. Collecting shopping evidence.                          D. Seeking advice from the police.

41. The author agrees with the fact that ______.

A. customers are never satisfied with products

B. online shopping is a safe way to make purchases

C. online shopping has nothing to do with global warming

D. delivery delay often makes online shoppers unhappy

42. What is the author’s attitude towards online shopping?

A. Very popular.   B. A wise choice.    C. Not trouble free.  D. A waste of time.

Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.

The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.

According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.

Prof.Gershuny said，“The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40 years of sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come.”

Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.

Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley－Whittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.

“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door.He laughed，” said Prof.Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”

Two－thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.Prof.Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—with many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child—at least two meals a day together as a family.But it has survived in a different format.”

24. What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?

A.The improvement of cooks'status.        B.The influence of popular female chefs.

C.The change of female's view on cooking.  D.The development of sexual equality campaign.

25. What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?

A.Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.

B.Women spend much less time on cooking than before.

C.It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.

D.There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.

26. How did Prof.Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?

A.It has become a thing of the past.          B.It is very different from what it used to be.

C.It shouldn't be advocated in modern times.   D.It is beneficial to the stability of the family.

27. Which is the best title for the passage?

A.The Changes of Family Meals          B.Equality between Men and Women

C.Cooking into a New Trend for Men      D.Cooking—a Thing of the Past for Women

环保部目前发布《中国环境噪声污染防治报告（2016）》，披露了全国城市噪声环境现状以及噪音防治工作的总体状况，其中，全国最“吵”的地方，并非京沪等特大城市，而是贵阳。请写一封信到市长信箱，内容应包括：

1.表达对贵阳面临的噪音问题的担忧；

2.分析造成该问题的原因（如车辆增加、城市建设等）；

3.提出适当建议。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mayor,

Recently, the environmental protection department has issued a report

_____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

 By now, no one has come up with a（n）_____ explanation of why dinosaurs died out, and it remains a mystery．

    A. astonishing          B. amusing              C. convincing           D. puzzling

    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(Λ)，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。（请不要在此处作答，否则不给分）

Have you ever had a headache during a test? Have you ever been too worried about something that you have a headache or even can’t sleep at night? If so, then you know that stress is.

Not all stress is bad for you. Some kinds of stress can help you get things do better, like when you are running towards the finishing line or when you are being asked to give a speech to your class. Stress sometimes can help push you to make full preparation for a test. However, too much stress can result in anger, depression and other related problems, which we need to take serious.

There are many things in our life what might cause stress ------ having too much homework, taking a difficult test, and having economic problems.

It’s impossible to live in a life completely free of stress, so you should learn to deal with stress. The best way reduce stress is to have a balance life. If you get enough sleep, eat properly, take more exercise and have enough fun time, you’ll probably feel less stressed.

We are also extremely encouraged that this issue is starting to receive the _____ it deserves at the highest levels of governments.

A. attraction                            B. attention                   C. attempt             D. approach

I don't think he could have lost so much money last night,__?

A．did he      B．could he   C．do I   D．hasn't he

Research shows that the summer before college can be a dangerous time for teenagers, as they are between home and high school on the one side, and a more challenging and independent existence as a college student on the other.

   Take drinking for example. Research has reported that teenagers tend to increase their alcohol use during the summer before college and in their first term. Such drinking can lead to tragedy: it’s estimated that more than 1,100 college students at 18 to 24 years of age die each year from alcohol-related injuries, including car crashes, and almost 600, 000 are injured under the influence of alcohol.

   In addition to drinking, future freshmen may also have gaps in their knowledge about other aspects of university life. A study has found that students are “generally aware” of the fact that they have to place them into college courses and their school’s curricular requirements. In addition, many students hold misunderstandings such as “Getting into college is the hardest part”, and “I can take whatever classes I want when I get to college”. In fact, students’ courses may be determined by their level of preparation.

   It is found that college-bound high-school graduates are faced with a number of potentially frightening tasks during the summer. For example, colleges typically require students to take placement tests(分班考试)and fill out a lot of paperwork, including housing and medical forms, over the summer. Completing these tasks may be especially frightening for low-income and first-generation college-bound students whose families may be short of experience with the college-going process.

