My grandparents like to live in the countryside where they can enjoy ______ leisurely walk on the country road and feel ______ warmth of the sun on their faces.

A. the; ﹨              B. a; the

C. the; a               D. a; ﹨

 Some of the people had ____taken up their arms.

   A. truly         B. actual          C. in the fact       D. actually

 The giant panda _46__ (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists __47__ (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very __48_(care) mother. For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something __49_ (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural__50__(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. __51__ it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda__52_ more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed__53_ (it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother__54_ (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, __55_ it was also time for the young panda to be independent.

   生活中我们都需要朋友, 关于我们该结交怎样的“朋友”, 不同的人有不同的看法。请认真阅读下面的引语(quotation), 按要求用英语写一篇短文。

　　A true friend is a source of strength and hope.

　　—Jonathan Lockwood Huie

　　内容要求: 1. 你对该引语的理解;

             2. 你的相关经历;

             3. 恰当的结尾。

　　注意: 1. 作文开头已给出, 不计入总词数;

         2. 文中不能出现考生的具体信息;

         3. 词数: 100个左右。

　　This quotation from Jonathan Lockwood Huie tells us that______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

据报道，某女青年持假文凭就职某公司。她能力较强，工作出色，但后来假文凭被查出，公司以她缺乏诚信为由解雇了她。你认为公司这种做法如何？我们应该看重诚信还是能力?

参考词汇：假文凭 fake diploma ;   诚信 honesty

More and more public schools in America make it a rule that students must finish a certain amount of community service_61_they are allowed to graduate from high school.They work on projects like making the environment better or_62_(feed) homeless people.

Many school systems in the United States now ask students_63_(do) some kinds of community service as part of their studies.Students involved in service projects help_64_(they) as well as their communities.They learn about the needs of people and aid_65_(organize).For this reason,holidays_66_(become) the prime period for volunteer work so far.Volunteers get no pay,but experts point out that it is_67_excellent opportunity to learn and practice new skills.

According to the statistics,more than 60% of young Americans have participated_68_different kinds of community service,such as cooking for homeless people,or painting old buildings,etc.Some students like to do their volunteer work in_69_(centre) parts of America,but the majority of teens prefer to do it in their hometowns.Tom,a 16-year-old middle school student in California,often_70_(do) community service in a local hospital.He works 16 hours every week either receiving calls at the information desk,or helping push patients back to their wards.

 It was March 14^th, 2013 __________ Xi Jinping was elected chairman of the People’s Republic of China.

A. in which    B. that    C. until   D. when

 We believe the time and hard work         in completing such an important project are worthwhile.

A. involved                     B. involving                  C. to involve              D. to be involved

See a cellphone cover that you like on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. In the near future, you'll be able to get it in minutes just by hitting “print” on your computer. You might find it hard to believe that you could actually “print” an object like you would a picture. But it is not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays ink onto paper line by line, modern 3D printers spread material onto a surface layer by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape.

Instead of ink, the materials the 3D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin(树脂) and certain metals. The thinner each layer is—from a millimetre to less than the width of a hair—the smoother and finer the object will be. This may sound like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it.   

Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3D printing industry—printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years ago a desktop 3D printer might have cost ￡20，000, while now they cost only about ￡1，000, according to the BBC. Taken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3D printing can create just about anything you can think of—flutes , bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from Cornell University in New York have just made an artificial ear using a 3D printer, according to Science Daily. The fake ear looks and acts exactly like a natural one. 

However, as 3D printing becomes more common, it may bring about certain problems—such as piracy. “Once you can download a coffee maker, or print out a new set of kitchen utensils (餐具) on your personal 3D printer, who will visit a retail store again？” an expert in 3D printing told Forbes News. Even more frightening, what if anyone in the world could use a 3D printer to print out a fully functioning gun?

32. According to the article, in the future, the 3D printing technology will _______.  

   A. enable people to make better purchases online  

   B. change the way we make many products 

   C. be applied as widely in our daily life as computers 

   D. shorten the time it takes for people to get what they buy online

33. What happened in the 3D printing industry last year?  

   A. The 3D printing technology was taken out of the factory. 

   B. The 3D printing technology began to be used in various fields. 

   C. The 3D printer was used for medical treatment for the first time. 

   D. The 3D printer became more affordable for consumers(消费者).

34. What is the best title of the passage?  

   A. Great Demand for 3D Printers                  B. Technology in the Future 

   C. Online Shopping Disappearing              D. Printing out Everything

35. How is the last paragraph developed?  

   A. By giving examples.                       B. By making comparisons. 

   C. By analyzing the cause and effect.            D. By using figures.

Around the world young people are spending unbelievable sums of money listening to rock music. Forbes reports that at least fifty rock stars have incomes between two million and six million dollars per year.

