【题目】One advantage of the Internet is shopping conveniently online for clothes; one disadvantage of the Internet is also shopping conveniently online for clothes.

“Nothing fits,” said Lam Yuk Wong, a senior in electrical and computer engineering at Rice University. “Everyone says this. They order clothes and they don’t fit. People get very unhappy.”

Wong and her design partner, Xuaner “Cecilia” Zhang, are Team White Mirror, creators of what they call a “virtual (虚拟)fitting room”. Their goal is simple and consumer-friendly: to let online clothing shoppers have a perfect fit and a perfect look when shopping every time. Both women are from China, Wong from Hong Ko ng and Zhang from Beijing. They both order most of their clothing online. They got the idea from their own experience as consumers and from listening to the complaints of friends and relatives. “They say, ‘The color is wrong’ or ‘I got the right size but it still does not fit.’ We want to make it like you’re in the store trying on the clothes,” Zhang said.

Using a Kinect developed by Microsoft for use with its Xbox 360 video game player, Zhang scans Wong and turns her image into, in effect, a virtual model, keeping Wong’s dimensions (尺寸), and even her skin and hair color. “We put the clothes on the shopper’s 3-D body models and show how they look when they are dressed,” Wong said. So far, Wong and Zhang have adapted the software to show dresses and shirts, and they are now working on shorts.

Asked if she thought men as well as women might be interested in using their virtual fitting room, Wong said, “I think their wives will care about this, so it will also be important to men.”

【1】Why is shopping conveniently online for clothes a disadvantage?

A. Students may easily get addicted to it.

B. Clothes bought online may not fit.

C. It attracts more online clothing shoppers.

D. It causes shoppers to waste too much money.

【2】Wong and Zhang got the idea to design a virtual fitting room from ____.

A. their shopping experiences B. a program at their university

C. some shop-owners’ complaints D. the Xbox 360 video game player

【3】Which of the following shows the process of using the virtual fitting room?

A. scanning -- trying on clothes -- getting images

B. trying on clothes -- getting models -- scanning

C. scanning -- getting models --trying on clothes

D. trying on clothes -- getting images -- scanning

【4】What did Wong think of her virtual fitting room?

A. It is perfectly developed. B. It will have its market share.

C. It is limited to women shoppers. D. It is like a kind of video game player.

【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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅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（^）,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：在错误的词下划一横线，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（从第十一处起）不计分。

Christmas is the festival for family members to get together. People live far away try to get back home.

The roads and railways are filled people travelling long distances in order to spend Christmas at home.

Children count the weeks, then the days to Christmas. They’re wondering that what presents they are going to get. They keep trying to find something out from their mothers, but the only thing mothers will tell them is stories about Father Christmas, who sends gifts to good children secret.

Christmas Eve come at last. When the children go to bed, they hang up their stockings and in Christmas

morning they wake to find them full of present. Of course, it’s really our parents who fill the stockings, so even the older children often pretend not to know this.

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Many years ago, Manhattan Island,【1】is a part of the great city of New York,【2】(cover) with forest. Along its shores were small Indian villages. In fact, Indians were the only people on the island until 1609. In the spring of that year, Henry Hudson, a famous sea captain, arrived there. He was trying to find a short way to the Far East for Dutch traders. His ship was very small. It was only about the size of one of the【3】(lifeboat) you see on modern ocean liners today. Of course, Henry Hudson did not find a【4】short) way to the Far East. Instead he reached the shores of North America. He came to the mouth of the large waterway now【5】call) the Hudson River.

As he came near to the shore, he saw【6】Indian village. The Indians seemed【7】friend). They even came out to meet the ship and offered【8】furs to the Dutch sailor in exchange for glass beads and【9】small things. When Henry Hudson returned to Holland, he showed everyone the fine furs. He told of the rich soil, and the streams filled with fish. Later Dutch traders began to send many ships【10】the rich new world across the sea.

【题目】本文中共有10处语言错误,每句最多有两处.错误涉及一个单词的增加,删除和修改.增加:把缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该词.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.每处错误极其修改均限一词.2.只允许修改10处,多者从第11处不记分.

Mr. Smith had a 8-year-old son named Tony, who enjoyed listening to music very much. So he bought a piano to Tony, hoping that he can become a famous pianist one day. The little boy put her heart into practising the piano day after day and seemed enjoy every minute of it. However, half a year later, he told his father that he was tiring of practising the piano. Heard this, Mr. Smith said, “Tony, it is one thing to be fond of listen to music, but it is another thing to perform skillful by yourself. You can never play the piano well even if you don’t practise more.”

【题目】When milk arrived on the doorstep

When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His name was Mr.Basille. He wore a white cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy, I couldn’t take my eyes off the coin changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his coin changer.

Of course, he delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs and so on. If we needed to change our order, my mother would pen a note-“Please add a bottle of buttermilk next delivery”—and place it in the box along with the empty bottles. And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.

All of this was about more than convenience. There existed a close relationship between families and their milkmen. Mr. Basille even had a key to our house, for those times when it was so cold outside that we put the box indoors, so that the milk wouldn’t freeze. And I remember Mr. Basille from time to time taking a break at our kitchen table, having a cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.

