Well-known for historic architecture and chocolates, Lviv, Ukraine's official capital of culture, looks, smells, and tastes like the best of Europe. Indeed, its western flavor has earned it the title "Little Paris of Ukraine".

For centuries Lviv, located 50 kilometers from the Poland-Ukraine border, was an important stopping point on the main trade routes between the east and west. During the Renaissance, the city could afford Italy's finest architects because every merchant passing through was forced to stay and sell their goods for at least two weeks. "It was a very smart move to collect money from them," said Yaroslav Hrytsak, a local historian, adding, "It kept the wealth in the city, and that wealth has been transformed into architectural richness."

Many historic buildings remain but Lviv's prosperity didn't survive its bloody history. Over the centuries, the city fell under the rule of Poland, Austria, Austria-Hungary, Russia and the Nazi Germany. In addition, both Sweden and Turkey tried unsuccessfully to conquer the city. Then for almost half a century Lviv was ruled by the Soviet Union (苏联). With that, the city was condemned to relative obscurity(无闻). But recently things have started to change. Lviv experienced a sudden 40% increase in tourism in early2010, which was the highest rate in Europe. Just last month, its gates opened even wider, when Lviv became a host city for the Euro 2012 football championships.

So how has this happened? With the Soviet collapse, some saw new opportunities for reviving Lviv's former wealth and fame.

Limelight networks is a US-founded company. It's one of many digital tech firms to have opened offices in Lviv over the past few years. "It had good growth and experience in the US, however, the company needs more talent to do the new cool projects and products for our customers. This is why we're here in Ukraine." said CEO of Limelight networks.

Lviv's unexpected abundance of I.T. talent is in fact a legacy(遗产) of the former Soviet Union. To help the military, many Soviet universities focused on turning out world-class engineers and Lviv's university is still producing them. Now, the city is home to 23 higher education institutions.

It's clear that the city of Lviv does not intend to remain a hidden jewel for much longer.

1.Which of the following countries didn't rule Lviv in history?

A. Sweden B. Poland C. Russia D. Germany

2.Why did Limelight networks open offices in Lviv?

A. Because of Lviv's cheap work force.

B. Because of Lviv's beautiful scenery.

C. Because of Lviv's abundant IT talent.

D. Because of Lviv's rich natural resources.

3.The passage implies that ______.

A. it is likely that more universities will be set up in Lviv.

B. it is difficult for Lviv to revive its former wealth and fame.

C. it is possible that Lviv will become a European cultural capital.

D. it won't be long before Lviv regains its former fame.

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。

There is an English saying that goes,“he who laughs last laughs the hardest.”High School Musical star Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.

1. Because he was always the smallest in his class and was laughed at because he had a big space between his teeth. In sixth grade, Efron’s basketball team made it to be the league championships. In double overtime(两个加时赛),with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it to the wrong team! 2..

3. Now at 21,Efron is one of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People, graces(荣登)the cover of Entertainment Weekly Hollywood’s most influential magazine, and is travelling the world promoting the third High School Musical film. Director Adam Shankman described Efron as “arguably the biggest teen star in America right now” Simply google “Zac Efron”, and you get more than 14 million responses. Yes, it seems Efron has a lot to smile about these days.

Efron was born and raised in California. 4. According to Efron,“he would flip out(发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown.”It was his father who encouraged him to act. 5. He also took singing lessons. He graduated from high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study film. But he put it off -----why study movies when you can star in them. Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie business. And he can now laugh all the way to the bank.

A. He owed it a lot to his father that he succeeded.

B. But history, as they say, is a thing of the past.

C. He took part in school performances and acted in a local theater.

D. When he was young, Efron was an unqualified basketball player.

E. He took school seriously.

F. They scored and his team lost the game.

G.As a young boy, Efron was picked on by his classmates.

根据首字母或汉语提示拼写单词

1.Hundreds of football fans were t__________ away from the stadium because it was full.

2.D__________ all our efforts, we still failed in the exam.

3.My passport is v_________ for another five years.

4.The elevator was a_________ quickly.

5.Smog is not a natural p__________ but caused by air pollution.

6.Any__________(企图) to do so are pointless.

7.We should listen closely to the __________(直言不讳) criticism.

