My wood-shop teacher, Mr. August J. Bachmann, was the most influential teacher I ever had.

   I had gotten into21   in his class: Another student had pushed me into a wood lathe (车床), and I became 22   and began to hit him. Mr. Bachmann stopped the 23  , but instead of sending me to the office, he sat me down and asked a simple question: “Penna, why are you24  your life? Why aren’t you going to college?”

I didn’t know anything about 25. No one had ever considered that a fatherless boy from the poorest neighborhood had a 26 . That day, instead of rushing off for 27 , he stayed and explained possible 28  options to me. At the end of our29, he sent me to see a secretary who had a child at a state college. This was in 1962.

Well, 53 years have passed, and what have I done with the 30 he gave me? I gained a PhD from Fordham University when I was only 29. I31 English and social studies and then 32   the chain of command from teacher to principal.

   I’ve sat on the board for Magnet Schools of America and 33  that organization at the United Nations. I’ve won a number of prestigious (声望很高的) educational awards.

34 where would I be if a truly35 teacher had not taken the time out of his lunch period to speak to me? It was 56  only his confidence in me that pushed me forward.

I have 37  his kindness hundreds of times by encouraging misguided youngsters to ___38  higher. If I have___39___ any children, it is because of him. If I have been a 40  educator, it is because I had a great role model in Mr. Bachmann.

21. A. debt                   B. water                C. prison            D. trouble

22. A. afraid                 B. angry              C. brave              D. curious

23. A. play                    B. game                 C. fight                 D. quarrel

24. A. wasting                   B. ending               C. changing           D. living

25. A. schools               B. colleges             C. friendship          D. teamwork

26. A. role                    B. try                    C. job                   D. future

27. A. work                  B. rest                   C. lunch                D. emergency

28. A. education            B. interest              C. exercise            D. career

29. A. talk                    B. class                C. trip                   D. silence

30. A. money             B. knowledge         C. luck                  D. experience

31. A. chose                 B. quitted               C. taught            D. learned

32. A. set up                 B. moved up          C. gave up             D. took up

33. A. founded                     B. supported          C. helped               D. represented

34. A. So                      B.Or                            C.But                    D. And

35. A. caring                 B. honest               C. clever               D. humorous

36. A. after all            B. without question C. in reality            D. beyond expectation

37. A. repaid                 B. shown               C. recognized         D. received

38. A. jump                  B. climb                C. aim                   D. feel

39. A. praised           B. surprised           C. understood       D. saved

40. A. successful         B. confident           C. strict                 D. special

Beijing, April 2----Starting from this year, the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will begin to promote a home medical service. With this service a medical team which is made up of a doctor, a nurse and a medical health worker will be sent to some communities in the city. They will set up a medical filing recorder for every resident in community and publicize their contact information to them. If people in the community feel sick, they can consult their community doctor first. If community doctors cannot treat their illness, they will then be transferred to large hospitals. Liang Wan, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, made the statement last Friday .

   In addition ,the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau will set up some funds to train home medical service workers for families whose members suffer either from high blood pressure, diabetes,cerebral apoplexy , or coronary heart disease . The home medical service workers will remind patients to take pills on time and lead the patients to follow some health tips in their daily life. They will also learn some practical knowledge to save patients in case of an emergency .

The work will first begin in the medical service room in the 25 community centers and spread to all communities in Beijing. The disease prevention and control centers at various counties and districts in Beijing will be responsible for teaching community doctors and giving home medical service lectures, or advice . These workers will not be able to work until they pass related examination and obtain the work certificates. It is expected that by the end of this year, there will be 10000 home medical service workers in Beijing .

26. Where does a person go to see first if he gets sick according to the passage ?

A. The community clinics.                  B. Large hospital .

C. Private clinic .                  D. Small hospital .

27. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.The medical team which is made up of a doctor, a nurse and a medical health worker will set up a medical filing record for every resident.

B. The home medical service workers not only give some healthy suggestions to the patients, but also learn practical knowledge about first aid.

