【题目】The hall began to fill up with people __________.

A. by and by B. sooner or later

C. little by little D. all in all

【题目】Most of us lead a busy life. 【1】 We think, “If I reached my goal, then I would be happy”, or “If I could get a better job, then I would enjoy life.” But why not enjoy life right now?

Firstly, take time to notice and appreciate the beauty in your own surroundings. 【2】 “There is a great big world of wonder and beauty around us!” And as Brodersen explains，“Look for the beauty of the sunrise and of a friend’s smile that brightens your day. Open your eyes to see the beauty you might not normally see. Doing so helps to cheer you up.”

Secondly, taking time to experience some simple pleasures also can bring joy to your heart and ease your stress. Take me for example. 【3】 One universal simple pleasure is finding things that make you laugh. Make time to laugh every day.

Thirdly, don’t take your family and friends for granted. Rich, rewarding relationships add greatly to the enjoyment of life. When you think of someone, why not call, e-mail or write them? 【4】 As Wayne Lawton explains, “Invest time in relationships. Remove the attitude, what’s in it for me? Happiness is found in putting other’s interests, desires and concerns ahead of our own whenever possible. Selfishness is a dead-end street.” 【5】 .

A. Be aware of beauty in nature.

B. In my spare time, I enjoy collecting stamps and reading novels.

C. Driven by the “urgent”, we forget to enjoy life.

D. A short e-mail or phone call can make a world of difference to someone.

E. You don’t need to travel far to find beauty.

F. I delight in simple things like my favorite tea drink, a bubble bath or family photos.

G. So please treasure relationship.

【题目】For high school leavers starting out in the working world, it is very important to learn particular skills and practice how to behave in an interview or how to find an internship (实习). In some countries, schools have programs to help students onto the path to work. In the United States, however, such programs are still few and far behind.

Research shows that if high schools provide career-related courses, students are likely to get higher earnings in later years. The students are more likely to stay in school, graduate and go on to higher education.

In Germany, students as young as 13 and 14 are expected to do internships. German companies work with schools to make sure that young people get the education they need for future employment.

But in America, education reform programs focus on how well students do in exams instead of bringing them into contact with the working world. Harvard Education school professor Robert Schwartz has criticized education reformers for trying to place all graduates directly on the four-year college track. Schwartz argued that this approach leaves the country’s most vulnerable(易受影响的)kids with no jobs and no skills.

Schwartz believed that the best career programs encourage kids to go for higher education while also teach them valuable practical skills at high school. James Madison High School in New York, for example ,encourages students to choose classes on career-based courses. The school then helps them gain on-the-job

experience in those fields while they’re still at high school.

However, even for teens whose schools encourage them to connect with work, the job market is_____In the US, unemployment rates for 16-to-19-year-olds are above 20 percent for the third summer in a row.

“The risk is that if teenagers miss out on the summer job experience, they will become part of this generation of teens who had trouble in landing a job,” said Michael, a researcher in the US.

【1】In the author’s opinion, German high school leavers ______.

A. enjoy more career-related courses than that of US

B. need more career advice from their schools

C. perform better in exams than American students

D. are less brought into contact with the working world

【2】According to Robert Schwartz, high school students should _________.

A. directly carry on higher education

B. get contact with the working world

C. focus on their performance in exams

D. not miss out on the summer job experience

【3】The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 6 most probably mean “______”.

A. incredible B. motivating

C. impressive D. discouraging

【4】What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Remarks on recent US high school education reform

B. Tips on finding jobs for high school leavers in US.

C. The lack of career-based education in US high schools.

D. The severe situation of unemployment in US.

【题目】Dyslexia is a learning disorder, it interferes with the ability to recognize words, and for some readers to understand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United States. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.

But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting their attention betweensenses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quickly - play video games.

Vanessa Harrar of Britain’s University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journalCurrent Biology. The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.

In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia, and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions. She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the Dyslexicshad a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time, this may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.

Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly. “Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly,” said Harrar. When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound, or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.

【1】According to Doctor Harrar’s study, the dyslexic people have difficulty in______.

A. recognizing words

B. reading words backwards

C. writing letters in order

D. shifting from seeing to hearing

【2】Which factor affects the way dyslexic children are taught to read?

A. They react more slowly to a single picture or sound

B. They react as fast as others to a single picture or sound

C. It takes them longer to react to sounds and pictures together

D. It is difficult for them to understand before seeing the word

【3】How does the author suggest Dyslexics are taught based on the research finding?

A. by putting hearing previous to seeing

B. by training the attention on games

C. by seeing first and then hearing later

D. by moving the eyes around the screen

【4】What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Video Games Might Help Dyslexics

B. Dyslexia Affects Attention between Senses

C. Video Games Can Train the Attention System

D. Dyslexics Might Learn Better through Sound

【题目】An old friend from California called from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was not able to leave the office, but I had made plans for his arrival. After explaining where my new house was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat (门垫). Since I knew it would be pretty late before I could get home, I suggested that he make himself at home and help himself to anything that was in the refrigerator.

