【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。

Are you truly happy? Do you ever know what it means to be happy and what it takes to achieve happiness? 【1】 The following are a few tips that I follow to create happiness in my life.

Make a plan for achieving goals that you believe will make you happy. Your moods will very likely increase if you are going after something you value.

Surround yourself with happy people. It is easy to begin to think negatively when you are surrounded by people who think that way. 【2】

When something goes wrong, try to figure out a solution instead of being absorbed in self pity. Truly happy people don’t allow setbacks (挫折) to affect their mood because they know that with a little thought they can turn the things back to their favor.

【3】 These few minutes will give you the opportunity to focus on the positive things in your life and will lead you to continuous happiness.

【4】 Whether you treat yourself to lunch, take a long, relaxing bath or simply spend a few extra minutes on your appearance, you will be subconsciously (下意识地) putting yourself in a better mood.

Keeping healthy is another way to achieve happiness. 【5】

A. What makes one person happy may be very different from what makes someone else happy.

B. On the contrary, if you are around people who are happy, their emotional state will be easily passed to you.

C. Being overweight or not eating foods containing nutrition has a negative effect on your mood.

D. These are important questions for anyone who is seeking happiness to ask themselves.

E. Spend a few minutes each day thinking about the things that make you happy.

F. There are some tips in life that lead to happiness.

G. It’s also important to take some time each day to do something nice for yourself.

【题目】Today is Sarah’s birthday. She is seventy-five. We asked a few old friends to dinner.

Like most elderly people, I suppose, we spent most of the evening talking about old times. Thirty years ago, the village used to be a quiet place. Now it has changed. Every Sunday hundreds of cars pass through the village at what I think a dangerous speed. They make the village almost as noisy as the streets of a large town. As a boy I enjoyed riding on the backs of the farm horses. Things are different now. Today there are very few horses working on the farms. The farm workers today drive tractors, not horses. A man is not of much use on a farm unless he knows all about machines. Now almost every house in the village has a TV set. Is it a good thing for children to spend the evening sitting in front of a TV set? When I was young I did not waste my time indoors. I would spend the long summer evenings outdoors. I would play with my friends, go fishing or walk by the river. When my grandchildren asked me the reason why I haven’t bought a TV set, I tell them there are many books I still want to read. I can’t find time for both reading and watching TV.

【1】The old like to talk about _______.

A. themselves B. others C. the past D. nothing

【2】When I was a boy, I _______ riding on farm horses.

A. used to see people

B. disliked

C. was fond of

D. saw some elderly people

【3】Which is NOT right according to the passage?

A. In the past the village was a quiet place.

B. It is a good time for children to watch TV all evening.

C. On Sundays many cars pass through the village at a dangerous speed.

D. When I was young I didn’t waste my time indoors.

【4】I would rather _______ than _______.

A. watch TV; do some reading

B. play with friends; go fishing

C. do some reading; watch TV

D. go fishing; play with friends

【题目】为促使同学们更好的规划、利用好时间，你校英语学习俱乐部将举办一次以“Where does your time go”为主题的交流活动。假如你是成员之一，请你根据下面提示写一篇英文发言稿。

1. 简述你的时间安排。

2. 反思时间安排不当的地方。

3. 谈谈你对时间的认识和今后的打算。

注意：1. 词数100左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）

2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。

Hello, everyone. As a senior high school student, I always feel busy.

【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。有两个选项为多余选项。

The Internet has opened up a whole new online world for us to meet, chat and go where we’ve never been before.

But just as in face to face communication, there are some rules ofbehavior that should be followed when on line. 【1】 Imagine how you’d feel if you were in the other person’s shoes.

For anything you’re about to send: ask yourself, “Would I say this to the person’s face? If the answer is no, rewrite and reread. 【2】

If someone in the chat room is rude to you, your instinct (本能 ) is to fire back in the same manner. But try not to do so. 【3】 If it was caused by a disagreement with another member, try to fix the situation by politely discussing it. Remember to respect opinions of others in the chat room.

