【题目】感恩，是我们生活中永恒的话题。假设你校正在举行一场有关“感恩”的演讲比赛，请你在“父母、老师、朋友”中选择一个感恩对象，写一篇英语演讲稿参加比赛，内容包括：

1为何感恩；

2如何感恩

注意：1词数100左右；

2开头与结语已为你写好，不计人总词数

Good afternoon, everyone! Its a great honor to have the opportunity to be with you today. The topic my speech is

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Thank you for listening.

【题目】 短文改错（共10题；每小题1分，满分10分）

Last winter vacation, some of my classmates decide to travel with their friends, while I chose to take part-job to gain experiences and earn some money. I learned from my teacher that a nearby company was looking after students with good handwriting to write addresses on envelope. The pay were 10 cents per envelope. I headed for the company, feeling sure I would easy finish 300 envelopes in five hours and to earn the money. Actually, I only finished 200. Now I fully understand how hard is to earn money. Getting out of the classroom is indeed necessary for we all.

【题目】Global warming could make humans shorter. Scientists claim to have found evidence that it caused the world's first horses 【1】 （shrink） nearly 50 million years ago. In fact,a team from the universities of Florida and Nebreaks says 【2】 has found a link between the Earth heating up and the size of mammals-homes，during the last time the world heated up. The scientists used fossils to follow the evolution of homes from their earliest 【3】 （appear) 56 million years ago. As temperatures went up．their size went 【4】 . The scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect 【5】 mammals and could even make humans 【6】 （small）．“Horses started out small，about the size of a small dog. What's 【7】 （surprise）is that after they first appeared，they then became even smaller and then dramatically increased in size, and that【8】（exact）corresponds to the global warming event, followed by cooling.”"It had been known that mammals 【9】 small during the last warm time， 【10】 we hadn't realized that temperature specifically was driving the evolution of body size”Dr. Bloch said in the "Science”journal.

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Learning English can be a difficult task. While many people learn English in the classroom, the vast majority of English learning takes place outside of it.

【1】 ，it is important to know how it is used in everyday life. One of the best things you can do is to read. First ask yourself what you enjoy reading in your native language. If the subject matter. is interesting to you, you will he more likely to keep going.

Read a variety of different media in English, from magazines to novels. 【2】 ,New York Times is going to take a more formal approach to the English language than somebody's personal blog .Consider your English level when selecting reading material. 【3】 , but do not frustrate yourself needlessly by selecting a complex text . You can choose to be a side-by-side reader, with the English text on one page and its translation on the other page，if you have only been studying English for a couple of years.

【4】 So do not look up every word you don't know as you read. It will only slow things down and make the reading process much less fun. Instead，rely on what you have already known. When you come across a difficult word or phrase，use context clues to guess at its meaning. Write down or underline any words or phrases you cannot figure out. When you have finished reading, go to your list of new words. Now you can get your dictionary and look them up one by one ． 【5】 .You will be more likely m keep reading the interesting subject.

A. Challenge yourself

B. To better understand a language

C. When you want to learn English, try New York Times

D. Turn them into flash cards, keep them in mind and use them

E. Putting a dictionary at hand is a good way of learning English

F. Your reading goal is to briefly understand what the piece is saying

G. English usage will very depending on the content and the audience

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词），或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, 【1】______can all be easily found on Google, but very often people【2】 ______ (actual) ask these things by telephoning. Your answer may 【3】 ______ (reply) to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great 【4】______ (change) have taken place in our manners due to technology. In the late 1870s, when 【5】______ telephone was invented, people didn’t know how to greet a caller. Often there 【6】______ (be) just silence. Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, 【7】______ (suggest) that people say “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” won out, the greeting is now used【8】_____ everyday face-to-face communications.

Try to be【9】______ (respect) no matter who you communicate with. Just keep it in mind that 【10】______ (polite) never goes out of fashion.

【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。

I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general store. __【1】_____ I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you.”

At first I was paid in candy. _【2】 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 【3】

By the time I was 12, My grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling cosmetics（化妆品）. I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “ What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas. 【4】

The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn’t need to be a Rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listener. 【5】 Except they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed.

A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.

B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself.

C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.

D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.

E. My grandma’s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.

F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.

G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought.