C. Some funds will be provided by Beijing Municipal Health Bureau for home medical service training.

D. The government aims to offer the home medical service for free.

28. If you want to work as a home medical worker, you need to _____________.

A. receive the training about medical service.

B. pass related examinations.

C. obtain the work certificates.                     

D. All the above.

29. What can we learn from the passage?

A. All communities in Beijing have started home medical service.

B. People in Beijing will not easily get ill.

C. Medical service in Beijing will be promoted greatly in the future.

D. The other cities in China should learn from Beijing.

30. The main purpose of the passage is __________

A. to introduce community service in Beijing.

B. to report home medical service available in Beijing.

C. to provide some efficient treatments for diseases in community.

D. to describe a special medical team in Beijing.

假如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。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，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：在错词下面划一横线，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处不计分

When taking a test, you may feel shaky, sweaty, with your heart beat quickly. It means you get test anxiety. Actually, test anxiety is the type of performance anxiety. You feel worrying about how you can perform well and focus with some bad things that may happen. Test anxiety create more pressure on you, that may prevent you from doing your best. But test anxiety can overcome. The following method can help deal with test anxiety and let you to gain a perfect score. First, make full preparations for the test and think positive. Then, learn some breathing exercises to help calm yourself down.

Exploit your parking space

An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to £200 or £300 a week. Put an advertisement（广告）for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark.

Rent（出租）a room

Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax on the first £4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.

Make money during special events

Don’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money, Grashpadder can advertise your space.

Live on set

Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for free—but you will be charged if your home gets picked.

Use your roof

   You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing  solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.

24. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.

A. ￡500    B. ￡800         C. ￡4500    D.5000

25. Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event?

A. On Letpark.         B. On Grashpadder.

C. On Roomspare.      D. On Roommateeasy.

26. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.

A. sign an agreement with the government      B. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment

C. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years  D. sell the roof to some energy companies

27. For whom the text most probably written?

A. Lodgers.          B. Advertisers.

C. Online companies  D. House owners.

Sandra Bullock turned 51 last month. But because she looks exactly the same as she did in Miss Congeniality, a movie filmed back in the 20^th century, everyone calls her “ageless.” Bullock is just one of a number of stars in their 40s and 50s who’ve had birthdays recently but have not gotten older, unlike the rest of us in their age group. Take Halle Berry. One website put a photo of her 20 years ago next to one of the newly 49-year-old Berry and dared us to choose which was which. “This Is What 49 Looks Like,” it said. Seriously, if that’s what 49 looks like, I must be 71.

     However, even a generation ago, famous faces evolved. Look at a picture of Grace Kelly at age 52 in the early 1980s. She looks like a beautiful middle-aged woman. Today she’d look old for her age.

     The goal now is to prevent aging while you are still young, using all the magical nonsurgical options medicine has to offer. Eventually these techniques will become less expensive, and ordinary people my daughter’s age will have them. Already anti-aging is starting to be considered maintenance, like coloring your hair. My friends and I find ourselves openly debating techniques that we used to make fun of. Does fat-freezing work? How much time do you have to spend in the gym to keep the body of a 35-year-old after 50? It’s all so exhausting. But members of the next generation have it tougher. They’ll have to ask themselves whether they want to spend their youth trying not to get old. I’ve already seen “Sexy at 70” headlines. Will everyone be expected to go to their graves(坟墓) looking hot?

  I also have to wonder what else we are slowing along with age. How do you move on if you’re working so hard to stay the same? And besides, if you’ve known the ache of watching a daughter pack up for college, you know you can’t stop the clock.

28. In the author’s eyes, Sandra Bullock__________.

A. doesn’t deserve her name

B. doesn’t look her age at all

C. behaves like a young woman

D. looks younger than Halle Berry.

29. The example of Grace Ketty is given to show______.

A. physical beauty never lasts long

B. there is no such thing as agelessness

C. people’s attitude towards aging has changed

D. stars pay too much attention to their appearance

30. Where do the author’s concerns about anti-aging techniques lie?

A. They expose people to danger.

B. They make people feel stressful

C. They are too expensive for ordinary.

D. They encourage comparisons among people.

31. What’s the purpose of the text?

A. To show the burden of youth.

B. To offer tips on how to look hot.

C. To advise people to accept aging.

D. To comment on some famous stars.

 Among the mountains         a lake and next to the lake         some cottages.

  A. lie; stand          B. lies; stands        C. lies; stand         D. lie; stands

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Effective note-taking is a valuable skill for keeping, remembering, reciting and recalling information. Following these simple tips, you'll learn how to take notes.