【4】 Offer advice when asked by newcomers, as they may not be sure what to do or how to communicate. When someone makes a mistake, whether it’s a stupid question or an unnecessarily long answer, be kind about it. If it is a small mistake, you may not need to say anything. Having good manners yourself doesn’t give you license to correct everyone else. 【5】 At the same time, if you find you are wrong, be sure to correct yourself and apologize to those you have offended.

A. Everyone was new to the network once.

B. If you do decide to tell someone about a mistake, point it out politely.

C. It’s unusual that there are some people who speak rudely or make mistakes online.

D. The basic rule is simple: treat others in the same way you would want to be treated.

E. You should either ignore the person, or use your chat software to block their messages.

F. When you send short messages to a person online, you must say something beautiful to hear.

G. Repeat the process till you feel sure that you’d feel comfortable saying the words to the person’s face.

【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。

I am so tired of winter. First it was all the snow and now it's just rain, rain, rain. It 【1】(seem) like the cold and rain have been here so long that I can 【2】(hard) remember what the sun looks. It has been wet and miserable for weeks and weeks.

All I want to do is climb into bed, crawl under the covers, 【3】 hide from the world until spring is really here. 【4】official first day of spring is in less than a week, but you wouldn't know it at all from the weather.

I have been feeling so bad lately and think it has a lot to do with the 【5】 (depress) weather this month. March is just the 【6】 (bad) month in my opinion.

Today I got thoroughly wet【7】 my way home from work. It started to pour when I was walking to my car, which 【8】 (park) at the end of the lot. Why do I always forget 【9】 (bring) an umbrella with me?

I had a hard time 【10】 (drive) home. I was wet and the traffic was terrible. But I am home now and happy that the day is over.

【题目】Liverpool city council want to clear the city of fat pigeons. They say that people are feeding the birds, which makes them fat. The pigeons get bigger because their normal diet would consist of seeds and insects, not high-fat junk food they are eating in the city centre.

The council want people to know that everyone who feeds the pigeons is responsible for the streets being so crowded with these birds. They hope to encourage the birds to move away from the city centre and into parks and open spaces.

Ten robotic birds have been brought into the city centre to scare the pigeons away and visitors are asked not to give the pigeons any food. The mechanical birds - known as “robops” - will sit on the roofs of buildings. They can be moved around to different locations. They look like a peregrine falcon, which is a bird that kills pigeons. They even make noises and flap their wings to scare the pigeons. They hope that the pigeons will go away before the city becomes the European Capital of Culture in two years.

【1】Pigeons in Liverpool get fat because they eat ________ .

A．birds B．seeds

C．insects D．high-fat junk food

【2】What do Liverpool city council try to do?

A．They want the pigeons to move out of the city centre.

B．They want people to feed the pigeons with healthy food.

C．They want people to keep the pigeons at home.

D．They want to keep robotic birds instead of pigeons.

【3】The robotic birds are used to _________.

A．make the city colorful

B．drive away the pigeons

C．help feed the pigeons

D．show people directions

【4】This passage is most probably a(n) __________.

A．notice B．news report

C．short story D．advertisement

【题目】None of the underwater workers has been harmed by the great fish. ______, most fish were so friendly that they played with the instruments.

A. Instead B. Even though C. However D. Though

【题目】信息匹配（共1小题）

There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding．【1】 .

