【题目】Wishing to encourage her young son's progress on the piano, a mother took her boy to a Paderewski concert. After they were seated, the mother____a friend and walked over to greet her.

Seizing the____to explore the wonders of the concert hall, the little boy rose and went____a door market“NO ADMITTANCE”. When the house lights dimmed(变暗)and the concert was about to begin, the mother returned to her____and discovered that the child was missing.

Suddenly, the curtains____and spotlights focused on the stage. In horror, the mother saw her little boy sitting at the keyboard, ____out“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”．

At that moment, the great piano master____his entrance, quickly moved to the piano, and____in the boy's ear, “Don't____. Keep playing.”

Then leaning over, Paderewski reached down with his left hand and began____in a bass part. Soon his right arm reached____to the other side of the child and he added a running obbligato(伴奏). ____， the old master and the boy____a frightening situation into a wonderfully creative____.

That's the way it is in life. ____we can accomplish(完成)on our own is____noteworthy. We try out best, but the____aren't exactly graceful flowing music. ____when we trust in the hands of a Greater Power, our life's work truly can be beautiful.

Next time you set____to accomplish great feats, listen carefully. You can hear the____of the Master, whispering in your ear, “Don't quit. Keep playing.”

【1】 A. made B．spotted C．met D．called

【2】 A. chance B．performance C．piano D．lesson

【3】 A. over B．above C．across D．through

【4】 A. car B．seat C．room D．table

【5】 A. parted B．drew C．pulled D．divided

【6】 A. looking B．taking C．picking D．got out

【7】 A. made B．asked C．forgot D．delayed

【8】 A. shouted B．cried C．whispered D．looked

【9】 A. perform B．stop C．go D．give

【10】A. filling B．getting C．breaking D．taking

【11】A. forwards B．down C．up D．around

【12】A. However B．Together C．Luckily D．Hurriedly

【13】A. charged B．became C．changed D．grew

【14】A. experience B．play C．concert D．film

【15】A.What B．That C．Which D．When

【16】A. hard B．hardly C．always D．usually

【17】A. failures B．successes C．causes D．results

【18】A. So B．And C．But D．Though

【19】A. down B．about C．away D．out

【20】A. sound B．noise C．voice D．song

【题目】(Reuters) --- A stampede killed at least 36 people during New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai, authorities said, but the police denied reports that it was caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city's famous waterfront.

It was the worst disaster in the modern city since 58 died in an apartment building fire in 2010.

The cause of the crush has still to be confirmed, though state media and some witnesses have said it was at least partly aroused when people rushed to pick up coupons that looked like bank notes.

A man named Wu said the fake money had been thrown down from a bar above the street as part of the celebrations.

"This incident happened after the stampede," police said in a brief statement, without saying what the real cause was.

Another witness said there had been a problem away from the area where the fake bills were thrown, with people trying to get on to a raised platform overlooking the river.

Xinhua news agency said that people had been trampled on after falling down on the steps up to the platform.

Authorities had shown some concern about crowd control in the days leading up to New Year's Eve. They recently canceled an annual 3D laser show on the Bund, which last year attracted as many as 300,000 people.

On New Year's Eve, Beijing also canceled a countdown event in the central business district, Chinese media said, due to police fears about overcrowding.

The Shanghai government said on its official microblog that an inquiry had begun, and that all other New Year events had been canceled.

In 2004, 37 people died in a stampede in northern Beijing, on a bridge at a scenic spot, during the Lunar New Year holiday.

【1】According to the passage, why did people go to the Bund?

A. To meet their old friends and relatives.

B. To celebrate the New Year’s Eve.

C. To watch an annual 3D laser show.

D. To pick up bank notes.

【2】What can be inferred according to the passage?

A. Some possible measures had been taken by authorities.

B. People like 3D laser show better than any other events.

C. The local government had shown their worry about overcrowding.

D. The celebrations in Beijing were influenced by this stampede.

【3】What’s the passage about?

A. A countdown event in Beijing.

B. A laser show on the Bund.

C. An apartment fire in Shanghai.

D. A stampede on New Year’s Eve in Shanghai.

【题目】A

The Sahara Festival is a celebration of the very recent past. The threeday event is not fixed to the same dates each year, but generally takes place in November or December. It is well attended by tourists, but even better attended by locals.

