After some time，another official climbed up to the platform and spoke to me．From his signs I understood that they were going to move me. The King of this country（which was called Lilliput）had ordered his people to carry me to the capital city，about a kilometre away．I made signs to ask whether(是否) I could be untied，but the official politely said “No”. While I was eating bread，a platform had been prepared to carry me. The people of Lilliput，known as the Lilliputians，are very clever with their hands．For me，five hundred men built a special wooden platform with twenty－two wheels. Nine hundred of the strongest men worked for about three hours to lift me on to the platform，and one thousand five hundred of the King's largest horses（each eleven and a half centimetres high）pulled me to the capital．I did not know about any of this，because they had put a sleeping powder in my wine，and I was in a deep sleep．

(An Extract from A voyage to Lilliput )

1.This is most probably .

A. a poem B. a novel C. a poster D. a notice

2.Who was the ruler of this country?

A. Gulliver B. Swift C. Lilliput D. The King

3.According to(根据) the extract, what did the Lilliputians do with “I”?

A. The official set “I” free B. They only gave bread to “I”

C. They used a platform to carry “I” D. They built a wonderful chair for “I”

What would you say when we told you that you could learn to speak a new language in only 7 days? Pretty unbelievable, right? But how could it be? To find out, we spoke to David－one of our brave Babbel learners－to see how the Babbel app successfully got him speaking French in just one week.

How much time did you learn each day?

I didn’t need to give my whole life over to learning French. Each Babbel lesson takes only 15 minutes, and I give myself the certain aim(目标) of finishing three Babbel lessons daily. This took 45 minutes each day.

How did the Babbel app help you learn so quickly?

The Babbel app has a course plan for beginners that taught me how to make sentences in French within the first few days. Then I was able to personalize（个性化）my learning by choosing lessons on eating, drinking, music, culture, travelling and so on. This made me quickly enlarge(扩大) my vocabulary!

This way of learning kept me really interested, and made sure I wasn’t bored with grammar practice that we all remember from school!

“After 7 days I was able to introduce myself in French, talk about my hobbies and interests, and most importantly, communicating with a native(本国的) French speaker in a real talk and I could even play a joke or two!”

Would you introduce this app to others?

Certainly! Babbel has 14 languages to choose from, so if you’re thinking about brushing up on your German for a business trip, or learning a bit of Japanese for next year’s summer vacation, you’ll be happy to hear that you only need an app, 7 days of learning to get you perfect!

1.The Babbel app is used for people to _______.

A. speak with natives B. learn foreign languages

C. do international business D. plan a vacation abroad

2.How did the Babbel app help David learn quickly?

A. It took him little time every day.

B. It provided him with 14 languages.

C. It gave him daily grammar practice.

D. It offered lessons according to his needs.

3.What’s the meaning of brushing up on?

A. 复习 B. 升起 C. 刷子 D. 继续

4.The example of David is used in the passage to show that _______.

A. hard work is really important B. Babbel app sells well

C. French is easy to learn D. Babbel app really helps

七、阅读填空 先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一个单词。

Facial Recognition System（面部识别系统）in China has taken the latest step forward.

 In the past, people bought tickets or cards before taking the subway. Instead, people try the subway system in Shandong's provincial capital, Jinan. The riders(乘客) have paid for their ride by showing their faces.

People can download（下载）an app at the local subway station. The machine scans（扫描）your facial profile. This tells the system to scan a rider’s face. It can manage them automatically (自动)for the service from a pre-paid account.

Jinan Rail Transit Group tells the reporter that the facial recognition system is still having the first try. At present, there is at least one facial recognition machine at each station of Line No.1. With the help of this app, riders can get into the subway more easily and quickly, especially during the rush hour. So far, Cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, has offered riders to use their mobile to automatically enter the subway systems.

八、完成句子 按所给汉语，用英语完成下列句子

1.昨天在公园里，我们情不自禁地拍了许多照片。

Yesterday we _________ _________ _________ a lot of photos in the park.

2.他从未梦想过采访国家主席。

He has _________ _________ _________ interviewing the president.

3.就如何照顾他的胃，你能给我一些建议吗？

Could you give me some_________ _________ _________ to look after his stomach?

4.我们都认为，尽可能经常地彼此保持联系是非常重要的。

We all think it very important _____________________________ as soon as possible.

5.这对老夫妻已结婚三十多年了。

The old couple ___________________________________ more than thirty years ago.

6.通往成功的道路往往是由成千上万的困难铺成的。

The road to success is always ___________________________________ difficulties.

美丽中国，美丽太湖。无锡是太湖边上一座美丽的花园城市。假如你是无锡某中学的一名中学生李明，请你根据以下表格内的提示要点，以“美丽的无锡”为话题，用英语写一篇60字左右的短文，向你的英国笔友Tom 介绍一下你美丽的家乡——无锡。

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your last letter. Now I’m writing to introduce my hometown.

Wuxi is a beautiful garden city by Taihu Lake._______________________________________

I’d like to invite you to my hometown. I believe you will have a good time here.