           1             Write down individual words or key phrases that are most connected to the topic at hand. These things include dates, names, theories and definitions. Ignore all the less important words and less related details.

Think about what you want to keep. Why are you taking the class? Why are you attending the seminar? Why did your employer send you to the conference? While it may be your first reaction to try to write down what you hear or see without missing a single word, you have to remember that you are taking notes in order to learn something from them.           2            

Take any “new” information into your first consideration.            3              It is useless to you. Focus on writing down any new information that you’ ve never learned before. This will give you the most value from your note-taking

Use shorthand. Develop your own system of shorthand writing.           4             You can try writing things like “wd” for would or a plus sign for the word “and”. Instead of writing “popular sovereignty”25 times over the course of a history class, just write “pop sov”.

Improve the face value of your notes. You will be unwilling to go back to your notes if they are difficult to read. So it's important that they look visually appealing! For this, always start on a fresh page, write neatly, color-code your notes, and try using colored pens for different parts of your notes.           5            

A. You re not writing a short novel.

B. Gather your note-taking materials.

C. Identify the most relevant information.

D. It can help you to write more efficiently and avoid falling behind.

E. Don’t waste time writing down information that you already know.

F. Taking notes will be a waste of time if you can’t read them afterwards.

G. You’ll really see the benefit of having good notes when it comes to exam time.

71.She chose to learn the violin in            （prefer）to the piano.

72.During the talks in Copenhagen,all the 192 nations agree on the fact that the climate change is posing a threat to the            （生存）of human beings.

73.The new solider            （射击）at the target,but missed it again.

74.We’ll start tomorrow,weather            （permit）.

75.He was touched by the            （warm）of their welcome.

76.“The interest            be divided into five parts,according to the agreement made by both sides.”declared the judge.

77.But for my classmates’ help,I            （not finish）the work in time.

78.He studied hard before the exam,and it            （得到回报）

79.The president spoke at the business meeting for nearly an hour without            （参考）his notes.

80.Would you like my old TV            （交换）this camera?

In its early history, Chicago had floods frequently, especially in the spring, making the streets so muddy that people, horses, and carts got stuck. An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this: A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street. Asked if he needs help, he replies, "No, thanks. I've got a good horse under me."

The city planner decided to build an underground drainage (排水) system, but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level. The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city.

An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt. This raised the level of the city's streets by as much as 12 feet.

This of course created a new problem: dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago. Building owners were faced with a choice: either change the first floors of their buildings into basements, and the second stories into main floors, or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level. Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily. But what about large, heavy structures like Tremont Hotel, which was a six-story brick building?

That's where George Pullman came in. He had developed some house-moving skills successfully. To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel, Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews (螺旋千斤顶) beneath the building's foundation. One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews. At Pullman's sign each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time, thereby raising the building slowly and evenly. Astonishingly, the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation, and many of its guests didn't even notice anything was happening. Some people like to say that every problem has a solution. But in Chicago's early history, every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem. Now that Chicago's waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River, the city's next step was to clean the polluted river.

21. The author mentions the joke to show ______.

A. horses were fairly useful in Chicago

B. Chicago's streets were extremely muddy

C. Chicago was very dangerous in the spring

D. the Chicago people were particularly humorous

22. The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to_______.

A. get rid of the street dirt

B. lower the Chicago River

C. fight against heavy floods

D. build the pipes above ground

23. What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel?

A. It went on smoothly as intended.

B. It interrupted the business of the hotel.

C. It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews.

D. It separated the building from its foundation.

24. The passage is mainly about the early Chicago's ______.

A. popular life styles and their influences

B. environmental disasters and their causes

C. engineering problems and their solutions

D. successful businessmen and their achievements

I have always lived in India, and was recently traveling from Mumbai to Jaipur for work. Arriving at the airport __41__, I was asked to hang out in the waiting area __42__, without much else to do, I decided to check out the gift shop. As I walked around the store, I saw two American __43__ having a nap on a recliner(躺椅) outside. It looked as if they had been at the airport for hours, and I felt I had to do something to help ease their __44__.