During the opening ceremonies, after the official greetings from the government leaders, people who attend the festival begin to march smartly before the viewing stands, and white camels transport their riders across the stands. Horsemen from different nations display their beautiful clothes and their fine horsemanship. One following another, groups of musicians and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turn to show off their wonderful culture. Groups of men in blue and yellow play horns and best drums as they dance in different designs. On their knees in the sand, a group of women in long dark dresses dance with their hair：their long, dark, shiny hair is thrown back and forth in the wind to the rhythm of their dance.

The local and visiting Indian dogs are anxious to run after hares. The crowd is on its feet for the camel races. Camels and riders run far into the distance, and then return to the finish line in front of the cheering people.

Towards the evening, there comes the grand finale of the opening day, an extremely exciting horserace. All the riders run very fast on horseback. Some riders hang off the side of their saddles. Some even ride upside down—heir legs and feet straight up in the air—all at full speed. Others rush down the course together, men arm in arm, on different horses. On and on they went. So fast and so wonderful!

【1】The Sahara Festival is a festival which________.

A．has a very long history in North Africa

B．is held in the same place on the same day

C．is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D．is celebrated mostly by travelers from different countries

【2】Before the races begin, ________take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies________.

A．musicians, dancers, horses and hares

B．camel riders, musicians, dogs and hares

C．horseman, dancers, camels and dogs

D．musicians, officials, camels and horses

【3】The underlined word“finale”in the fourth paragraph most probably means the________of the opening day.

A．first part

B．middle

C．last part

D．whole

【4】This passage mainly tells readers________.

A．what happens on the opening day of the Sahara Festival

B．how people celebrate during the threeday Sahara Festival

C．what takes place at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara Festival

D．how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara Festival

【题目】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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，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 Kate,

How are you? Today I’ve got a wonderful news to tell you. I have offered a scholarship at a university in Australia for my further educations. One hundred and twenty students took exams for it, but only a few was chosen and I was one of them. However, my parents are not happy about it. They are strong against me going there. They say it is too far away that they will not see me for a whole year and they are afraid of I will feel lonely. They can’t imagine a girl so young live alone. They advise me study in the capital instead. Then I’ll be able to continue living with them. How can I persuade them to accept the fact I have grown up?

Yours,

Jane

【题目】San Francisco(People's Daily Online)-- Apple Inc. Tuesday introduced its mobile payment service Apple Pay alongside the company's iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.

What apple does is to replace consumers' wallet with its cell phone. Apple said it hopes to speed up the checkout process, make credit-card payments more secure and ultimately, to replace physical wallets.

With the near-field communication technology, Apple's gadgets like iPhone and Apple watch can transmit a radio signal between the device and a receiver when the two are in an inch apart. "To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. You don’t even have to look at the screen to know your payment information was successfully sent," Apple says on its official website.

Apple said that each transaction (交易)would be authorized(授权) with a one-time, unique number, creating a security code that it said is more secure than the one on the back of your credit card because cashiers wont see your name, card number or security code. The service will work with the three major payment networks — American Express, MasterCard and Visa — and Apple said that there are 220,000 merchant locations that accept these contactless payments.

When some applaud this disrupted service that will compete with Paypal and endanger other online payment companies, some others concern about its safety, especially when another retailer Home Depot confirmed a data opening yesterday and iCloud was reported exposing nude (裸体)pictures of celebrities (名人) week ago.

Leo Zheng, a technology reporter in Silicon Valley said: "When Apple attracts consumers to put all their cards into one iPhone and promised the security, Jennifer Lawrence should say something."

【1】Which can be the best title for the passage?

A.Apple announces mobile payment service to replace consumers' wallet.

B．Consumers can pay in cash through mobile phones.

C．Apple Inc. will introduce new models to the market.

D．Mobile payment will be popular soon.

【2】 After reading the third paragraph, we know .

A．Apple’s new products are popular

B．Apple can be used as an ID

C．Apple's gadgets can receive message easily

D．how Apple's gadgets work

【3】The attitude of the writer towards the mobile payment is .

A．indifferent (冷漠的) B．objective

C．skeptical D．positive

【4】 What could have happened to Jennifer Lawrence?

A．She made great contributions to Apple.

B．She put all her cards into her iPhone.

C．Her nude pictures were spread online.

D．Her iPhone often broke down.

【题目】Many people in the United States like eggs for breakfast. There are many different ways to cook eggs. One of the most common kinds of eggs for breakfast is scrambled eggs. In addition, this is one of the easiest dishes to cook. Read this recipe(秘法)for scrambled eggs and you will see how easy it is.

