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。

All around the world, people are working hard to make their cites safer and more pleasant for pedestrians (行人). Cities have painted crosswalks on their streets, made streets narrower, put in traffic lights and speed bumps (减速带) and made plans to help more kids walk or bike to school.

Many people have learned from a man from Brisbane, Australia, named David Engwicht. His book Reclaiming Our Cities and Towns has a simple message. 1. Kids played there, and neighbors stopped there to talk.

But now, streets are just for cars and trucks. People stay inside to get away from the noise and dangerous traffic, and we lose contact with our neighbors. 2. People need to take back their streets. Engwicht travels around the world, helping people think differently about pedestrians, streets, and neighborhoods. 3. He has worked in neighborhoods from Honolulu to Scotland.

While Engwicht was writing his book, he learned how neighbors in the city of Delft, in the Netherlands, stopped dangerous traffic on their street. They put old couches, tables, and planters in the street. 4. When the police arrived, they saw how these illegal actions made the streets safer. Soon city officials started planning ways to make cars slow down, and“calm”the traffic.

Engwicht says we should think about streets as our “outdoor living room”. 5.

In the future, streets will be safe places for children again, and our neighbors will become our friends.

A．Cars and pedestrians crowded the street.

B．Calming the traffic is just the beginning.

C．Cars could still pass, but they had to drive slowly.

D．He says that in the past, streets belonged to everybody.

E．It’s hard to take measures to solve the traffic problems.

F．Besides his books and articles, he gives many speeches.

G. Engwicht says that we should use streets for more than just transportation.

完形填空,阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

On a freezing-cold February morning in Indiana, Jhaqueil Reagan, 18, left home to walk to a job interview — ten miles away, over muddy roads.

Reagan had been looking for work for months. His parents had died two years earlier, and he was the only________ of his two younger siblings (兄弟姊妹), Cole, 16, and Jazzlyn, seven. He was ________ for a regular paycheck ________ doing many odd jobs (零活).

Three hours later, Reagan had covered only three miles. He paused outside a ________called Papa Roux to ask for directions from ________ Art Bouvier, who was clearing ice and snow from the parking lot.

“I told him to get on the bus.”says Bouvier.“He ________ me and went on his way.”

Fifteen minutes later, Bouvier ________ in his car beside Reagan as he walked along.

“You’ve ________ got to be on the bus,”he told Reagan.

“I don, t have money for the bus,”Reagan replied. Bouvier offered him a ________ . On the way, he asked the boy about his job search.

“I thought, this is the kind of kid I want working for me,”says Bouvier. He got Reagan’s ________ number and dropped him off for his ________.

Later that day, Bouvier ________ about Reagan on Facebook. “He doesn’t know it yet, but he ________ on Monday,”Bouvier wrote.“It, s been a while since I’ve met someone so________ !”

A few hours later, Bouvier called to offer Reagan a job. ________ , the teen accepted on the spot. A television reporter caught wind of the ________ and interviewed the pair on camera that night.

Today, Reagan is washing dishes, filling orders, and greeting Papa Roux ________ for ＄8.50 an hour.

The publicity has brought in so many ________ customers that Bouvier plans to open a second restaurant by the end of the year. Reagan has ________ enough money to move into a new apartment.

Now, when the weather is ________, he takes the bus to work.

1.A．friend B．relative C．caretaker D．teacher

2.A．glad B．sorry C．desperate D．nervous

3.A．before B．after C．until D．since

4.A．restaurant B．hotel C．store D．hospital

5.A．assistant B．consumer C．waiter D．owner

6.A．refused B．comforted C．thanked D．moved

7.A．threw up B．pulled up C．looked up D．cheered up

8.A．always B．really C．finally D．normally

9.A．lift B．car C．ticket D．chance

10.A．bus B．identity C．account D．phone

11.A．job B．conference C．interview D．party

12.A．talked B．heard C．cared D．wrote

13.A．leaves B．finishes C．returns D．starts

14.A．kind-hearted B．strong-minded C．poor D．healthy

15.A．Shocked B．Tired C．Encouraged D．Confused

16.A．truth B．story C．reason D．joke

17.A．customers B．bosses C．passengers D．reporters

18.A．new B．big C．regular D．private

19.A．collected B．borrowed C．earned D．spent

20.A．beautiful B．warm C．bad D．cool

语法填空,阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号中单词的正确形式。

We all get affected by advertisements in magazines and on radio and television. They promise us and make us believe1. we can buy ideal things with our money.