"It doesn't make sense, " says Johnny Mathis, one of the older music millionaires, who made a million dollars a year when he was most popular, in the 1950s. "Performers aren't worth this kind of money. In fact, nobody is. "

But the rock stars 'admirers seem to disagree. Those who love rock music spend about two billion dollars a year for records. They pay 150 million to see rock stars in person.

Luck is a key word for explaining the success of many. In 1972, one of the luckiest was Kon McLean, who wrote and sang "American Pie". McLean writes his own music, so he earns an additional two cents on every single record of the song.

Nell Young, who performs in torn blue jeans, sometimes sings to an audience of 10 000, each of whom has paid at least five dollars for a ticket. After paying expenses, Young leaves with about $ 18 000 in his blue jeans at the end of an evening.

How do the rock stars use their money? What do they do when the money starts pouring in like water? Most of the young stars simply throw the money around. England's Elton John gave someone a $ 38 000 Rolls Royce car and bought himself 5,000 pair of eyeglasses, then lighted up and spelt: E—L—T—O--N. He also bought himself two cars, "one for each foot".

Many rock stars live like Grace Slick and the Jefferson Airplane. Those performers return from a tour, pay their bills, and buy new toys. Then when they need money again, they do another tour. They save no money and live from hand to mouth.

In the end the rock star's life is unrewarding. After two or three years, riches and fame are gone. Left with his memories and his tax problems, the lonely person spends his remaining years trying to attract strangers. New stars have arrived to take his place.

28. This passage is mainly about ________________.

   A. the success of a rock star               B. the way rock stars live

   C. rich rock stars                        D. the admirers of rock stars

29. How much expense does Neil Young pay for a performance?

   A. $ 10,000                B. $ 33,000        C. $ 32,000            D. $ 38,000

30. According to the passage, the underlined phrase “from hand to mouth” means____________.

   A. they have to earn money by hand

   B. they know how to spend money in a reasonable way

   C. they earn money only for their immediate enjoyment

   D. they steal to feed their mouth when they need money

31. What do we know about Johnny Mathis?

   A. He thinks rock stars shouldn’t make much money. 

   B. His admires disagree with him totally

   C. He was once popular in the twentieth century

   D. He never spends any money on a rock star’s performance.

Many white-collar people, working in big cities, like to live in the country where there is a(n) ________ of peace and calm.

   A. glory                         B. atmosphere               C. fantasy                     D. passion

Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品). We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions all the time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by means of a set of values---not values imposed（强加）from the outside by others, but innate values which come from within. If we are driven by these values and not by the changing opinions and value systems of others, we will live a more authentic, effective, purposeful and happy life.

21．What Oscar Wilde says implies that _____________.

A. most people’s thoughts are controlled by others

B. most people have a variety of thoughts

C. we have thoughts similar to those of others

D. other people’s thoughts are more important

22．What does the author try to argue in the third paragraph ?

A. We need to pay for what we want to get.

B. Changing opinions may cost us our freedom.

C. We may lose ourselves to please others.

D. The price of taking drugs is freedom.

23． In order to live a happy, effective and purposeful life, we should _________.

A. care about others’ opinions and change opinions all the time

B. guide ourselves by means of values from the outside

C. stick to our own values

D. persuade others to accept our opinions

24．It can be concluded from the passage that __________.

A. it’s important to accept others’ opinions

B. it’s better to do what we like

C. we shouldn't change our own opinions

D. we shouldn’t care what others think too much

We are all called upon to make a speech at some point in life, but most of us don’t do a very good job. This article gives some suggestions on how to give an effective speech.

So, you have to give a speech -- and you are terrified. You get nervous, you forget what you want to say, you stumble over words, you talk too long, and you bore your audience. Later you think, “Thank Goodness, it’s over. I’m just not good at public speaking. I hope I never have to do that again.”