Steps:

1) Melt the butter in a frying pan over medium(适中的)heat.

2) In a small bowl, mix the eggs and the milk. Use the fork (or the spoon) to mix these well.

3) Pour this mixture into the pan.

4) Stir the eggs from time to time with the spatula. Continue until the eggs are no longer liquid.

5) Add salt and pepper, Add a little or a lot, as you like.

【1】For this recipe, you do not need __________.

A. a knife B. a spatula C. a bowl D. a fork

【2】 Which of these steps comes first?

A. Stir the eggs with the spatula.

B. Eat the eggs for breakfast.

C. Add salt and pepper.

D. Mix the eggs and the milk.

【3】 Which of these words means “to change from solid to liquid”?

A. pour B. melt C. stir D. scramble

【4】Read the recipe again, in which of the five steps do you scramble the eggs?

A. Step 2 B. Step 3 C. Step 4 D. Step 5

【题目】假如你是李越, 你的朋友John喜欢玩网络游戏, 学习成绩明显受到影响。 作为朋友, 请你写一封信, 劝告他远离电脑游戏, 回归正常生活。要点如下：

1. 玩网络游戏的危害(至少两点)；

2. 你的建议(至少两点)；

注意：词数120左右 提示词：虚拟世界 virtual world

Dear John，

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes.

Yours，

Li Yue

【题目】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

D

Most people around the world are“righthanded”. This also seems to be true in history. In 1979, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1500 B．C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are righthanded so the scientist guessed that righthandedness has always been common through history. Today, about 10% of 15% of the world's population is lefthanded.

Why are there more righthanded people than lefthanded ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hand and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be lefthanded, and studies have found that lefthandedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs. No one really knows what makes a person become righthanded instead of lefthanded. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become lefthanded because their main brain is damaged when they are born. however, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become lefthanded.

One idea is that people usually get righthanded from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因)for righthandedness, he/she may become either righthanded or lefthanded according to the chance and the people they work or live with. Though righthandedness is more common than lefthandedness, people no longer think lefthanded people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, lefthanded children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.

【1】After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found________.

A．the art began from 1500 B．C.

B．the works of art ended in 1950s

C．most people shown in the works of art are righthanded

D．most people in the works of art the lefthanded

【2】What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A．It's used to find or hold things.

B．It's used to work with things.

C．It's used to make a person's eyes and hands work together.

D．It's the centre for thinking and doing problems.

【3】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．No one really knows what makes a person become righthanded.

B．Lefthandedness is cleverer than righthandedness.

C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become lefthanded

【题目】假如你是李华，你们学校最近开展了创建“平安校园”活动。你们班为此要组织一次主题班会，请你用英语写一篇发言稿，谈一谈你对创建“平安校园”的一些想法。短文应该包括下面的内容：

1．安全意识的重要性；

2．在校内要注意人身安全；

3．运动时要注意安全；

4．同学之间发生矛盾时，一定要保持冷静、理智。

注意： 1.词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3．文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Safety at School

My dear classmates,

There is no denying that safety plays an important part in our daily life. Recently our school has carried out a program aimed at making our campus a safe place to stay on.

【题目】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

C

William Shakespeare, the great English writer of drama(戏剧), was born in 1564 in StartfordonAvon. We do not know everything about Shakepeare's early life. But we know that he studied at the Grammar School in Stratford, and that he became interested in the theatre when he was still a boy. In 1586, Shakespeare went to London, where he worked in a theatre for some years before he began to write his own plays. Shakespeare soon became wellknown in London. Every play he wrote was very good and new to the people of the capital. Queen Elizabeth liked Shakespeare's plays. By the end of the 16th century, Shakespeare and his friends had enough money to build their own theatre. But we must think that Shakespeare had no difficulties in his life. Some writers were against him because their plays were worse than his.

【1】Shakespeare is________in England.

A．a scientist

B．an inventor

C．a play writer

D．a story writer

【2】The writer thinks________.

A．we don't know Shakespeare's boyhood at all

B．we know Shakespeare's childhood a little

C．we know Shakespeare's boyhood a lot

D．we should know Shakespeare about his early life well

【3】Shakespeare worked in the theatre________.

A．when he started to write his plays

B．after he left the Grammar School

C．when he was twentytwo years old

D．after he liked the theatre very much

【4】Some writers were against Shakespeare because________.

A．they hated him

B．their plays were less famous than his

C．they wrote fewer plays than he

D．their money was less than his