【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。

Your impression of China in 2015

A mixture of happiness and sorrow, the year 2015 has come to 【1】 end and we invite you 【2】 (share) their stories with our millions of readers all over the world. We will select some of the 【3】 (good) to publish and reward the writers.

Who is invited?

Foreigners with something 【4】 (say) about their experiences in China during the past year. You may have visited for just a few days, 【5】 (spend) longer here or never come over and just are involved with Chinese in your own country.

What to write?

Anything about China or Chinese people that happened 【6】 you can be your subject.

There are no fixed topics; it can be Chinese foods, paintings, landscapes, traditions or anything you think worth 【7】 (write) about.

【8】 to join?

Send your work (better with two or three pictures) to readers@ chinadaily . com. cn Requirements:

At least 200 words and one photo (not less than 50k) about your story. More words and photos 【9】 (encourage). Please caption（加标题）your photos with information such as who, what, where 【10】 when .

Contact us if you have questions:

Office number: 010-84883548, 010-84883574; Email: readers@chinadaily. com. cn.

【题目】短文改错

My mom and I am fighting. We used to get on so well， and these days， she has been arguing with me about my not coming to home. She thinks I should spend more time help her with the housework instead going out a lot. In her eyes，I’m just a lazy boy whom only loves playing. The fact is that some of my friends and I are going to different school soon，so I want to spend as many time as I can with them. I knew I should try to understand the situation from her point of view. But I hope she can understand what important these friends are to me.

【题目】假定你是李华，对中国传统医药很感兴趣。你获悉中国药学家屠哟哟因发现了青篙素被授予2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖。请给你的美国朋友David发一封邮件分享此消息。信件须包括以下内容：

心情：骄傲和激动。

评价：她找到了治疗疟疾的方法，数千万人从中受益。

志向：立志考入屠哟坳的母校北大，造福人民。

注意：1．词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

参考词汇：

1．药学家：pharmacologist

2.青篙素：artemisinin

3. 2015年诺贝尔生理学或医学奖：The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

4.疟疾：malaria

【题目】书面表达

每个人对待幸福的态度和感觉都不一样，请你就What Is Happiness? 这一话题谈谈你对幸福的看法。主要内容如下：

1.不同的人对幸福有不同的看法(从物质、精神等方面分析)；

2.我对幸福的看法。

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Swedish businessman Nile Bergqvist is delighted with his new hotel, the world’s first igloo(冰屋) hotel.

【1】(build) in an small town, it has been attracting lots of visitors but soon the fun will be over. In two weeks’ time Bergqvist’s ice creation【2】(be) nothing more than a pool of water. “We don’t see it as a big problem, ”he says. “We just look forward to【3】(replace)it. ”

Bergqvist built his first igloo in 1991 for an art exhibition. It was【4】successful that he designed the present one,【5】measures roughly 200 square meters. Six workmen spent more than eight weeks【6】(pile)1,000 tons of snow onto a wooden base；when the snow froze, the base【7】(remove).

After their stay, all visitors receive a survival certificate recording their success.【8】no windows, nowhere to hang clothes and temperatures below 0°C, it may seem more like a survival test【9】a relaxing hotel break. “It’s great fun,” Bergqvist explains, “As well as a good start in survival training.’’

The【10】(popular)of the igloo is beyond doubt：it is now attracting tourists from all over the world. At least 800 people have stayed at the igloo this season even though there are only 10 rooms.

【题目】One thing the tour books don't tell you about London is that 2,000 0f its residents (屠民) are foxes. They ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home.

"The number and variety of wild animals in urban c城市的) areas is increasing," says Corner Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New York's Central Park last year counted 14 kinds of animals. A similar survey carried out in the 1890's counted only five kinds.

Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. First, the air and water quality in many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, and many animals have gone to the area outside the centre of a city. In addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent $ 750, 000 to buy land and build 10 permanent (永久性的) wildlife refuges in the city. As a result, many birds are now living in the city. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life.

That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded abundant food.

Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The key is to create habitats where they are able to live happily. Such habitats can even be useful. In San Francisco, /span>the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones keep the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.

【1】 What is the passage mainly about?

A. 2,000 foxes returning to London.

B. Wild animals living in zoos.

C. Wildlife returning to some larger cities.

D. The great enemy of wildlife.

【2】 It can be inferred from the passage that

A. Londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoos

B. Londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their city

C. Londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countryside

D. Londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem

【3】According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New York's park .

A. is slowly going down

B. is the same as that in other cities

C. doesn't change too much

D. has more than doubled in the last century

【4】 Which of the following is NOT a reason why wildlife is returning to the cities?

A. There is plenty of food for wildlife in the city.

B. Wildlife enjoys being watched and fed in the cities.

C. More and more special living areas have been built for the wildlife.

D. Air and water quality has improved in the cities.

【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。

Wrong Reasons for Going to College

A college education can be priceless. _____【1】____ If any of these following factors had a big influence on your decision, you’re probably right to second-guess yourself.

◆Because someone else expects it from you.

Perhaps you come from a family where everyone goes to college. Or maybe, you’re the kid that everyone is proud to believe will be the first to get there. ___【2】_____. It’s become so much a part of the air you breathe that you’ve never stopped to consider whether you want to go or whether you’re ready to go.

◆Because all your friends are going.