【题目】 假定你是李华，于2015年3月2日搭乘某航空公司(Flight HZH9211) 回国。到机场后，发现遗失了行李箱。现请你用英语给该航空公司写一封信，请他们帮你寻找。

要点包括： 1. 陈述写信原因； 2. 描述行李箱； 3. 期待回复并表示感谢。

注意：1. 次数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam,

My name is Li Hua, and I was a passenger __________________________________________

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Regards,

Li Hua

【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。

Meet the magic folk

Throughout the ages and across the world, fairies（童话故事）have come alive in the stories, poems, and songs passed down from the old to the young. Some amazing stories about fairies have come to us from the British Isles. 【1】

Merrows are Irish fairy mermaids（美人鱼）. The females are very gentle and beautiful with fishes’ tails. Merrows sometimes come onto land disguised（伪装）as small, white cattle or as beautiful women wearing bright red feather caps. 【2】

Leprechauns（矮妖）are fairies that appear as tiny old men. They like to be alone most of the time, making and mending shoes and keeping their pots of gold well hidden. If a human catches a leprechaun and asks for its gold, the leprechaun must hand it over. 【3】 If the human looks away for even an instant, the leprechaun will joyfully disappear.

Brownies are hairy little men who do chores（杂事）in houses and on farms during the night. All they want as payment is food, and they get very angry if humans watch them do their work. If a brownie is given clothes as a present, he’ll disappear forever. 【4】

Selkies are seal fairies. Female selkies sometimes come to shore and take off their sealskins to play on the beach in human form. Like merrows, if a human finds a selkie’s sealskin, she can’t go back to the ocean. 【5】 If she finds her sealskin, she happily returns to the sea, leaving her human husband and children…but she comes close to shore to watch over them from time to time.

A. Here are some of these fairies.

B. Most sailors at sea hope never to see a merrow.

C. But it is far trickier（狡猾的）than it looks!

D. A selkie is quiet and lovely, with dark hair and sad eyes.

E. Instead, she must obey（服从）the human who keeps it and usually marries him.

F. Perhaps this is because he rushes back to show off his new clothes to the others.

G. If a human steals this cap, a merrow can’t go back to the sea and must stay on land.

【题目】As weather cools across the United States, a growing number of Americans visit farms. They harvest fruits, enjoy hay wagon rides and walk in the fields. These people are called “agri-tourists.” They improve the economy of rural areas and help farmers increase their profits.

School children are walking in a corn field maze. The corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it difficult to find a way out. The children are from Yorktown Elementary School in Bowie Maryland. They have traveled to Montpelier Farms in Prince George’s County which is also in Maryland. The farm is about 40 kilometers from The White House.

Debbie Pierson is the student’s teacher. “We go on these kind of field trips so that the children will have a hands-on experience of what it’s like to be on a farm,” Pierson said.

In Loudoun County Virginia, there are farms where grapes are grown for use in making wine. Many of the farms let people visit, and drink the wine that is made there. Bill Hatch owns the Zephaniah Farm Vineyard. He holds wine tastings in his home. “We are doubling the number of visitors to our farm every year. We have an average of 250 people on a weekend,” Hatch said.

As more people visit farms, more farmers are adding activities in which visitors can take part.

Malcolm Baldwin owns WeatherLea Farm and Vineyard in Loudoun County. Six years ago, he began letting people be married at his farm. They can also sleep at the farm overnight. Mr. Baldwin says the money he makes from these activities let him keep his small farm operating. “But without the animals, and without the vines, the wedding business wouldn’t be as profitable (有利可图的), because people like to see the vines. They like to see the animals and without which I don’t think this will be a popular place,” Baldwin said.

【1】We can infer from the first paragraph that people always go for field trips in _______.

A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn D. Winter

【2】The underlined word “maze” in the passage is similar to “_______”.

A. puzzle B. trip C. house D. activity

【3】 On Malcolm Baldwin’s farms, visitors can ________.

A. taste the wine made in the USA

B. raise and hunt animals

C. do wedding business

D. have fun as well as bring him money

【题目】Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man—not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, I would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.

Today, at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow—as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.

One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad, analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies(策略).He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”

Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.

And so, there it was—it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while I placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.

It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.

I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I’ve come to see my past clearer.

【1】What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?

A. Friendly but irresponsible.

B. Intelligent but severe.

C. Cold and aggressive.

D. Caring and communicative.

【2】 Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?

A. She did not have a phone to call home.

B. Her father did not care about her human journey.

C. Her father was too busy to answer her phone.

D. Her father couldn’t give her appropriate advice.

【3】 After the author overheard her father on the telephone, _________ .

A. he blamed her for impoliteness.

B. he rediscovered human nature.

C. he consulted with her about his problem.

D. he changed his attitude towards the author.

【3】Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

A. My Parents as Friends.

B. My Parents as advisors.

C. My father—a serious man.

D. My father—an intelligent scientist.