  I looked around the store for a few moments, and __45__purchasing a medium-sized stuffed by toy which looked like the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants (though it was orange instead of the normal yellow). I asked the owner of the shop for a __46__ and a pen and wrote, “When you get up __47__ this makes you smile, it would __48__ the world to me. Have a good trip and an awesome experience. ”

  I walked __49__ towards the two women and placed the toy and the note next to them. Not wanting to shock on __50__ them, I tried to be as slow as possible, but in my __51__ to flee the scene, one of them woke up and __52__me in the act. At first when she looked at me, I __53__: maybe she thinks I’m a thief? __54__when she looked at the soft toy and the note, she brightened up, as if this was the __55__thing anyone had ever done for her. “Is this for me?” she asked. I gave her a huge __56__ and nodded.

  She was so excited! For a minute, it didn’t feel like we were __57__ anymore. I shook hands with her, and her smile __58__my day. I walked away with nothing but __59__ for her, and came to feel that, even though we were from __60__ places, she was just like me.

41. A. directly         B. early              C. hurriedly           D. late

42. A. which          B. what              C. that                   D. where

43. A. men           B. boys              C. girls                  D. women

44. A. wait         B. sadness          C. time                  D. thought

45. A. came about   B. ended up        C. focused on        D. stuck to

46. A. book          B. paper       C. note                  D. pencil

47. A. when         B. if          C. although             D. as

48. A. give          B. pass                     C. take                 D. mean

49. A. quietly         B. anxiously       C. happily              D. unbelievably

50. A. wake        B. trouble           C. disturb                     D. encourage

51. A. dream         B. try                C. attempt             D. track

52. A. saw           B. reminded        C. caught                     D. greeted

53. A. desired       B. worried             C. screamed          D. feared

54. A. But              B. So                    C. Because            D. However

55. A. fittest           B. last                   C. best                  D. first

56. A. handshake   B. present              C. laugh                D. smile

57. A. strangers      B. passengers         C. passers-by         D. tourists

58. A. cheered       B. found                C. made                D. took

59. A. love             B. appreciation       C. kindness            D. satisfaction

60. A. same           B. faraway             C. strange              D. different

In the depths of the French Guianese rainforest, there still remain unusual groups of indigenous(土著的) people. Surprisingly, these people live largely by their own laws and their own social customs. And yet, people in this area are in fact French citizens because it has been a colony(殖民地) of the French Republic since 1946. In theory, they should live by the French law is often ignored or unknown, thus making them into an interesting area of “lawlessness” in the world.

The lives of these people have finally been recorded thanks to the effects of a Frenchman form Paris called Gin. Gin spent five months in early 2015 exploring the most remote corners of this area, which sits on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, with half its population of only 250,000 living in its capital, Cayenne.

“I have a special love for the French Guianese people. I have worked there on and off for almost ten years,” says Gin. “I’ve been able to keep firm friendships with them. Thus I have been allowed to gain access to their living environment. I don’t see it as a lawless land. But rather I see it as an area of freedom.”

“I wanted to show the audience a photographic record touching upon the uncivilized life,” continues Gin. “I prefer to work in black and white, which allows me to show different specific worlds more clearly.”

His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time. These pictures show people seemingly pushed into a world that they were unprepared for. These local citizens now have to balance their traditional self-supporting hunting lifestyle with the lifestyle offered by the modern French Republic, which brings with it not only necessary state welfare, but also alcoholism, betrayal and even suicide.

5. Why does the author feel surprised about the indigenous people in French Guiana?

  A. They seldom follow the French law.

  B. They often ignore the Guianese law.

C. They are separated from the modern world.

  D. They are both Guianese and French citizens.

6. Gin introduces the special world of the indigenous Guianese as _________.

A. a tour guide     B. a geographer

C. a film director   D. a photographer

7. What is Gin’s attitude towards the lives of the indigenous Guianese?

A. Cautious.       B. Doubtful.

C. Uninterested.    D. Appreciative.

8. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A. The modern French lifestyle.    B. The self-supporting hunting.

C. The uncivilized world.         D. The French Republic.

When computer servers operate a complex program, they can get very hot. Cooling the servers can be costly. So researchers asked what would happen if the heat created by the servers could be captured and used?

Data centers of large Internet companies such as Google and Microsoft have thousands of computer servers. As these servers process information, they create large amounts of heat, so they need huge cooling systems, which send the heat into the air.

The Dutch company Nerdalize thinks paying for electricity to operate the servers and then paying again to cool them is a waste of energy. So it developed a device called the e-Radiator, a computer server that also works as a heating source.