However, many products. 2. promise to help us realize our dreams, turn out to be of little effect. Their purpose is to persuade the buyer to spend more. Well, knowing the 3. (true) does not stop the victims from 4._______ (attract) by media stunts (噱头)!

Though we are fully aware 5. the artful devices of a toothpaste company, we enjoy the color and pictorial values that we see. Many companies make these pictures with artful imagination. A short film with a simple story and colorful atmosphere6. (create) the desired effect without using many words. Some of 7. best advertisements have even won international praise.

The present age is an age of advertisement. All big and small companies depend on some kind of techniques 8. (catch) a market for their products. Advertising may be make-believe, but it is here to stay. Industries grow 9.________ (extreme) fast and markets are flooded with new products every day. Therefore, 10.________ is necessary that there be some code of ethics (道德准则) to prevent producers making goods below standard and cheating the public.

短文改错

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（∧），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仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Long ago, an Ojibway Indian naming Wenibojo went on a long trip to the forest. When he got hunger, he dug up the roots of a bush and ate them. The roots were tasted good, but they made him sick. Wenibojo looked for everything better to eat. Suddenly he heard the sounds of ducks nearby. He followed the sounds from a beautiful lake, which the ducks were eating plants. Wenibojo tasted one. To his surprise, it was wild rice! He returned his village to tell the people there about the special food. Nowadays, the Ojibways still harvests rice, but only as many as they need. They always left some rice on the farm so that the ducks can eat.

书面表达

假设你是李华， 你去美籍交换生卡尔的宿舍邀请他参加你的生日聚会，但是他有事外出了。请你给他写一个留言条，要点如下：

1. 邀请他本周五晚7点参加聚会；

2. 有人来接，会提前给他打电话；

3. 你的聚会活动安排。

注意； 1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头、结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。

Carl，

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A Guide to the University

Food

The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm．It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals．You can pay with cash or your ID cards．You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk．Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.

If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre．This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.

Relaxation

The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating．Monthly activities are held here for all international students．Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.

Health

Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health．A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice．The cost of this is included in your medical insurance．Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm.

Academic Support

All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall．Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills．You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30–minute appointments per week maximum．This service is free.

Transportation

The TWU Express is a shuttle(班车) service．The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Centre．Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm．Saturdays only．Round trip fare is $1.

1.What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?

A. Do homework and watch TV

B. Buy drinks and enjoy concerts

C. have meals and meet with friends

D． Add money to your ID and play chess

2.Where and when can you cook your own food?

A. The McMillan Hall , Sunday.

B. The Lower Café, Sunday

C. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday

D. The Globe, Friday

3.The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________.

A. is open six days a week

B. gives advice on mental health

C. trains students in medical care

D. offers services free of charge

4.How can you seek help from the Writing Center?

A. By filling in a sign-up form

B. By applying online

C. By calling the center

D. By going to the center directly

Ireland，Japan，China scientists share the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine．William Campbell，Satoshi Omura and Tu Youyou jointly won the prize for their work against diseases，the award-giving body said on Monday．

Tu Youyou, a scientist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, has no postgraduate degree. She has never studied or done research abroad. She is neither a member of the Chi­nese Academy of Sciences nor the Chinese Academy of Engineering. However, the 81-year-old phar­macologist has become the first scientist on the Chinese mainland to win a Lasker Award, the medical prize of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

The Lasker Awards have existed since 1945. Tu was presented the 2011 Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award on September 23. She discovered a drug called artemisinin . The drug is now widely used against malaria .

Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug in the late 1960s during the "cultural revolution" (1966-76). They made 380 herbal extracts from 200 potential recipes. The recipes came from traditional Chinese medical books. The team then tested them on malaria-infected mice. Finally Tu became interested in an extract of the plant qinghao, or sweet wormwood .

According to an ancient Chinese medicine book, qinghao was once used to treat malaria. However, the extract they made in the lab didn't work well. Maybe, thought Tu, the effective ingredient in qinghao was destroyed by high temperatures. Therefore, Tu tried to make the extract with an ether which has a much lower boiling point than water.

In 1971, after more than 190 failures, Tu finally got an extract that was 100 percent effective against the malaria para­sites .The extract was called qinghaosu, later renamed artemisinin.

According to a statement on the Lasker Foundation website, during the past four decades, Tu's drug has saved millions of lives. It is especially important for children in the poorest and least developed parts of the world. However, not many people knew of the scientist until she won the Lasker Award this month.

Lasker Awards are known as "America's Nobels" for the reason that in the last two decades, 28 Lasker Prize winners have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize, and 80 since 1945, according to Xinhua News Agency.

" The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine," Tu said when she received the a-ward. "Continuous exploration and development of traditional medicine will, without doubt, bring more medicines to the world.

1.What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. It is unnecessary to study abroad as a scientific researcher.

B. Chinese medicine used not to be recognized in Western countries.

C. Tu achieved great things although she didn't have an impressive background.

D. Tu is the first female scientist to win a Lasker Award.

2.In the process of discovering artemisinin, Tu _________.

A. began with a private project

B. succeeded during the first experiments

C. faced many different opinions

D. made extracts in a creative way

3.Why is artemisinin especially important for children from poor countries?

A. It is a very cheap medicine and easy for them to get hold of.

B. They believe in the effect of Chinese medicine.

C. There are no other cures for malaria.

D. It has the fewest side effects for children.

4.According to the article, the Lasker Awards _________.

A. are more influential than Nobel Prizes in the medical field

B. are awarded to those who have made great medical achievements

C. are awarded to more Americans than people from any other country

D. are usually awarded to scientists who are not famous in their field

With brown curly hair and a pair of glasses, 19-year-old Nicholas Allegra from New York state, US, looks like a real-life Harry Potter. However, rather than waving a wand, Nicholas is a "wizard " at "jailbreaking ". This is probably why he ended up with an intern­ship at Apple, a job many of his fellow Brown University students dream of.

Jailbreaking is the process of removing the limitations set by Apple on devices with the iOS oper­ating system. These devices include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It allows users to gain full access to the operating system and download additional materials that are unavailable through the official Apple App Store. However, it is estimated that Apple loses $100 million (640million yuan) from jailbreaking each year.

Nicholas, with a famous nickname "Comex", is the teenage hacker behind the jail-breaking site JailbreakMe. com. The site tells users how to unlock their iPhones using software that is not approved by Apple. The jailbreaking software he made has been downloaded millions of times by users around the world.

Then Forbes magazine suggested in an article that Apple's security team might need him as a new intern. It seems that they do. Little more than a day after Steve jobs stepped down as CEO, Apple welcomed Nicholas Allegra. Nicholas wrote on his Twitter on August 26 that " It's been really, really fun, but it's also been a while and I've been getting bored. So, the week after next I will be starting an internship with Apple.

Apple is not the only company embracing the skills of hackers. Facebook recently hired iPhone jailbreaker George "Geohot" Hotz as a full-time employee.

However, there are still hot debates about whether employing hackers is a wise solution. The word "hacker" has always had a double meaning. In the press, "hacker" means someone who breaks into computers. They steal from people's bank ac­counts, download sensitive information and attack legal websites. Among computer lovers, it means a cool pro­grammer who can make a computer do whatever he wants.