Two hours later my friend phoned me from the house. At the moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having had a delicious meal. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had had any difficulty finding the house, he answered that the only problem was that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but luckily, the living room window by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in through the window. I listened to all this in great surprise. There is no apple tree outside my window, but there is one by the living room window of my next door neighbor's house!

【1】An old friend of mine called ______.

A. to tell me to meet him at the airport

B. to tell me about his arrival

C. to ask me to leave the office

D. to ask me to make plans for his arrival

【2】My friend climbed into the room because ______ .

A. there was an apple tree outside

B. the living room window was left open

C. he had difficulty opening the door

D. he hadn't found the key

【3】My friend telephoned me two hours later ______ .

A. from my home

B. at the airport

C. in his office

D. from my neighbor's house

【题目】此题要求改正所给句子中的错误。如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

此行多一个词：把多余的词在原句中用斜线（\）划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一漏字符号（Λ），并将所缺词写在该处。

此行错一个词：在错的词下面划一横线，并在横线下方写出改正后的词。

All of us need friendship. An understanding between two friends mean both of them have similar ideas and trusting each other. Otherwise, it is impossible for him to help each other and to make their friendship to last long. As an old saying goes, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” So really friendship should able to stand all sorts of tests. And it is wise to have as many good friends that we can. The more fiends we have, the more we can learn for one another, but the more pleasure we can share together.

【题目】

【1】He a________ a little girl whose parents had been killed in the earthquake.

【2】The teacher doesn’t think that the t___________ of the Tang poem is very good.

【3】The e___________ of the volcano is really exciting to watch.

【4】Running a marathon will leave you b___________.

【5】Some poems tell a story, others try to c________ certain emotions.

【6】Frick had a __________ (喜爱) for pre-twentieth century Western paintings.

【7】These advice might help you to stop and ___________(加强) your resolve.

【8】It is human activity that has caused global warming rather than a random but natural _______________(现象).

【9】The earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil _________ (燃料).

【10】Her voice was full of _________(焦虑)

【题目】The river becomes rapid as it passes __________ deep valleys, travelling __________ western Yunnan Province.

A. over; through B. through; across

C. across; through D. through; over

【题目】

【1】 ___________________ her daughter from the smog, Chai Jing shuts her daughter at home. (protect)

为了保护女儿不受雾霾的影响，柴静把女儿关在家里。

【2】Basic goods, as well as up to RMB￥90,352,800, __________________ to the Red Cross Society by March 3rd, 2015, in Zhongshan City, where the charity campaign was launched. (donate)

截至2015年3月3日，基本生活物资及多达9035.28万元人民币已捐给中山市的红十字会，该市举办了本次慈善活动。

【3】You ___________________ the flowers; the weather forecast says it’s going to rain in the following three days. (water)

你本不必浇花的，天气预报说明天起要连下三天雨。

【4】Anyone ___________________ a cellphone in their pocket in the classroom during the examination will be declared cheating. (carry)

任何考试期间在教室被发现携带手机在口袋里的人，都将被宣布为作弊。

【5】J. K. Rowling has written a lot of novels, some of them ___________________ several foreign languages. (translate)

J. K. 罗琳写了很多小说，其中一些被翻译成多国语言。

【6】Since the new cellphone app of NPC and CPPCC was developed, the delegates have received ___________________ advice as they did last year. (twice)

自从这款新的“两会”手机应用程序开发出来后，与会代表们收到了比去年多一倍的建议。

【7】If people ___________________environmental protection while developing economy in the past few decades, China might have a better ecological environment now. (pay)

如果过去几十年人们在发展经济的同时更加关注环保问题，中国现在本可以有一个更好的生态环境。

【8】After the air crash, many journalists rushed to the airport to inquire ___________________. (come)

飞机失事后，许多记者赶到机场询问这次意外是怎么发生的。

【9】Not until Mr. Green was diagnosed with cancer ___________________ how precious health was. (realize)

直到格林先生被诊断出癌症，他才意识到健康是多么可贵。

【10】The issue of fair and equal education has aroused widespread concern, __________________ for more students from less-developed areas to be enrolled in universities. (make)

教育公平引起了大家的广泛关注，这使得更多来自不发达地区的学生有可能上大学。

【题目】广州亚组委正在为宣传册征集稿件。请你根据以下信息，用英语写一篇介绍主办城市广州市的文章参与投稿。

概况：中国第三大城市；广东省省会，政治，经济，科学，教育，文化中心；

全市面积7434．4平方公里; 人口1100多万。

别称：花城。

地理：广东省中部．珠江三角洲北缘，珠江从市中心穿过，气候温暖湿润。

历史：2,200多年历史的名城, 历史上海上丝绸之路的始发港。

旅游：风光旖旎，旅游资源丰富。

注意：1、词数100左右；

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇: 珠江三角洲 the Pearl River Delta

海上丝绸之路 the Maritime Silk Road

始发港 a starting port

Guangzhou, the third largest city in China,