【题目】The novel, which he has been writing in the past five years, is ________ finished．He has only a few small changes to make in it．

A．virtually B．occasionally

C．universally D．Considerably

【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

Not all people like to work but everyone likes to play．All over the world men and women and boys and girls enjoy sports．

__【1】___ They help to keep people healthy and feeling good. When they are playing games, people move a lot．This is good for their health．Having fun with their friends makes them happy．

____【2】____ In small towns, crowds meet to watch the bicycle races or the soccer games．In the big cities，thousands of people buy tickets to see an ice-skating show or a baseball game．

____【3】____ What are your favorite sports now? You probably play the games that people in your town or city play. _____【4】_____Then swimming is probably one of your sports．Boys and girls in Australia love to swim．There are wonderful beaches there and the weather is good for swimming．____【5】___ Then you would like to ski．There are many skiers in Austria where there are big mountains and cold winters．Does it rain often where you live? Then kite flying would not be one of your sports．It is one of the favorite sports of Thailand．

A．How many sports do you like?

B．What’s the weather like?

C．Is the climate hot where you 1ive?

D．Or do you live in a cold climate?

E．Many people enjoy sports by watching others play．

F．What games have you played?

G．Sports help people to live happily．

【题目】One type of fish is named salmon(大马哈鱼). There are many different kinds of salmon, but almost all of them mate(交配) in a very strange way. They are born in small, freshwater rivers. They live in the river for a year, and then swim downstream to a bigger river and eventually to the ocean very quickly. While they live in the ocean, salmon are silver coloured.

After several years at sea, the salmon grow very long and heavy. Then, as if by magic, they all begin to swim home. Each salmon somehow remembers where it was born and the very same area in the small river.

It is a long, difficult journey home. Once the salmon enter fresh, they stop eating. They also change colours. Some salmon turn red, other brown and grey, and some turn pink. Some salmon grow a large bulge on their back, called a hump. These salmon fight to swim upstream against the current of sometimes very to avoid bears, birds, and fishermen

Finally, the salmon that survive mate in the same river in which they were born. Then, after all that work, they die! These salmon still play an important role. Their dead bodies help to provide nutrition(营养) to the animals that live in and around the river When their eggs hatch, the cycle will start again.

【1】Which of the following do salmon NOT do when they reenter fresh water?

A. They change colours.

B. They stop eating.

C. They grow bulges on their backs.

D. They grow teeth.

【2】Inferring from the passage, why do salmon eat a lot while they are in the ocean? Because_______

A. they need to have enough energy to return home

B. they never stop swimming

C. they are afraid of bears

D. the different water makes them hungry

【3】Salmon return to fresh water in order to _______.

A. mate

B. provide nutrition to other animals

C. mate and provide nutrition to other animals

D. make a difficult journey

【题目】Although metals ________widely in qualities such as strength and hardness，they all have certain qualities in________.

A．vary；general B．differ；common

C．react；particular D．refer；detail

【题目】单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

【1】People in this town ________ (挨饿) ; several buildings were bombed and crime soared (剧增) because you have to steal to eat.

【2】________(好奇心) is part of a child's nature.

【3】The new regulations will be of__________(有益) to everyone concerned.

【4】You see，the__________(精力充沛)young man plays basketball day and night.

【5】I am writing to __________(道歉) for my rude remarks at the party yesterday evening.

【6】You must b_________ the advantages against the disadvantages.

【7】It's difficult to get used to another country's _c_______.

【8】Medals were a________ to the best speakers on the debating team.

【9】You mustn't eat too much fat if you want to keep _s_______．

【10】You must ask for p________ before taking any photographs inside the church.

【题目】Vietnamese state media, quoting a senior naval official, reported that the plane MH 370 had crashed off south Vietnam．Malaysia's transport minister later denied any crash scene had been _________．

A．purified B．identified

C．demonstrated D．Undertaken

【题目】请用英语为China Daily写一篇关于保护野生动物的短文。内容应包含：

1．许多野生动物濒临灭绝，保护野生动物势在必行。

2．分析造成野生动物濒临灭绝的原因，如：森林遭到破坏，环境被污染，人类 大量捕杀等。

3．至少提出两条保护野生动植物的措施。

注意：不要逐条翻译，词数100词左右。

【题目】The greatest scientific breakthroughs of 2014 have affected all aspects of modern life, from medicine, to space exploration, to the future of renewable technologies. Scientists all over the globe are publishing their findings and treating patients with new medicines and techniques that are changing everyday life for the human race, and adding to our vast banks of scientific knowledge.

Irish teens make a breakthrough in crop yields（产量）

16-year-old Ciara Judge, Emer Hickey, and Sophie Healy-Thow won the Google Science Fair2014, with their project “Natural Bacteria Fighting World Hunger”.

While learning about the food shortage in Africa, the three teens got thinking about how they could help. What they found may change the future of worldwide food production.. They experimented and were able to reduce germination（发芽）time by 50%and increase plants’ yield by up to 74%.

This could create the possibility of increased crop yields and reducing crop loss due to bad weather.

Cancer is cured?

In May 2014, the Mayo Clinic published a study in which they treated a 50-year-old female patient’s blood cancer with the measlesvaccine（麻疹疫苗）.After receiving the vaccine, Stacy Erholtz’s body is completely free of cancer.

Stephen Russell, who led the research, said, “It’s a landmark. We’ve known for a long time that we can introduce a virus into the blood and destroy cancer in mice. Nobody’s shown that you can do that in people before.” The measles vaccine will not work for all types of cancer, but is an unbelievable step forward.

Water found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus

In April, scientists announced that NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered a body of water on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn（土星）. Enceladus is an icy moon about 300 miles in diameter （直径）.and its mysterious body of water appears to be 5 miles deep, around the size of Lake Superior.

Scientists have also discovered that the body of water features a rock is a possible sign of conditions good for the development of life.

【1】The text is mainly about _______.

A. the new findings in medicine

B. the greatest scientists in 2014

C. the new techniques in space exploration

D. the greatest scientific breakthroughs of 2014

【2】 What’s the aim of the three Irish teens’ Project?

A. To attract Google’s attention.

B. To do research on Africa’s soil.

C. To solve the problem of world hunger..

D. To understand different plants’ germination time.

【3】 What can be inferred about the Mayo Clinic’s study?

A. Blood cancer is very is very easy to cure.

B. All kinds of cancer will be cured soon.

C. Medical experiments on people are not allowed.

D. The research is a breakthrough in cancer treatment.

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Enceladus is a warm moon

B. Enceladus may be suitable for life.

C. Enceladus is as big as Lake Superior.

D. Enceladus has several rocky sea floors.

【题目】The ___【1】 and important festivals are the ones that ___【2】 the end of winter and to the coming of spring.At the Spring Festival in China, people eat dumplings, fish and meat and may give children ___【3】 in red paper. There are dragon dances and carnivals, and families celebrate the Lunar New Year together. Some Western countries have very exciting carnivals, 【4】 forty days before Easter, usually in February. These carnivals ___【5】 include parades,dancing in the streets day and night, loud music and colourful clothing of all kinds. Easter is an important 【6】__ and social festival for Christians around the world. It 【7】 the return of Jesus from the dead and the coming of spring and new life. Japan’s Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later. The country, __ 【8】 cherry tree flowers, looks as though it is covered with pink snow.

【题目】假如你是某中学学生李华。最近，你班同学正在参加21世纪英文报“大家谈”栏目的一个讨论。本次话题为：“父母有没有必要陪读？

请你根据下表所列情况给报社写一封信，客观地介绍讨论的情况。