In addition, it’s only in the summer after high-school graduation when students face the reality of paying the first college bill, which often includes unexpected costs like required health insurance. For college-intending students, successfully controlling the post-high-school summer thus requires a level of finance that may be unrelated to their ability to succeed in the classroom. As a result, students who have already broken through many barriers to college admission may fail to enter college.

Paring college-bound students with “fellow advisers”---students already in college who have been trained to support and coach their learners through the summer---improves the rate at which the learners show up at college. Even more wonderful, a low-cost campaign of text messages---in which researchers sent recent high-school graduates and their parents a series of eight to ten text-message reminders of key tasks to complete over the summer---is just as effective in increasing the rate of students who successfully make the change to college.

A little “summer pushing” could be a key step in getting students all the way across the finish line.

My dad always collected coins. He would walk to his long-time bankers and ___21___ they put at least some   new coins for him___22___coins were issued. He gave them to every ____23____ member. It gradually became a special family   ___24___to get coins from Dad.

When my dad died, I felt such a sense of ____25____. My father and I had been so close. I was lost without his   ___26___and support. I wondered if I would ____27____ feel my dad around me again, watching over me. It was right after Hurricane Katrina. At the end of a motivational meeting, I felt so ____28____ as I looked at these devoted volunteers. To my surprise, when I glanced at the____29____, I saw a coin from the state where my dad was____30____and raised.

Later, I went to the bank to ___31___a check. The bank manager, who had known me, called me into her office, showing me the coins for all the states my dad had___32___.

Ever since that time, I have always ___33___coins at the most extraordinary times, when I needed support the most. ____34____, nowadays when I need emotional support during a tough time, a coin will always ___35___ in a strange   place.

Now every time a coin appears in our house, one of my___36___says, “Oh, it’s Grandpa! ” We all feel a sense of   ___37___every time a single coin turns up in a(n) ___38___ place. We have all accepted it as a____39____of love, guidance and support from Dad — and every new coin we find makes us___40___.

21. A. point out    B. talk about    C. look at    D. make sure

22. A. because    B. when    C. since    D. until

23. A. club    B. bank    C. family    D. team

24. A. principle    B. tradition    C. discovery    D. memory

25. A. relief    B. duty    C. guilt    D. emptiness

26. A. promise    B. belief    C. guidance    D. expectation

27. A. ever    B. just    C. already    D. even

28. A. nervous    B. anxious    C. disappointed    D. grateful

29. A. ceiling    B. floor    C. playground    D. wall

30. A. played    B. saved    C. born    D. chosen

31. A. write    B. post    C. cash    D. print

32. A. shared    B. ordered    C. received    D. collected

33. A. found    B. counted    C. dropped    D. collected

34. A. Unluckily    B. Gradually    C. Amazingly    D. Obviously

35. A. break out    B. end up    C. fade away    D. show up

36. A. students    B. colleagues    C. kids    D. friends

37. A. comfort    B. achievement    C. pride    D. loss

38. A. unexpected    B. fixed    C. similar    D. distant

39. A. support    B. message    C. result    D. record

40. A. laugh    B. smile    C. suffer    D. think

It is the first time that he ______ here and now it is high time that he ______ around.

     A. come; should be shown                              B. has come; was shown          

     C. came; was shown                                    D. has come; be shown

We have to write a description of the street _____ we live and give it to the teacher tomorrow.

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

Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, "Friends are God's way of taking care of us." But how do you find real friendship and keep it?

   The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed (种子) and take care of it to make it grow.

   First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.

   But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights(吵架). What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn't want to talk, you could write a letter. There are three steps to being friends again:

Tell him or her how you are feeling, say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.

32. Sally wants to tell students the ways to_____.

A. plant trees  B. find friends    C. get happy   D. keep fit

33. According to the text, you can _____your friend after a fight.

A. buy a present for            B. never say a word to

C. have dinner with            D. write a letter to

34.What makes good friends? A good friend should _____.

A . be lovely and cool        B. be kind and patient

C. have lots of money        D. have good looks

35.What is the best title (标题）of the text?

A. The good friends around you.    B. Teenagers and friendship.

C. The trouble of growing up.      D. The care and keeping of friends.