Last week I took a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and was pulled into a black hole. Then I took a trip to Brazil and experienced surviving an airplane crash in the jungle. After that, I joined some divers and went to the bottom of the ocean to see strange blind creatures that have never seen sunlight. For a break, I took part in some car racing and then skied down some of the most difficult mountains in the world. I ended my travels by meeting face to face with a dinosaur, the terrible T-Rex, and survived the experience!

I did all this in one great day at Futuroscope. Opened in 1987, Futuroscope is one of the largest space age parks in the world. This science and technology-based theme park in France uses the most advanced technology. Its 3-D cinemas and giant movie screens provide brand new experiences of the earth and beyond. Visitors can get close to parts of the world they have never experienced, going to the bottom of the ocean, flying through the jungle or visiting the edges of the solar system. The amazing, up-to-date information together with many opportunities for hands-on learning makes the world come to life in a completely new way for visitors. Learning centers throughout the park let visitors try their own scientific experiments, as well as learn more about space travel, the undersea world and much more.

I bought tickets for myself and my friends at the park’s entrance, but tickets are also available online. Futuroscope is not only for indiviudals, but is also the perfect mix of fun and learning for class outings. Classes or other large groups that let Futuroscope know their plans in advance can get the group admission rate. For anyone coming from out of town, Futuroscope has many excellent hotels, most of which provide a shuttle service to the park. If driving, Futuroscope is within easy reach of the freeway. Plan your trip well before starting, since Futuroscope has so many shows, activities and great souvenir shops that it is difficult to see them all. Come ready to walk a lot—be sure to wear some comfortable sneakers or other walking shoes!

1.What is Futuroscope?

A. A theme park for children in America.

B. A theme park that provides only fun and excitement.

C. A theme park that provides people with outstanding experience without leaving the earth and the present time.

D. A theme park that uses the most advanced technology to take people out of the earth and the present time.

2.What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A. The things I did at Futuroscope.

B. The history of Futuroscope.

C. General information about how to visit the park.

D. A general description of the park.

3.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. Most of us will go to the bottom of the ocean or to the edges of the solar system.

B. Future theme parks are places for fun and excitement but not for learning.

C. Future theme parks allow people to see and do things without danger but with much money.

D. In the future theme parks, there are learning centers for people to try scientific experiments.

Valentine’s Day, a day traditionally reserved for expressing romantic love, is observed practically all around the world. However, not many people are familiar with Sweetest Day. Actually it is a holiday, especially designed to express love and care for those who were routinely neglected（忽视）by society.

Sweetest Day was the idea of Herbert Birch Kingston, who worked for a company in Cleveland, Ohio. He felt that there were plenty of children, especially orphans and poor kids, who didn’t necessarily get the attention they deserved. Thus in 1922, he launched the first Sweetest Day to give out boxes of candy to mainly poor children.

Since the day picked was the third Saturday in October, this became the traditional time to celebrate Sweetest Day. The tradition was so enjoyed that people often looked beyond kindness to treating their own friends or family to treats on Sweetest Day.

In the US, Sweetest Day is celebrated primarily in the Northeastern region of the US, still on the third Saturday of October. Yet news of the tradition, which began nearly 100 years ago, has spread to other parts of the country, especially as people who lived in those areas moved elsewhere. People may distribute candy or small gifts to those in patient homes, hospitals, foster homes, or mental institutions, and they may also treat friends and family to little gifts from the heart.

In keeping with the original tradition, celebrating Sweetest Day should really be most focused on people who ordinarily don’t have the good fortune of attention from friends or family, either due to difficult family circumstances or to poverty. This can be a great tradition to start if your community doesn’t routinely celebrate the day, and there are many candy manufacturers that are willing to help donate or reduce costs on gifts intended for people in unfortunate circumstances.

1.The original purpose of Sweetest Day is to ________.

A. provide an occasion to know orphans

B. make those poor children happy

C. make your friends and family happy

D. distribute candy to those lovely children

2.What do people barely do on Sweetest Day?

A. Buy flowers for your sweetheart.

B. Visit patients who have to be in hospital.

C. Give friends gifts to make them happy.

D. Care for children who lost their parents.

3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. it is vital to contact the candy manufacturers

B. it is necessary to call on friends or families

C. it is important to help those in need

D. it is common to serve your community

Are you satisfied with your life? How often do you think of reasons why everyone around you is successful though they are not usually better than you? What do you do wrong? Here are some things you should stop doing to be successful.

1. 1._

Different people may interpret “success” in different ways: some of them measure it in money, other ones — in positive changes to people around them and the world. 2. And do not worry about what other people think, and come after what makes you happy.

2. Do not believe anything without questioning it.

3. They are critical thinkers, and they understand that we are all ruled by our prejudices; so, they will always question new information.

3. Do not worry about all unpredictable things that may happen to you.

If you want to be successful, stop thinking about everything that MAY happen to you. 4. Be ready to change your deeds and decisions when things suddenly don’t go according to your plan.

4. Do not care about what other people think of you.

5. Your attempts to become “good” for everyone will turn into nothing but new worries, stresses, and problems. Successful people do not concentrate on quantity of people to please, but worry about their quality and focus on developing friendships with people they really care about.

Success is good, but you should understand that life will get depressing without friendship and love.

A. Try to feel comfortable with the reality and accept the fact your future can’t be predicted.

B. Do not let others decide what “success” is for you.

C. As far as we all know, it’s impossible to please all the people who surround us.

D. Do not wait for the “right time” to do anything.

E. Successful people never ignore or avoid problems, no matter how big and awful they seem.

F. Successful people do not just accept any new information to be true.

G. If you want to be successful, do not let others force their interpretation of success on you.

I volunteered to work at my local Oxfam shop in North London in 2010 for nearly four months. It was a typical charity shop. I would go in a few times a week to work for a/an ________ of hours.