8.The novel was__________(后来)translated into 15 languages.

9.Li Ming sat alone for hours at home, __________(受折磨) by jealousy.

10.To protect the student’s eyesight, we need higher level of __________(照明)for reading in the classroom.

翻译句子

1.But Parks Australia claimed they were just trying to ______ down on ______ tour operators.

但是Parks Australia声称他们只是尽力镇压无许可证的旅行社。

2.Though Van Gogh had little financial success during his lifetime and often lived in ______ ,his fame grew ______ after his death.

虽然Van Gogh一生中没有多少经济回报且常常生活在贫困中，但他在去世以后声誉鹊起。

3.Several are ______ as some of the most expensive ______ in the world.

有几幅作品被列为世界上最昂贵的画作。

4._____ this day the Empire State building has become an ______ to the world.

直到如今帝国大厦已经成为全世界人们的一个偶像。

5.This present state of ______ has roots that run ______ .

这目前（帝国大厦）的庄严有着深厚的根源。

语法填空

Two businessmen 1. (fly) to Australia to play in a weekend golf match. Their team won and they both received green jackets. 2. their last night in Australia, they stayed up late drinking beer. They were still drunk in the morning, 3. they drove their rented car to the airport. The road was empty. Suddenly, something jumped in front of the car. The driver couldn’t stop in time and the car hit it.

The men got out of the car and found a large kangaroo 4. (lie) on the road. The drunken men began to laugh and decided to take some photos with the “dead” kangaroo. One of the men decided to put the jacket on 5. kangaroo. So they dressed the poor kangaroo in a green jacket. Then they posed with it for some photos. Suddenly, something amazing happened. The kangaroo opened 6. eyes. It was not dead. But it was very 7. (anger). The kangaroo hit the two men and knocked them out. Then it ran 8. .In the kangaroo’s new green jacket were the car keys, a passport, and the air tickets.

Later that day, a motorist phoned the police. “You’re 9. going to believe this,” he said, “but a kangaroo in a green golf jacket 10. (run) along the road to the airport!” The police finally found out the whole story, and they punished the two drunken men.

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同学写的以下作文。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：在错的词下面画一横线，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处起）不计分。

While I was taking a walk in the park near my home, I came across a crew make a new movie with one of my favorite actors in last Sunday morning. I didn’t have my camera with me at that time, but I rushed back home to get it. Unfortunate, by the time I got back, they have finished the scene. And the actors couldn’t be seen everywhere. I was really disappointing and about to leave when he walked out a building. He was right there in front of me! I couldn’t believe my luck----not only did I have my photo taken with her, but he signed his name on my shirt！

书面表达

今年4月23日是第21个世界读书日（World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day），请你以“I Like Reading”为题目写一篇稿,参加校学生会在读书日来临之际举办的征文活动。要点如下：

1. 你为什么喜欢读书；

2. 你喜欢哪一类的书（例如：历史、科学、文学等）？请给出至少两个理由。

注意：词数120左右。

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完型填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Not a lot of people know that helping others can be _________ at the same time, because the joy you get from helping others is really worth the trouble you take to do it.

I live in a city with a lot of homeless people. Fortunately there are always small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of _________ . One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. _________ doing this one day, I got to _________a homeless young man. He was often _________ the magazine at the train station. Later I got to know that he was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I also discovered that his _________ was close to mine. It _________ that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year _________after his birthday, and after _________ him, without_________ too much, I asked if he had had a good day. He _________ his head and said that he had not really celebrated it. I felt so _________ . I just couldn’t bear the thought of this nice young man being alone on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, _________ at all. So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket. _________ for me, I had enough yarn left. I set to work and knitted a _________ for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty_________ I didn’t knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be _________ when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had _________ to meet him so I had_________ the scarf and a piece of birthday cake around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The _________ in his eyes was the best present he could have given me.