The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else．【2】 Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding．And clearly we don’t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started．Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement．

The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand．Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader．The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader’s understanding．【3】 Otherwise one person could never learn from another．Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information．

What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding．【4】 Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack．Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree．And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer．If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved．

【5】 It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort．Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to．In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well．

A．Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinc senses．

B．Such communication between unequals must be possible．

C．We can get access to the content of those materials easily．

D．The writer must be “superior” to the reader in understanding．

E．The writer should have a better communicating skill．

F．Besides gaining information and understanding, there’s another goal of reading—entertainment．

G．Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information．

【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。

You already know that you should wake up early to become more productive, and perhaps you have also heard that you shouldn’t check your email first in the morning. While this advice is good and well-documented, there is also another kind of productivity advice that is as effective as well. 【1】

1. Work when there is a distraction(分心) around

Your environment doesn’t have to be 100% quiet if you want to get work done. Let’s say that you are working from home and you have kids. Let’s also assume that you don’t have a quiet workspace in your home to do your work. Naturally, you could decide to do work during the quiet hours. 【2】 .

2. Drink coffee before taking a nap

【3】 Then take a caffeine nap. Combining coffee and napping time can have a big improvement in one’s personal productivity. Drink a cup of coffee, take a 20-minute nap right afterward and wake-up refreshed.

3. 【4】

It’s so funny to think that the places that seem like the last ones in which to get anything done are the best for productivity. I’m talking about trains and when I travel alone, I look forward to getting work done there. In fact, I have done a lot of work during my trips when I’m moving from one place to another.

4. Close the curtains

Closing the curtains can improve your productivity. I might do some work at the dining table where there is a window to the left of me. Since I can see the nearby parking space through the window (and the people and moving cars as well), the movement might catch my attention, so the simplest way to prevent the distraction is to close the curtains.【5】

A. Work in a train.

B. Focus on one thing at a time.

C. Have a mobile Internet access with you.

D. But not all of the tasks have to be done then.

E. Try these tips and see how they work for you.

F. Want to improve your afternoon productivity?

G. That way I can put all of my attention to my work.

【题目】He is not just a classical music superstar. He is a global superstar. Only 27 years old, the Chinese pianist Lang Lang has become an inspiration to tens of millions around the world.

Among his dazzling long list of titles, Lang considered UNICEF goodwill ambassador the most special one.

"Being a UNICEF goodwill ambassador is the best decision I have made and will definitely be the best experience in my life," Lang said in a recent interview with Xinhua at the UN headquarters in New York. "I love children very much, and playing piano for them is my favorite," Lang said, beaming with delight.

Named this year by Time magazine as one of the 100 World's Most Influential People, the pianist said he hoped music could "bring children happiness and enlighten their life."

Three months after his nomination (提名), Lang went to Tanzania with the UNICEF team to visit children threatened by malaria(疟疾) and AIDS.

Although the southeastern African country's underdevelopment and harsh living conditions surprised Lang who landed the continent for the first time, he was touched by local children's passion for music.

"Most of the kids had never seen a piano before," Lang said. "When I played Chopin's nocturne or waltz to them, those who were too shy to talk to me suddenly became active and began to share with me about their dreams. How amazing it is!" "Music can bring hopes to the kids and open their mind," he said.

Following his visit to Africa, Lang began to organize fundraising concerts for children. Now it has become his routine to do 15 to 20 fundraising concerts every year.

Except for his efforts on fundraising, Lang also established his own international music foundation last year to assist young talents to play piano.

So far Lang has chosen five children from the United States and Germany, providing them with scholarships and opportunities to perform at world-class music halls, he said.

In December, he will start the selection in China where he would like to "focus more on physically challenged kids, like blind kids."

【1】 The best title of the passage is______.

A. Lang Lang and His Music

B. UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador

C. An Unforgettable Visit to Africa

D. Lang Lang’s Fundraising Concerts

【2】As a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, Lang Lang’s work is mainly to ______.

A. help children who are in great need

B. hold more concerts for children in the world

C. assist young talents from different countries play piano

D. create more beautiful music for the people of the world

【3】Why did Lang Lang go to Africa 3 months after his nomination?

A. To finish his plan of global performance.

B. To experience the local music there

C. To help those children facing serious diseases.

D. To create new music of different styles.

【4】What moved Lang most when in Africa?

A. The poverty of Africa.

B. Children’s passion for music.

C. Children’s gifts for music.

D. The deadly diseases in Africa.