-- Do you think you could manage it?

--_____. This is my first time to do it alone.

A．Of course B．Trust me

C．No way D．Not exactly

Students who graduate with working experience will be given _____ over those who never work in any company.

A. production B. preference

C. presence D. preparation

Financial markets will be disturbed as ______ business adjusts its working approaches and policies from an assumption of 3-3.5% potential output growth.

A. compulsory B. conventional

C. contradictory D. contemporary

At times when the work ____ Mary, she likes to dream about going to a wonderland free of care or worries.

A. sets down B. takes down

C. gets down D. settles down

The sense of beauty that Zhouzhuang gave me lies in its pace of life, which ____ remains her own sense of time in close to a modern but not busy city: waters there are flowing the total time, quiet and slow.

A. constantly B. eventually

C. universally D. stubbornly

What a terrible experience! _______, you’re safe now---that’s the main thing.

A. Anyway B. Besides

C. Otherwise D. Therefore

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being.

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets . At that time there many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women .Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning .The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters of the Paris theaters .After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public and they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance ,saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926,and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

1.The origin of the tango is associated with .

A. Belly dances B. American soldiers

C. Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina

2.Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. It was often danced by two male in the beginning

D.A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

3.Before World War I, the tango spread to .

A. America B. Japan C. France D. South Korea

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

A. How to Dance the Tango

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango

D. The Modern Tango Boom

“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more ‘time poor’ than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder that more people don’t wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint（抱怨）about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.

Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans don’t work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的）rude messages by email.

However, rudeness is never acceptable. Don’t assume it is OK to be rude if the person you’re in touch with won’t recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.

We shouldn’t blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if we’d publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.

1.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

A. People can tell good from bad behavior.

B. Radar is able to observe human behavior.

C. People care little about their behavior.

D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.

2.Some people are less willing to deal with humans because

A. they are becoming less patient

B. they are growing too independent

C. they have to handle many important messages

D. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.

3.The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is

A. Ridiculous B. disgusting C. acceptable D. reasonable

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. We should applaud good behavior.

B. Technology can never be blamed

C. We should keep pointing out mistakes.

D. Technology will take over lives one day.

阅读下列各小题，根据括号内的汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子，并将答案写在答题纸上。

1.Rather than go on holiday to seaside I_______________________ in the city. (prefer)

我宁愿在城市里购物而不愿去海边度假。

2._______________________the free tickets, I would not have gone to the concerts so often.(be）

要不是免费票，我不会这么频繁地光顾音乐会。

3.We subscribe to the view _______________________ from being independent. (benefit)

孩子从独立中获益匪浅，我们赞同这个观点。

4.The young couple stood still with _______________________ each other, unable to speak anything. (fix)

这对年轻的夫妇站着一动不动盯着对方，什么也说不出来。

5.Never _______________________that he was able to break the world record but he did it. (occur)

他从未想到过他能打破世界纪录，但是他做到了。

6.The great GM project , _______________________, is assessed to lead to the rapid development of modern agriculture. （contribute）

他们做出贡献的伟大的GM项目被评估会帮助现代农业快速发展。

7.The explorer took only such men and things _______________________into the jungle.(need)

探险家只带那些他真正需要的人和东西去丛林。

8._______________________a famous painting, which had been handed down for generations. (hang)

挂在墙上的是一幅有名的绘画，它是一代代流传下来的。

9.Mothers holding jobs outside the home should have flexible schedules _______________________＿care for their children. (make)

在家庭外工作的母亲应该有更灵活的日程安排以便更容易照顾小孩。

10.______________________ makes his parents very worried．（attach）

他不太重视学习让他的父母很担心。

请你根据以下提示，结合生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈兴趣的作用。

Interest plays an important role in our life. Interest is the best teacher for a learner and can make learning more effective and efficient. With the motivation of interest, we will win ourselves lots of chances and eventually make our way to success.

注意：①无须写标题；

②内容侧重写一个方面；

③词数为120左右