【题目】 People in several American states may be surprised to see cars on city streets without a driver. Experimental driverless vehicles now are legal in Florida, Nevada and California. They are pointing the way to a future that is not far down the road. The high-tech company Google has a number of self-driving cars, which had covered 480,000 kilometers by August. Volvo is among the companies doing road tests and says it plans to sell driverless cars by 2020.

In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed an act to allow autonomous vehicles on the roads of his state. “Today we’re looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality-the driverless car. ” The technology for these cars includes cameras, radar and motion sensors. The systems have been improved through competitions sponsored by the U. S. government agency DARPA. Engineer Richard Mason of the Rand Corporation helped design driverless vehicles for DARPA challenge races.

Cars have become much more fuel-efficient, and new electronic features are' making Hondas safer, said Angie Nucci of Honda America. “A camera on the passenger-side mirror actually engaged on your guiding screen so you can safely change lanes. ” Other safety features include warning systems on the front and the sides of the cars. These systems help drivers , but don’t replace them. Curator Leslie Kendall of the Petersen Automotive Museum said autonomous cars will make the high ways safer．

“By taking out drivers, you also remove most risks of an accident, ”Kendall said. He said , “Consumers, however, may be unwilling to los control. It may take them time to come to realize that the technology is indeed reliable, but it will have to prove itself first. ”

Mason said the technology already works and the biggest challenge now is getting down the cost for driverless vehicles from hundreds of thousands of dollars to something more affordable. He said this will happen as the technology is improved.

【1】According to the passage, California Governor Jerry Brown ______________.

A. is for the idea of having driverless cars

B. sponsored the DARPA competition to improve the driverless system

C. has already bought a new autonomous car

D. thinks that driving safety is the most important issue in his state

【2】 What is the role of the systems mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A. They can help cars run much faster.

B. They can take the place of drivers now.

C. They can make cars run without fuel.

D. They can help people drive more safely.

【3】In Kendall’s opinion, who probably don’t rely on the driverless cars at first?

A. managers in the high-tech company Google

B. officers from the U. S. government agency DARPA

C. car consumers

D. vehicle designers

【4】According to Richard Mason, what is the biggest challenge for driverless cars?

A. They need to have more comfortable seats .

B. They are now too expensive for consumers.

C. They are travelling at a low speed.

D. They are not favored by car racers

【题目】The letters for the boss. __________ on his desk but he didn't read them

until three days later.

A. were put B. was put

C. put D. has put

【题目】短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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。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(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。

My car just wouldn’t move any farther. It was complete dead, and I was a few miles away from my home in that cold, wet night. I decided walk around a little before accepting I’d have to spend the night in the car. Maybe I can find a telephone. Actually, I didn’t have to walk far before I found the small house standing in a field with a light shone from the sitting room. I knocked at the door and was delighting when a pleasant old man opened the door but listened to my story carefully. He said he had no telephone and that it wasn’t any within walking distance, but the old man who offered to go to repair my car.

【题目】Husband: Honey, what are you doing with your nose in the newspaper all afternoon? Is it that 【1】 (interest)?

Wife: I have no interest in the news reports, but the apartment ads. Don’t you think we should get a larger apartment 【2】 our present one?

Husband: This apartment is fine. It’s big enough for us.

Wife: 【3】 is obvious that this apartment is too small. We 【4】 (live) here since we got married. We need a change.

Husband: I’d rather stay here. I love this old place. 【5】 , we don’t need all that extra room.

Wife: Yes, we do. We need 【6】 extra bedroom. Then it’ll be more comfortable for our baby.

Husband: Our baby? Are we having a baby?

Wife: Yeah, we are going to have a baby. I have been waiting for the right moment to surprise you with the news.

Husband: This is a huge surprise! I’m so happy 【7】 I can hardly believe it! But where will we get enough money 【8】 (buy) a larger apartment?

Wife: Don’t worry. I think we can afford a more expensive apartment. Look, you got a raise last month. And my salary will 【9】 (certain) help.

Husband: Well, yes, good point. I guess we should look at a few apartments. It’s time we 【10】 (move).