Hiring a hacker does have its advantages. A talented hacker is probably quite capable of finding problems and suggesting corrections. On the other hand, because of a hacker's former behavior, many people doubt their morals .Can the company trust them with its valuable assets ? And can someone who is so used to working alone in the dark fit into a new role within a company?

One thing is for sure- Comex isn't the first member of the hacker community to land the job of his dreams. It's likely that he won't be the last.

1.What did Nicolas Allegra do before working for Apple?

A. He was a wizard.

B. He designed software for Apple.

C. He ran an Apple app store.

D. He set up JailbreakMe. com.

2.According to the article, jailbreaking _______.

A. enables iPhone users to access more functions on their phones

B. doesn't cause much financial loss to Apple

C. destroys the operating system of Apple products

D. helps promote Apple products around the world

【小题3 The underlined word "embracing" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to

A. praising B. Preventing

C. accepting D. protesting

3.Some people think it unwise to hire hackers because they _______.

A. are likely to quit their job very quickly

B. are not reliable and adaptable enough

C. lack professional problem solving skills

D. are used to working at night rather than in the daytime

When it comes to cultural heritage protection, the Grand Canal of China is probably the world’s greatest project of its kind. The big inland waterway system in the north-eastern and central eastern plains passes through eight of the country’s present-day provinces.

The Canal runs from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang Province in the south. Constructed in sections from the 5th century BC onwards, it was designed as a means of communication in the 7th century AD. The Canal is the world’s greatest civil engineering project before the Industrial Revolution.

The Grand Canal reached a peak in the 13th century, providing an inland navigation(航行) network consisting of more than 2,000 kilometers of artificial waterways, linking five of the most important river basins in China, including the Yellow River and the Yangtze. It entered a bid as a UNESCO(联合国教科文组织) cultural heritage site in 2008.

The Grand Canal cultural square is located in Beijing’s Tongzhou district. Ever since the Yuan dynasty 800 years ago, the Tongzhou section of the Grand Canal has been the life blood of Beijing. Grain and building materials were all transported to meet the endless demands of the big cities. Even today, the Grand Canal plays a major role in the lives of its citizens.

"I grew up near the Grand Canal. In the past the waterway was a lot narrower, but now it’s nice and wide and bridges are built over it. I think if the bid for world heritage status succeeds, it will greatly make Tongzhou more famous in the world, especially with Tongzhou aiming to be a sub-center of the capital Beijing," a citizen said.

The result of the bid is set to be released next week, and no doubt it will certainly make it into the history books if the Canal is listed as a world heritage site.

1.It can be concluded from the passage that ________ .

A. The bid’s result of the Canal will be announced soon

B. the Canal is the UNESCO’s newest world heritage site

C. the Canal is to connect Tongzhou with Zhejiang Province

D. the Canal will be a bid for a UNESCO cultural heritage site

2.The Grand Canal was in the most glorious time ________ .

A. when it was aimed as a means of communication

B. when it crossed the Yellow River and the Yangtze

C. when it was born about six hundred years later

D. when it was designed as an artificial waterway

3.What can we infer by reading the passage?

A. Tongzhou used to be the capital of the Yuan dynasty.

B. Most citizens living in Tongzhou depend on the Canal.

C. Tongzhou will benefit if the Canal is made a heritage site.

D. Some citizens think the Canal not to be a cultural heritage item.

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。

In many countries of the world, people do what is called house sitting．It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away．

In Australia, many people travel．After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country． 1. ．

So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy．House sitters might have to care for pets．Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yard and they need cleaning． 2. ． I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area．

3. ．There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home．

There are some requirements to be a house sitter．You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything．You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time． 4. ．You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have．

Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the house owners have a short holiday．Sometimes it is for much longer．We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe．

5. ． Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there．One of the important things to get is references from the home owners where you have stayed． A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well．You can show these letters to possible house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job．

A． I have done house sitting many times．

B． Thousands of people do this all the time．

C． It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries．

D． Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job．

E． You must take a little care over what your description says about you．

F． This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas．

G． You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country．