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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。

The iPon Generation

Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go．They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what's happening around them．1. Outside life is shut out．So are you one of them"?

For me; walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect． 2. What's even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says; "I'm not available for chatting at the moment j"

Suppose, you're at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough? but a colleague suddenly turns up．At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration．3. Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that "Go away!" signal．

4. It's probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family．While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their ' Yes．Mum．'' Problem solved．

Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears-but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument．We'll be in a virtual （虚拟的） world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like．In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in．5. And they are changing our social habits along the way．

In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It's so strange-suddenly, I don't feel like wearing my earphones anymore

A．Our instruments are changing quickly．

B．I also have wires hanging from my ears．

C．In the home situation, teenagers love these wires．

D．I don't have to deal with the noise from the environment．

E．After all, I am listening to my favourite music and would rather not be disturbed．

F．Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions．

G．They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal "digital noise reduction systems ．

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I’d appreciate ______ the chance to work in your company last year.

A. giving B. to give

C. being given D. to be given

语法填空

阅读下列材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(一个词)或括号内单词的正确形式

In 2015, Adele Adkins（阿黛尔·阿德金斯）said “hello” to her greatest achievement yet. Despite giving every other musician an 11-month head start, she had no trouble ___1.___(beat) the competition, ___2.___ (become) not only the year’s most talked-about artist, but also its ___3.___ successful one. Her third album, 25, ___4.___ ( release) on Nov 20, not only broke a record for one-week album sales in just over three days, but also sold more than US singer Taylor Swift’s 1989 to become ____5.___ best-selling album of 2015. No ___6.___ USA Today named Adele “Musician of the Year” on Dec 28.

So what is behind the album’s ___7.____ (popular)? First and foremost, the 27-year-old British singer has “an awe-inspiring voice that shows her genuine talent”, wrote The Christian Science Monitor. But her directness is also a huge part of her appeal（魅力）. As the Chicago Tribute commented, “Adele sings about her personal struggles” with emotional lyrics (歌词) that invite everyone into her world.

Take the album’s hit single Hello ___8.____ an example. Adele has connected with people this tear-stained（泪痕斑斑的）song because, as the Chicago Tribute （芝加哥论坛报） put it, “who doesn’t need a good cry once in a while?” Music, after all, is __9._ Chris Ferguson, an associate professor of psychology at Stetson University in Florida called “a social event.” The pain in her songs satisfies everyone’s need for love. “It is this sense of ‘we’ve been here before’ _10.___ makes Adele,” said the Chicago Tribute.

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）

Last week, our school had organized an activity to climb the West Mountain. As soon as we arrived at the foot of a mountain, we set out for the summit in high spirits. During the climb, we had such much difficulty passing the rocky areas. But under the teacher’s help, we eventually reached the top, where we greeted by the bright sunshine and fresh air. Seeing from the top, the city was extreme beautiful. This event turned out to be very success. Not only did we take a break from our heavy school work, and also we learned what to communicate with each other.

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A mother has lost parts of both of her legs after she saved the lives of her two children by lying on top of them as a deadly tornado swept through their home. Stephanie Decker, 36, lost one leg above the knee and the other above the ankle, yet her son and daughter escaped without a single scratch after the tornado destroyed their Henryville, Indiana home.

Henryville was nearly entirely destroyed by a series of tornadoes that hit the South and Midwest, killing 39 and leaving thousands homeless. But while the Decker family lost their dream home to the severe weather, they are celebrating their safety. Mrs. Decker is now in a stable condition; her husband said, “What I told her was, ‘you are alive and you get to see your kids grow up.’ ” Joe Decker told the reporters.

Mr. Decker said that he had sent a text message to his wife from his workplace to tell her a tornado was heading for their three-story home. She rushed their eight-year-old son Dominic and five-year-old daughter Reese into the basement, where she tried her best to protect them from the storm.

Mrs. Decker typed out what had happened by using an iPad in the hospital. She saw part of the house collapse（坍塌）on her and pulled her daughter out of the way. She doesn’t remember anything after that.

The home, which was partly built by Mr. Decker and his wife’s father, is now completely destroyed, with a bathtub 200 feet away in a filed, the Courier Journal reported. The house took about nine mouths to build and four seconds to fall, Mr. Decker added.

CEO Carl J. Tyler praised the Deckers who lost everything and said that the company has set up a trust fund to help pay their medical bills and the losses they suffered. He added, “They are some of the hardest working, giving people you could ever want to meet.”

1.The Deckers’ attitude towards their suffering from the tornado is .

A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. angry D. unsure

2.When the tornado was about to hit their home, Mr. Decker was .

A. setting out to go back home

B. working by using an iPad

C. sending text messages to other workers

D. reminding his wife about the tornado

3.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Mrs. Decker’s brave deed is thought highly of.

B. Mrs. Decker was asked to apply for a trust fund.

C. The Deckers are considered to be the hardest workers.

D. The Deckers are under great pressure to pay medical bills.

语法填空

阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many people think that teachers give pupils too much homework．They say that it is unnecessary 1. children to work at home in their free time．Moreover, they argue that most teachers do not 2. (proper) plan the homework tasks they give to pupils．The result is that pupils have to repeat tasks that they 3. (do) at school already．

In Greece，many parents complained about the difficult homework that teachers gave to their children．The parents said that most of the homework was 4. waste of time，and they wanted to stop it．Spain and Turkey are two countries 5. stopped homework．In Denmark，Germany and several other countries in Europe，teachers cannot set homework at weekends．In Holland，teachers allow pupils 6. (stay)at school to do their homework．The children are free to help one another．Similar arrangement also 7. (exist) in some British schools．

Most people agree that homework is not fair．A pupil doing his homework in a quiet and comfortable room is in a much 8. (good) position than a pupil who does his homework in a small，9. (noise) room with the television on．Some parents help their children with their homework．Other parents take no interest in 10. children’s homework at all．

根据所给汉语部分，补全英文句子。每条横线上填一个单词。

1. It ___________ ___________ ___________ she has known the news. 她好像知道这个消息了。

2. All America ___________ ___________ ___________ ____________ see who would win the election.

全美国屏息而待，看谁会在这场选举中获胜。

3. He’s not dumb at all; ___________ ____________ ___________(与此相反), I think he’s rather

cute.

4. Levy was born in a single parent family and was ____________ ___________ （抚养大）by his mother.

5. I think you should __________ ___________ __________ （当心）that man -- don’t be cheated by him.

_____ on computers for storing information that people are unable to remember basic things.

A. Such is the dependence B. Such dependence does

C. So they are dependent D. So do they depend

In many parts of China, people _______ the custom of "biting the spring" on the first day of Start of Spring, with spring pancakes and spring rolls eaten.

A. remember B. perform C. observe D. support

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