My responsibility as a volunteer for Green Initiatives in Shanghai has been very different. I ________ to China in September 2014 to work as a teacher in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, a neighboring city of Shanghai. I also wanted to ________ my interest in the environmental sector.

In early September, I met Nick and Nitin, founders of Green Initiatives, at one of their events and, in ________ of my teaching background, they decided that I would be a good fit for their student outreach program, an environmental education-training program for high school students in Shanghai.

I was given the ________ of creating their student modules and since then I have put together four higher-level student modules, which introduce key environmental issues such as food waste, recycling and sustainable consumption. I am also currently working ________ another two modules focused on energy conservation.

It involves a lot of research, and I usually end up ________ around 10 to 15 hours a week searching through science textbooks, online articles and government websites to find relevant and accurate ________.

I find the research ________ because I get to find out about what new ________ and technologies are being developed to deal with environmental problems. ________ to working in a shop, I find this job is quite rewarding, since I am ________ something that can not be obtained from books.

I also ________ many of the Green Initiatives events. These events are one of the best things about volunteering because I get the ________ to network and meet ________ people who have ideas about ________ to make Shanghai ‘greener.’

When I am at the events, we often have Chinese speakers, and so the events have also been an interesting ________ experience for me.

One of the biggest differences between my experience ________ at Oxfam and Green Initiatives is the motivations of the people you meet and work with. At Oxfam, the motivations were varied. People were there to ‘do their bit for charity,’ to earn a living, or ________ because they could only afford the things we sold.

Speaking to people in China, motivations are also varied but the main driver is the environmental degradation, such as air pollution, which affects, or at least concerns, many of these people in their everyday lives.

As the student modules are coming to an end, I am looking forward to being involved in the upcoming projects in Shanghai, especially when the sun comes out and we can ________ more outdoor events.

1.A. fewB. amountC. coupleD. bit

2.A. reachedB. arrivedC. touchedD. moved

3.A. estimateB. pursueC. dominateD. sacrifice

4.A. troubleB. debtC. viewD. danger

5.A. taskB. careerC. traitD. attitude

6.A. afterB. inC. onD. for

7.A. spendingB. costingC. takingD. paying

8.A. informationB. chancesC. positionsD. scenery

9.A. terribleB. enjoyableC. shockingD. depressing

10.A. alternativesB. conceptsC. doubtsD. beliefs

11.A. JudgedB. ComparedC. EstimatedD. Considered

12.A. arguingB. instructingC. teachingD. learning

13.A. attendB. joinC. participateD. get

14.A. stressB. opportunityC. positionD. status

15.A. horribleB. sympatheticC. interestingD. fortunate

16.A. whyB. whereC. whatD. how

17.A. understandableB. familiar

C. practicalD. cultural

18.A. volunteeringB. shoppingC. observingD. undertaking

19.A. peacefullyB. independently

C. simplyD. happily

20.A. assumeB. dominateC. hostD. belittle

1.__________ to be chosen to speak or act in place of someone

2.__________ to or at any place, position or situation

3.__________ extremely good

4.__________ to come nearer to something or someone from a great distance

5.__________ happy and satisfied

6.__________ the act of flying, especially scheduled on a plane

7.__________ something that is pleasant to think about but is not real

8.__________ to act in a particular way as a direct result of something else

9.__________ of several different types

10.__________ very probably

根据汉语提示写出单词。

1.The church is m__________（仿造） after St. Peter’s in Rome.

2.His body language showed that he m__________（误解） my words.

3.The idea of travelling to the Mars holds much a__________（吸引力） for me.

4.The actor o__________（克服） his shyness and became a very good performer.

5.J. K. Rowling’s first novel enjoyed an a__________（令人感到惊讶的）success.

6.Thomas is a c__________（好奇的） boy who is always asking questions.

7.The t__________（主题） for tonight’s talk is education.

8.A police car d__________（猛冲）to the scene of the accident within ten minutes.

9.Zhou Xingchi wrote, directed and produced the films he s__________（主演）in.

10.Our classroom is 5 meters in l__________（长度）and 3 meters in width.

Once upon a time, there was a man 1. was very wealthy. He wanted to do something for the people in his village. 2. that, he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.

In the center of the main road into the village, he placed 3. very large stone. Then he 4. (hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his horse.

“Who put this stone in the center of the road?” said the old man, but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way. 5. man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove 6. . Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone, 7. (say) to himself, “The night 8. (be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his 9. (strong) to move it. How great was his surprise at last! 10. the stone, he found a bag of money.

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仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改 10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Dear Jack,

I’m so exciting and happy to hear that you’re coming to China. Since your trip is scheduled for the middle of July, I will be available because I will be having your summer holiday at that month.

I’ve been very busy recently, for I’ve been prepared for the coming entrance exam, that is vital for me. Last week, I attend an English speech contest intended for high school student all over the province and my performance was not bad. To tell you truth, I’ve always dreamt of having an opportunity to travel to English-speaking countries as yours to practice and improve my English.

I am looking forward to see you.

Yours,

Zhang Heng

假如你是张明，准备参加最近你们学校开展的主题为“A Healthy Lifestyle”的英语演讲比赛。请你根据以下提示写一篇演讲稿，要点如下：

1.乐观的人生态度；2.努力学习；3.参加体育锻炼。

注意：1.词数120词左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Hello everyone! I’m Zhang Ming and I’m very honored to stand here to give you a speech. _____________________________________________________________________

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A Healthy Lifestyle

Why not try ________ him again? Maybe he is back to his office.

A. to callB. calledC. callingD. being called