Looking forward to your visit!

Best wishes,

Li Ming

The pickle(咸菜)jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When Dad got ready for bed, he would empty his pockets and drop his ______ into the jar.

When the jar was filled, we would take the coins to the bank. Each time, as he gave the box of coins to the bank worker, he would say ______ ,”These are for my son's college fund. He'll never work at the factory all his life like me.”

The years passed, and I finished college and took a job. Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar was______.I stared at the place beside the dresser where the jar had always stood. My father is a man of ______ words and never told me about the values of determination and faith. But the jar had taught me all these virtues (美德)far ______ than any words could have done

When I married, I told my wife Susan about the ______part the lowly pickle jar had played in my life. In my mind, it showed, more than anything else, how much my ______ had loved me. No matter how difficult things got at home，Dad______ to doggedly（坚持不懈地）drop his coins into the jar.

The first Christmas after our ______ was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Susan carried the baby into my parents' ______ to feed her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was ______ strange in her eyes. She took my hand, _______me into the room.

“Look, "she said softly, her eyes directing me to a place on the floor ______ the dresser. To my amazement, there, as if it had never been ______ stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already covered with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into my pocket, and ______ a handful of coins.

With the strong feeling choking(使... 哽咽)me, I dropped the coins into the jar.

1.A. coins B. money C. pickle D. purse

2.A. seriously B. gently C. anxiously D. proudly

3.A. sold B. gone C. stolen D. broken

4.A. no B. few C. many D. big

5.A. harder B. easier C. less D. more

6.A. important B. dangerous C. fantastic D. humorous

7.A. aunt B. uncle C. mother D. father

8.A. began B. wanted C. helped D. continued

9.A. son B. daughter C. grandson D. granddaughter

10.A. stud B. kitchen C. bedroom D. bathroom

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

12.A. leading B. sending C. carrying D. putting

13.A. in B. on C. under D. beside

14.A. removed B. remained C. returned D. . replaced

15.A. handed in B. pulled out C. picked up D. looked for

As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail carrier. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and especially chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.

One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail into her house every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.

Mailboxes were sometimes used for other things. One note left in a mailbox read, "Nat, take these eggs to Marian. She’s baking a cake and doesn’t have any eggs. "A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank.

Later, father died. As I drove home, I noticed two green and red mailboxes made by father were still on each side of Main Street. Each box had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters to Santa through those holes.

When I saw Frank Townsend, Dad's postmaster and great friend for many years. He asked, " What are we going to do about the letters this Christmas?"

“The letters?”

“I guess you never knew.”

"Knew what?”

Remember, when you were a kid and you used to put your letters to Santa in those green and red boxes on Main Street? It was your dad who answered all those letters every year.”

I just sat there with tears in my eyes. It wasn’t hard for me to imagine Dad sitting at the old table in our basement reading those letters and answering each one. I have since spoken with several of the people who received Christmas letters during their childhood, and they told me how amazed they were that Santa had known so much about their homes and families.

For me, just knowing that story about my father was the gift of a lifetime.

1.It can be inferred (推断) from the passage that the writer regarded his travels with Dad as________.

A. great chances to help other people B. happy occasions to play with animals

C. exciting experiences with a lot of fun D. good opportunities to enjoy chocolate cookies 9)

2.The writer provides the detail about the businessman to show that

A. Dad had a strong sense of duty B. Dad was an honest and dependable man

C. Dad had a strong sense of respect D. Dad was a kind and generous man

3.What surprised the children most when they received letters in reply from Santa Claus every year?

A. Santa Claus lived alone in the cold North Pole.

B. Santa Claus answered all their letters every year.

C. Santa Claus had unique（独一无二的） mailboxes for the children．

D. Santa Claus had so much information about their families

My summer hols wr CWOT: B4, WE USED 2go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF thr 3: @ KIDS FTF. ILNY, its gr8.

Can you understand this sentence? If you can’t, don’t feel too bad: neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cellphones. To newcomers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the "translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York, it’s great.

School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted（面目全非的）.

Everyone should just relax, say linguists（语言学家）.They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nunberg, from Stanford University, agrees. " People get better at writing by writing, " he says. "Kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mail, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than, their parents.”

Linguist James Milroy says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can bet your bottom dollar that when today’s teenagers become tomorrows parents, they too will think this way. Milroy argues that languages do not and cannot become "corrupted", they simply change to meet the new needs

However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write Standard(/E)English. Cynthia Me Vey says, I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but that learning to write proper English is a must for their future.”

Perhaps, we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, age 12, says, " I wouldn’t use text language in my homework. Text is just for fun.”

1.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To give an example of a foreign language.

B. To show an example of creative method

C. To express worries about using Netspeak.

D. To start the topic of Netspeak through an example.

2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Cynthia McVey points out teenagers can deal with Netspeak properly

B. Geoffrey Nunberg believes Netspeakers can write Standard English

C. David Crystal thinks Netspeak helps develop the habit of writing

D. James Milroy says that language is changing and improving

3.The expression "bet your bottom dollar" in paragraph means__________.