【题目】We all think Mr. Smith __________ a new house if more new houses __________.

A. should be given; are built B. will be given; will build

C. is given; will be built D. should give; are built

【题目】More than one student __________ absent. The number of students present __________56.

A. are; is B. is; are

C. is; is D. are; are

【题目】Every boy and every girl as well as some teachers who __________ to visit the museum __________ asked to be at the school gate before 6:00 in the morning.

A. are; are B. is; is

C. is; are D. are; is

【题目】The tradition of birthday parties started in Europe a long time ago. It was feared that evil spirits were particularly attracted to people on their birthdays. 【1】 Giving gifts brought even more good cheer to keep away from the evil spirits. This is how birthday parties began.

The following are some countries’ birthday traditions:

Canada —Greasing the nose with butter. In Atlantic Canada, the birthday child’s nose is greased for good luck.

China — 【2】 .The birthday child pays respect to his/her parents and receives a gift of money. Friends and relatives are invited to lunch and noodles are served to wish the birthday child a long life.

England —Fortune telling cakes. Certain symbolic objects are mixed into the birthday cake as it is being prepared. 【3】

Italy —Pulling ears. The child’s ears are pulled as many times as how old they are turning.

Japan —New clothes. The birthday child wears entirely new clothes mark the occasion.

New Zealand— 【4】 .After the birthday cake is lit, the happy birthday song is sung loudly and often out of tune and then the birthday person receives a clap for each year they have been alive and then one for good luck．

The United States —Cake, candles and song. 【5】

A. A cake is made, and candles are put on top based on how old the person is.

B. In China, on a child’s second birthday, family members put many things on the floor around the child.

C. If your piece of cake has a coin in it, then you will be rich.

D. To protect them from harm, friends and family would come to stay with the birthday person and bring good thoughts and wishes.

E. Noodles for lunch.

F. The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago.

G. Birthday claps.

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Do you know the famous Icehotel at Jukkasjarvi in Swenden? Every year a team of builders and artists from 【1】 over the world come to the little village of Jukkasjarvi and build 【2】 hotel out of snow and ice. In the spring it 【3】 (melt) and the next year they start all over again. The hotel is a short drive form the airport, and is 【4】 (suit) for most people except families with very young children.

【5】 late December and early January ice rooms will be ready for guests 【6】 other parts of the hotel will be unfinished. If you come at this time you will be able to watch the artists 【7】 (make) their sculptures. If you prefer to see the hotel once everything is completed then the best time to travel is from the middle of January. Various activities 【8】 (organization) for guests at the Icehotel. There are guided tours of the hotel in English and Swedish at various times of the day. You’ll also have the chance to make your own ice sculpture. Classes are at 11a.m. daily. The hotel provides all the ice and tools you need and hot drinks---- you just bring your ideas. There are also two different trips, both quite 【9】 (reason) priced. 【10】 is a climbing trip to the top of Mount Puimonen. The other is a 5km cross country skiing trip. A driver takes you out and then you ski back to the hotel. It is a good idea to book these activities at least three weeks before your arrival as they fill up quickly.

【题目】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。

Learn to Think

“ I will think of it ”. It is easy to say this. _【1】_ We can not see our thoughts, or hear , or taste, or feel them; and yet what mighty power they have!

Sir Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer’s evening, when he saw an apple fall from a tree. __【2】__ Later , he discovered how the earth , sun moon, and stars were kept in their places.

_【3】__He began to think; he wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and think. When he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses. 【4】_

A man named Galileo was once standing in the cathedral of Pisa, when he saw a chandelier swaying to and fro. This set him thinking, and it led to the invention of the pendulum.

Boys, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t feel discouraged, and help yourselves before asking someone to help you. _【5】__

A. But do you know what great things have come from thinking?

B. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

C. A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down .

D. And do you know how to think?

E. When you see a steamboat , a steam mill, remember that it would never have been built if it had not been for the hard thinking of someone .

F. He began to think, trying to find out why the apple fell.

G. He was a famous physicist and good at thinking.