Boaz Leupe, the chief executive officer of Nerdalize, says the e-Radiator saves money because companies don’t have to pay to cool their servers. “…The kilowatt hour you are using is used twice — once to heat the home and once to compute the client’s task without the cooling expenses.”

At present five homeowners in the Netherlands are testing the heating device in their homes.

“We compensate the electricity the server uses, and that we can do because of the computer clients on the other side, and, in that way, homeowners actually get heating for free, and computer users don’t have to pay for the expenses of the data center.”

Jan Visser is one of the participants in the year-long experiment. He notices that the amount of heat produced by the e-Radiator depends on the work being done by the computer server. He reveals it cannot be used as the primary source of heat. But he is ready to try it. “If it provides enough warmth, I will be able to use my home’s heating system less, which will save me money.” he added.

Nerdalize says e-Radiators create heat temperatures of up to 55 degrees Celsius. It’s also said that the devices could save users up to $440 in heating costs a year.

28. What can we learn from this passage?

A. E-Radiator can save homeowners a big sum of money in cooling the computers.

B. Google and Nerdalize developed the heating device, e-Radiator.

C. E-Radiator has been put into use in the Netherlands.

D. The heating device will benefit computer users as well as homeowners.

29. According to the passage, what’s Jan Visser’s attitude towards e-Radiator?

A. Cautious.           B. Positive.           C. Satisfied.           D. Doubtful.

30. Where can we most probably read the passage?

A. In an economic report.                   B. In a science magazine.

C. In an education newspaper.             D. In a computer guide book.

31. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Money-saving heating device.

B. E-Radiator, the primary source of heat.

C. Hot computers could be used to heat home.

D. Nerdalize developed e-Radiator, a heating system.

 About 10 million dolphins are said ________ in the past 15 years.   

A. to have killed                                  B. to kill

C. to have been killed                                  D. to be killed

_{–Your car requires _____, Jeff．}

_{–Sure．You know it is also what I want to have _____ for long．}

_{A． being repaired；to be repaired}

_{B． repairing；it repaired}

_{C． repairing；repaired}

_{D． to be repaired；it repaired}

House prices vary from place to place and are usually high ________ there are famous schools. 

A. where            B. since                C. when             D. whether

Across the rich world, well-educated people increasingly work longer than the less-skilled. Some 65% of American men aged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the workforce, compared with 32% of men with only a high-school certificate. This gap is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated well-off and the unskilled poor. Rapid technological advance has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individuals and society, are profound (意义深远的).

The world is facing an astonishing rise in the number of old people. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this change will lead to slower economic growth, and create government budget problems. But the idea of a sharp division between the working young and the unemployed old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers (二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人) are putting off retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.

Policy is partly responsible. Many European governments have abandoned policies that used to encourage people to retire early. Rising life expectancy (预期寿命), combined with the replacement of generous defined-benefit pension plans with less generous defined- contribution ones, means that even the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement. But the changing nature of work also plays a big role. Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to get rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the previous generation. Technological change may well strengthen that shift: the skills that make up for computers, from management knowhow to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age.

24. What has helped deepen the divide between the well-off and the poor?

A. Longer life expectancies.

B. Profound changes in the workforce.

C. Rapid technological advance.

D. A growing number of the well educated.

25. Which is not the reason for the falling employment rate among younger unskilled people?

A. The changing nature of work requires people with computer skills.

B. Policies which supports people’s early retirement are removed.

   C. The educated old work more efficiently than the generation before.

D. Skills are highly valued regardless of age.

26. Which of the following statement is true?

A. The unemployed old has become a common phenomenon in modern society.

B. Observers predict government budget will reduce in the future.

C. Well-educated people tend to work longer.

D. People may enjoy generous defined-benefits in many European computers.

27. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Technological development and the aging population create deep effects.

B. Competition in the job market is more fierce between the old and the young.

C. More and more young people lose their jobs for lack of skills.

D. The aging problem is an issue we should urgently deal with.

 As we all know, a proper amount of exercise 　　　 to good health. 

A. controls　　　 B. offers    C. provides                D. contributes

 The Second World War, _________ the earlier one in 1914, promoted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

   A. so were                  B. so did              C. as did               D. as were

 Though the training cost a lot of time and effort, I do think it ______.

A. valuable         B. significant       C. worthwhile      D. vital