In only a few weeks’ time, the whole friend group will be scattered to a half dozen different colleges in a half dozen different places. _____【3】____Friends would wonder what’s wrong with you. Some would take it as a betrayal of the dreams you’ve dreamed together and the plans you’ve made.

◆____【4】_____

It’s been tough to find even a summer job. You don’t have an alternative plan. Everyone else is doing it (see above). You think you might as well go to school. That is the lamest of reasons to spend $20,000 or more in the next year.

◆Because you are afraid you’ll regret it if you don’t go.

Your uncle tells you that his one regret in life is that he didn’t go to college. Others tell you that they could have gone so much farther in their career if only they had a college education. ____【5】____ So this is not a persuasive reason for you to go to college.

A That’s much too fine.

B Not to go would be set yourself apart.

C Because you don’t know what eles to do.

D Everyone seems more excited than you are.

E It seems that for years everyone has just assumed that of course you’ll go.

F Whatever the story is, there are always people who regret decisions they’ve made.

G But maybe in your heart you know that you are going for the wrong reasons.

【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。

【1】__You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:

Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 【2】__ A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.

Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.

Make good use of your time in class. 【3】_ Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.

Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss the next day, read that material. 【4】_ If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.

Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember yor new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.

【5】_ You will probably discover them after you have tried these.

A. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.

B. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.

C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.

D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.

E. Maybe you are an average student.

F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.

G. This will help you understand the next class.

【题目】Every day our life is full of images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aural hyperstimulation（视听的高度刺激），the medium of radio is making a marked comeback.

“We're at the dawn of a golden age of audio," said US-based podcaster Alex Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month alone, 15 percent of US adults listened to a radio podcast. These data, released by Edison Research, reveal the successful evolution of traditional radio broadcasts to the present day's digital podcast format（播客形式）. The term "podcast," was coined in 2004, but the trend only started gaining mainstream popularity in recent years. Since the leap in consumer demand for smart phones and tablets, podcast subscription rates have only accelerated.

You can tune in during those extra minutes of the day when you're walking to the shops, waiting in a queue or riding the subway. Similar to television shows, podcasts are generally free to download on computer or iPod and most offer new content every week.

Donna Jackson, 22, Sydney University media graduate, listens to podcasts two or three times a week, via-iTunes.¨ I listen while I'm hanging out in the house doing something else.

It makes completing a boring task a lot more enjoyable... And it's an easy way of keeping in touch with what's going on in the rest of the world," she said. “I mainly listen to BBC podcasts, but recently I've also been tuning into This American Life and Serial.”

Unlike television and music, the audio format has the ability to create a deep impression on readers. Blumberg says this comes down to the podcast's ability "to create emotional connection." Sydney University undergraduate Hazel Proust, major in social work and arts, agrees. "When you're tuned in, it feels as if the podcaster is talking directly to you. It's comforting," said Proust.

It seems the age-old tradition of verbal（口头的）storytelling is very much alive and well.

【1】According to the passage, which of the following is Not a suitable time to listen to procasts ?

A. Attending a lecture. B. Riding the subway.

C. Walking to the shop. D. Waiting for a bus.

【2】According to the passage, one difference between television and audio format is that____。

A. only audio format has the ability to create emotional connection to download

B. only audio format helps people keep in touch with the world's change

C. only television provides new content every week

D. only television shows can be free

【3】 What does the underlined word "coined" in paragraph 2 mean?

A. written. B. thought. C. invented. D. found.

【4】It can be inferred from passage that____.

A. people like to listen to podcasts when they work

B. podcasts are more and more popular with people

C. the voice of the podcaster attracts many listeners

D. people keep in touch with each other by listening to podcasts

【题目】Whatever our differences as human beings are, we all think we’re more like the rest of the animal world than we realize. It is said that we share 40 per cent of our genetic（遗传的）structure with the simple worm.

But that fact has helped Sir John Sulston win the 2002 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Sir John is the founder of the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, which was set up in 1992 to get further understanding of the human genome（染色体组）.

To help them do this, they turned to the worm. The nematode（线虫类的）worm is one of the earliest creatures on planet earth. It is less than one millimeter long, completely transparent and spends its entire life digging holes through sand. But it still has lots to say about human life, and what can be done to make it better.

What the worm told Sir John and his colleagues was that each of cells in the human body is programmed like a computer. They grow, develop and die according to a set of instructions that are coded in our genetic make-up.

Many of the diseases that humans suffer from happen when these instructions go wrong or are not obeyed. When the cell refuses to die but carries on growing instead, this leads to cancer. Heart attacks and diseases like AIDS cause more cell deaths than normal, increasing the damage they do to the body. Sir John was the first scientist to prove the existence of programmed cell death.

【1】Sir John Sulston got a Nobel Prize for Medicine because he has .

A．found that human beings are similar to the worm

B．got the fact we share 40 per cent of our genetic structure with the simple worm

C．found the computer which controls each of the cells in the human body

D．proved that cell death is programmed

【2】People might be seriously ill if the cells in their body .

A．grow without being instructed

B．die regularly

C．fail to follow people’s instructions

D．develop in the human body

【3】The underlined word “they” (paragraph 5) refers to .

A．cell deaths B．diseases C．instructions D．cells

【4】What is the subject discussed in the text?

A．The theory of programmed cell deaths.

B．A great scientist—Sir John Sulston.

C．The programmed human life.

D．Dangerous diseases.