1.A. rewarding B. surprising C. annoying D. confusing

2.A. work B. money C. energy D. experience

3.A. By B. For C. Without D. Besides

4.A. realize B. ignore C. know D. recognize

5.A. reading B. selling C. covering D. buying

6.A. hobby B. height C. habit D. birthday

7.A. believed B. said C. happened D. found

8.A. long B. shortly C. ever D. currently

9.A. thanking B. congratulating C. ignoring D. praising

10.A. thinking B. helping C. stopping D. minding

11.A. slowed B. raised C. reduced D. lowered

12.A. angry B. sorry C. happy D. crazy

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

14.A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Suddenly D. sharply

15.A. sweater B. cap C. glove D. scarf

16.A. because B. so C. and D. but

17.A. contaminated B. clean C. transparent D. luminous

18.A. hoped B. promised C. agreed D. loved

19.A. fetched B. lift C. carried D. held

20.A. light B. flash C. color D. sight

On a snowy and windy afternoon, Ann, a ten-year-old girl, went out to play. She was walking along the sands when she was blown into a ditch (壕沟) by the seashore. She was frightened and tried her best to climb out. But the ditch was too deep and she was too weak to get out of it. So Ann cried at the top of her voice for help. But what she could hear over the snow ditch was nothing but the terrible noise of the wind. Nobody came to her and nobody knew where she was. She struggled again and again. Her face was struck by the strong wind, snow and sand, and was almost frozen. Her hands were stiff. She also felt that she was worn out. She started to cry hopelessly. Just at the moment Ann saw a black dog appearing through the heavy snow. It was Victor, her true friend. He was glad to see the sign of life. And the dog set out to work as soon as he got to Ann. He cleaned away the snow around her with his own paws and hind legs, and then reached out his big strong fur head to Ann. The little girl closed her arms round Victor’s neck. The dog backed away slowly, pulling her out of the ditch little by little.

Successfully, Ann got out of the ditch at last. Then she struggled to her feet. With great difficulty, led by her true friend Victor, she was rescued. Victor, the black dog, was given a gold medal and was honoured as Brave Hero Dog of America.

1.The purpose of this text is to tell us___________.

A. the good relation between a girl and her dog

B. how a brave girl survived a serious accident

C. what the girl did to save her dog

D. how a brave dog managed to save his little master

2.Ann__________ when trapped in the snow ditch.

A. tried everything to save herself

B. did nothing but wait for help to come

C. was sure that people would save her

D. was sure that her dog would come to save her

3.How did the dog pull the girl out of the ditch?

A. He pulled the girl out with her head.

B. He caught the girl by the arm and pulled hard.

C. He let the girl hold his head and stepped back.

D. He held the girl’s clothes in his mouth and ran back.

4.The underlined word “stiff” probably means___________.

A. pretty dense

B. easy to move

C. difficult to bend

D. quite harsh

Many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack, reduce loneliness and help control body weight.

Any pet owner will tell you how much joy a pet brings. For some, an animal provides more comfort than a husband/wife. A 2002 study by Karen Allen of the State University of New York measured stress levels and blood pressure in people (half of them were pet owners) while they performed 5 minutes of mental arithmetic (算术) or held a hand in ice water. People completed the tasks alone, with a husband/wife, a close friend or with a pet. People with pets did it best. Those tested with their animal friends had smaller change in blood pressure and returned most quickly to baseline heart rates. With pets in the room, people also made fewer math mistakes than when doing in front of other companions. It seems that people feel more relaxed around pets, says Allen, who thinks it may be because pets don’t judge.

A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog may also have an effect on your body weight. Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying two groups of fat people who were put on a diet-and-exercise program: one group with pet dogs, and the other without. On average，dog owners lost about 11 pounds，or 5% of their body weight; While those without dogs lost about 8 pounds. The pet owners, said researchers, got more exercise overall (mostly with their dogs) and found it worth doing.

1.What does the text mainly discuss?

A. People’s opinions of keeping pets.

B. How pets help people calm down.

C. What pets bring to their owners.

D. Pets can help in medical research.

2.We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well if_________.

A. he has a pet companion

B. he has less stress of work

C. he often dose mental arithmetic

D. he is taken care of by his family

3.According to Allen, why did the people do better with pets around?

A. They are less nervous.

B. They are in higher spirits.

C. They become more patient.

D. They have lower blood pressure.

4.The research mentioned in the last paragraph suggests that_________.

A. people with dogs did more exercise

B. dogs lost the same weight as people did

C. dogs liked exercise much more than people did

D. people without dogs found the program unhelpful