It doesn’t have to be that bad. Here are some simple steps to take the pain out of speech making. Ask yourself the purpose of your speech. What is the occasion? Why are you speaking? Then, gather as many facts as you can on your subject. Spend plenty of your time doing your research. Then spend plenty of your time organizing your material so that your speech is clear and easy to follow. Use as many examples as possible, and use pictures, charts, and graphs if they help you make your points more clearly. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads, and don’t talk down to them. Treat your audience with respect. They will appreciate your thoughtfulness.

Just remember: Be prepared. Know your subject, your audience, and the occasion. Be brief. Say what you have to say and then stop. And be yourself. Let your personality come through so that you make person-to-person contact with your audience.

If you follow these simple steps, you will see that you don’t have to be afraid of public speaking. In fact, you may find the experience so enjoyable that you volunteer to make more speeches! You’re not convinced yet? Give it a try and see what happens.

73. The main idea of this article is _________.

       A. that you can improve your speaking ability           B. that a poor speaker can never change

       C. to always make a short speech                           D. that it is hard to make a speech

74. Paragraph 2 implies that _________.

       A. many people are afraid of giving a speech        B. many people are happy to give a speech

       C. many people don’t prepare for a speech        D. many people talk too long

75. All of the following statements are TRUE except __________.

       A. few people know how to make good speeches

       B. a lecturer does not need to organize his speech

       C. research is important in preparing a speech

       D. there are simple steps you can take to improve your speaking ability

76. The title for this passage may be _________.

       A. Do Not Make a Long Speech                           B. How to Give a Good Speech

       C. How to Prepare for a Speech                           D. Try to Enjoy a Speech

—Jack, do you know anything about Doctor Brown?

— I ______ to him for years. I don’t see how anyone else could do better.

A. went                    B. will go                      C. had gone                  D. have been going

 We shall hardly please everyone, nor is it necessary that we _______.

   A. need             B. should               C. can               D. may

Let's say you want to hit the gym more regularly this year. How do you make that happen? Consider putting the habit loop to use.

Here's how it works:

A habit is a 3-step process. First, there's a cue, something that tells your brain to operate automatically. Then there's a routine. And finally, a reward, which helps your brain learn to desire the behavior. It's what you can use to create-or break-habits of your own.

    Here's how to apply it:

Choose a cue, like leaving your running shoes by the door, then pick a reward---say, a piece of chocolate when you get home from the gym. That way, the cue and the reward become interconnected. Finally, when you see the shoes, your brain will start longing for the reward, which will make it easier to work out day after day. The best part? In a couple of weeks, you won't need the chocolate at all. Your brain will come to see the workout itself as the reward. Which is the whole point, right?

56. Which of the following best fits in the box with a “?” in THE HABIT LOOP?

A. Pick a new cue.                      B. Form a new habit.

C. Choose a new reward.                 D. Design a new resolution.

57. What's the purpose of putting the habit loop to use?

A. To test out different kinds of cues.

B. To do something as a habit even without rewards.

C. To work out the best New Year's resolution.

       D. To motivate yourself with satisfactory rewards

58.  “This year when I see the Harry Potter poster, I will read 30 pages of an English novel or an       English newspaper in order to watch TV for half an hour." What is the cue in this resolution?

A. The Harry Potter poster.                 B. Reading 30 pages of an English novel.

C. An English newspaper.                    D. Watching TV for half an hour.

Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there's no doubt Napoleon was a major influence. The French have used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand drivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic travelled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift (改变) to the right. A driver would sit on the rear (后面的) left horse in order to wave his whip (鞭子) with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they travelled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left ( the reason was stated in a 1908 catalog: the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially if there is a lady to be considered).Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970.The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the Western world's few remaining holdouts(坚持不变者).Several Asian nations, including Japan, use the left as well—though many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

24．Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right?

A. They had used the right-hand traffic since the 18th century.

B. Rich people enjoyed driving their carriages on the right.

C. Napoleon introduced the right-hand traffic to this country.

D. Hitler ordered them to go against their left-hand tradition.

25．Of all the countries below, the one that travels on the right is ______.

A. Austria   B. England   C. Japan   D. Australia

26．Henry Ford produced cars with controls on the left ______.

A. in order to change traffic directions in the U.S.

B. so that passengers could get off conveniently

C. because rules at that time weren't perfect

D. though many countries were strongly against that

27．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A. Before the French Revolution, all the French people used the right.