A. be quite sure B. be greatly surprised C. think it a pity D. find it interesting

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Netspeak: A Widely-used Language on Internet

B. Netspeak Harming the English Language?

C. Is Netspeak Helpful in Language Learning?

D. Netspeak: Advantages and Disadvantages

A strong EI Nino（厄尔尼诺暖流）causes the temperature around the world to rise. “That’s how we will see the influences of climate (气候) change", says Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State University.

The Great Barrier Reef (礁) is far beyond its name. Coral (珊瑚) of all shapes, sizes and colors covers more than 130,000 square meters off the coast of Australia, making it the world's largest reef system with many amazing kinds of life under the sea.

But today the Great Barrier Reef is dying. The waters around the reef become warmer. That warming then causes the bleaching(白化).The bleaching takes the color and the life out of the coral. Bleaching happens when the warm water and pollution drive away the living things that live on the coral and give it color. Within weeks, the reef could die, leaving behind a forest of lifeless, bone white coral. Scientists believe the bleaching may kill more than 15% of the world’s coral. The Great Barrier Reef isn't alone. This is the longest bleaching event ever recorded, " says David Kline, a scientist.

But a bigger worry may be what the bleaching suggests about future climate(气候)change. Climate change may be slow sometimes, but other times it takes great leaps forward, "says Steve Palumbi, an ocean scientist at Stanford University.

Local solutions like reducing fishing and cleaning up, pollution can help slow reef loss, but scientists say a global(8)problem requires a global solution. Nearly 200 countries agreed last year to work to keep global temperatures from rising more than 3. 6F by 2100, but that goal will be hard to reach.

1.The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refers to (指代)_____________.

A. the country –Australia B. the coast of Australia

C. the coral under the sea D. The Great Barrier Reef.

2.What does the writer mean by saying "The Great Barrier Reef isn’t alone. "?

A. There are many other reefs beside the Great Barrier Reef.

B. There are kinds of living things on the Great Barrier Reef.

C. The Great Barrier Reef is becoming warmer and warmer.

D. Some other reefs have the same problem as the Great Barrier Reef.

3.After reading the article, you can learn that__________.

A. the climate is changing quickly within a short time

B. it's hard to see colorful coral when bleaching happens

C. the global warming is the only reason for the death of reefs

D. lots of countries found it easy to make the temperature low

4.What's the writer’s main purpose in writing the article?

A. To draw more attention to global warming B. To explain how bleaching happens.

C. To advise Australians to solve global warming. D. To explain why the world gets warm

Motivated (有内驱力的 ) or Overachieving?

Everyone has the occasional classmate who hands in his work ahead of time with really beautiful handwriting. Some teachers may cheerfully get the homework by saying "Of course you did it early.I'm sure you've done a good job!" Some teachers may feel annoyed because "The deadline is not until next Friday." Behind this student's back are tons of whispers from his classmates, "Ugh, he is such an

overachiever and it's so annoying ..."

If you ask the same student to explain his behavior, he probably says that he is simply "motivated". Such students refuse to call themselves overachievers but prefer "motivated" instead. They want to shy away from the unpleasant term

"overachiever" but choose to embrace the word "motivated" .

Why is the term "overachiever" used as an insult (侮辱 )? Do we not all work hard to achieve our goals? Why does the "motivated" student not proudly call himself an "overachiever" ?

In my personal experience, being called an overachiever in front of my classmates is not pleasant at all. The word is often connected with an unkind smile or sometimes a hint ofjealousy (嫉妒 )."Overachiever" carries the implied (暗指的 ) sense which "over" lends it - you have done too much and you have gone too far. Anyway, it is beyond the proper degree and just annoying to those students who refuse to put in the effort themselves and get unhappy with you for doing so.

A student would rather think of himself as an excellent student and it is motivation that drives him to do his best. What is the implied meaning of "motivated" ? Connected with positive words like willpower, spirit and determination, the "motivated" student would appear to be competing in an event of the brain Olympics.

Although there are differences in their implications, the student who calls himself "motivated" could actually be a secret overachiever, going over the top for all his work; while the "overachiever" is nothing more than a motivated student, driven by the simple desire to do well and willing to put in time and effort. In fact, the choice lies within the student: to overachieve or not to overachieve; to find the motivation to do well and be driven by it, or to sit back and blame others for overachieving to hide his inability to achieve.

1.According to the passage, overachievers

A. are popular with their classmates B. hand in homework ahead of time

C. are much loved by their teachers D. look down on others for being slow

2.The word "embrace" in Paragraph 2 probably means "_ ".

A. understand B. explain C. doubt D. accept

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Teachers expect students to benefit from their extra work.

B. Students compete with each other to become overachievers.

C. Classmates may laugh at overachievers to hide their inability to achieve.

D. The writer has some pleasant experiences of being called an overachiever.

4.The writer probably agrees tahat

A. students shouldn't be encouraged to be overachievers

B. students without motivation will become overachievers

C. motivated students make better progress than overachievers

D. motivated students have something in common with overachievers