B. People in Britain and the U.S. travel on the same side nowadays.

C. The Burmese began to travel on the right in 1970.

D. All the Asian nations use the left at present.

In the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia, one scene shows an American newspaper reporter eagerly snapping photos of men robbing a damaged train. One of the robbers, Chief Auda abu Tayi of the Howeitat clan, suddenly notices the camera and snatches it. “Am I in this?” he asks, before smashing it open. To the dismayed reporter, Lawrence explains, “He thinks these things will steal his virtue. He thinks you’re a kind of thief.”

　　As soon as colonizers and explorers began taking cameras into distant lands, stories began circulating about how native peoples saw them as tools for black magic. The “ignorant natives” may have had a point. When photography first became available, scientists welcomed it as a more objective way of recording faraway societies than early travelers’ exaggerated accounts. But in some ways, anthropological(人类学的) photographs reveal more about the culture that holds the camera than the one that stares back. Up into the 1950s and 1960s, many ethnographer(人种学者) sought “pure” pictures of “primitive” cultures, routinely deleting modern articles for daily use such as clocks and Western dress. They paid men and women to re-enact rituals or to pose as members of war or hunting parties, often with little regard for truthfulness. Edward Curtis, the legendary photographer of North American Indians, for example, got one Makah man to pose as a whaler with a spear in 1915 --- even though the Makah had not hunted whales in a generation.

　　These photographs reinforced widely accepted stereotypes that native cultures were isolated, primitive, and unchanging. For instance, National Geographic magazine’s photographs have taught millions of Americans about other cultures. As Catherine Lutz and Jane Collins point out in their 1993 book Reading National Geographic, the magazine since its founding in 1888 has kept a tradition of presenting beautiful photos that don’t challenge white, middle-class American conventions. While dark-skinned women can be shown without tops, for example, white women’s breasts are taboo. Photos that could unsettle or disturb, such as areas of the world torn apart by war or famine, are discarded in favor of those that reassure, to conform with the society’s stated pledge to present only “kindly” visions of foreign societies. The result, Lutz and Collins say, is the display of “an idealized and exotic world relatively free of pain or class conflict.”

　　Lutz actually likes National Geographic a lot. She read the magazine as a child, and its lush imagery influenced her eventual choice of anthropology as a career. She just thinks that as people look at the photographs of other cultures, they should be alert to the choice of composition and images.

66. The main idea of the passage is _______.

A. Photographs taken by Western explorers reflect more Westerners’ perception of the native cultures and the Western values.

B. There is a complicated relationship between the Western explorers and the primitive peoples.

C. Popular magazines such as National Geographic should show pictures of the exotic and idealized worlds to maintain high sales.

D. Anthropologists ask the natives to pose for their pictures, compromising the truthfulness of their pictures.

67. We can infer from the passage that early travelers to the native lands often _______.

A. took pictures with the natives

B. gave exaggerated accounts of the native lands

C. ask for pictures from the natives

D. gave the natives clocks and Western dresses

68. The author mentions the movie Lawrence of Arabia to _______.

A. show how people in the native societies are portrayed by Westerners.

B. illustrate how people from primitive societies see cameras as tools of black magic that steal their virtues.

C. show how anthropologists portray untruthful pictures of native people.

D. show the cruel and uncivilized side of the native people.

69. In paragraph2, the underlined part refers to _______.

A. the native culture                                 B. the Western culture

C. the academic culture                                   D. the news business culture

70. With which of the following statements would Catherine Lutz most probably agree?

A. Reporters from the Western societies should routinely delete modern elements in pictures taken of the native societies.

B. The primitive cultures are inferior to the more advanced Western culture.

C. The western media are not presenting a realistic picture of the faraway societies.

D. People in the Western news business should try not to challenge the well-established white middle-class values.

There are some strange driving laws in different countries.

64. Where should you go to wash your car when you are in Moscow?

A. Any public place                               B. The car wash facilities 

C. Your home                                      D. The forest

65. What can get you fined for in Cyprus?

     A. Forgetting to carry a portable breathalyzer.  

B. Not having a Cyprus driver’s license.

     C. Driving without a shirt.   

D. Putting your hands above your head when you are driving

66. If you are fined thousands of dollars in Japan, you may have been ____.

A. splashing a person with mud       B. impolite to other drivers

     C. in an irregular position in your car   D. sitting in a car with a drunk driver

67. This text can most likely be found in _______.

   A. a law document                   B. a fashion magazine

   C. an international newspaper          D. a column on interesting cultures