There is sadly no home milk delivery today. Big companies allowed the production of cheaper milk thus making it difficult for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale everywhere, and it may just not have been practiced to have a delivery service.

Recently, an old milk box in the countryside I saw brought back my childhood memories. I took it home and planted it on the back porch. Every so often my son’s friends will ask what it is. So I start telling stories of my boyhood, and of the milkman who brought us friendship along with his milk.

【1】Mr.Basille gave the boy a quarter out of his coin changer ________.

A.to show his magical power

B.to pay for the delivery

C.to please his mother

D.to satisfy his curiosity

【2】What can be inferred from the fact that the milkman had the key to the boy’s house?

A.He wanted to have tea there.

B.He was fully trusted by the family.

C.He was treated as a family member.

D.He was a respectable person.

【3】Why does home milk delivery no longer exist?

A.It has been driven out of the market.

B.Nobody wants to be a milkman now.

C.Its service is getting poor.

D.It is forbidden by law.

【4】Why did the author bring back home an old milk box?

A.He planted flowers in it.

B.He wanted to tell interesting stories.

C.He needed it for his milk bottles.

D.He missed the good old days.

【题目】Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. “Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake, through diet or a vitamin supplement. ” Dr.Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.

Garland’s research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004.

“There’s nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,” he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D. Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units(IU) a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day, Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.

The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.

African Americans, who don’t produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake, the authors said.

【1】According to the passage, people are advised to take more Vitamin D because ________.

A. it is nutritious

B. it can’t harm people’s health

C. it can lower cancer risk

D. it is not taken enough every day

【2】Who can Garland probably be?

A. A health researcher.

B. A doctor.

C. A scientist.

D. A public health official.

【3】Which of the following food can lower people’s chance of getting cancer?

A. Milk.

B. Fortified orange juice.

C. Fortified yogurt.

D. All of the above.

【4】People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage?

A. Asian people.B. African people.

C. American people.D. European people.

【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。

Helsinki, capital of Finland, is offering young people the chance to rent【1】cheap apartment in an old people's home, if they agree【2】(spend) time socializing with the elderly residents.

The city council（议会）is seeking【3】(apply) from renters under the age of 25 who would like to spend between three【4】five hours each week with their older neighbors.【5】exchange, they'll get a studio flat【6】(measure) 23 square meters with a private kitchen, bathroom and balcony for 250 euro per month. Those【7】apply don't need any specific care experience. There are staff to look after the elderly.

More than 60 people have applied for the spaces in less than a week, and the idea has also Been【8】(warm) welcomed by Finns on social media. "Great project! Hopefully it will spread to other areas, "【9】(write) one person on Facebook, while another supports the scheme for bringing【10】(difference) generations together.

【题目】假如你是李华，最近你在浏览一个新西兰中学网站时，看到一位名叫Tom的中学生的留言，他计划在暑假期间到中国的牡丹江旅游，希望能有一名中国学生作他的导游。你对此很感兴趣，请根据以下要点提示写一封E-mail给他。

主要内容包括：

1．希望作他的导游；

2．打算如何给他作导游:

（1）带他参观名胜古迹及著名景点

(2) 给他讲牡丹江的悠久历史。

(3）享受当地美食。

3．期盼他的回复。

注意：1. 词数100左右。

2. 可适当增加情节，使行文连贯。

3. 信的开头已为你写好。

Dear Tom,

Recently, while visiting a senior high school website of New Zealand, I saw the message you posted on it_______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Best wishes!

【题目】The Descendants of the Sun(太阳的后裔) that really __【1】__(earn) the praise(reputation)of K－drama fans. It made its debut(首映) on February 24, 2016 with an average of 13 percent in the Seoul National Capital Area. The next night, ratings__【2】__(go) up an average of two percent. __ 【3】__(apparent), those two episodes set up Descendants of the Sun as it dominated the competition with its third episode. __ 【4】__nationwide and Seoul National Capital Area for both TNmS Ratings and AGB Nielson, the K－drama earned over 20 percent viewership ratings(收视率)．

For those _【5】__ do not know what Descendants of the Sun is about, it is a drama about the love of people who get _【6】__ as they learn to be considerate of each other in desperate times. It is also about the sacrifices made by people who throw themselves __【7】__ natural disasters. Captain Yoo Shi Jin(柳大尉) (Song Joong Ki宋仲基) is the team leader of the Special Warfare Command of the United Nations Peacekeeping Troops. By request of the UN, he is _【8】__(station) in the war-torn country of Uruk(乌鲁克)．__【9】__he meets Kang Mo Yeon(姜暮烟) (Song Hye Kyo宋慧乔), a volunteer doctor with Doctors Without Borders.__ 【10】__they work alongside each other, they clash and fall in love.

【题目】第二节：阅读下面的句子，根据首字母或中文提示在空白处填入适当的单词，使句子结构正确完整，语意通顺。

【1】 Mohandas Gandhi gave up a rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a p____________ way.

【2】Neil Armstrong said, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for __________.”

【3】Nelson Mandela once said, “... we were put into a p____________ in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight against the government. ”

【4】The design of the Amber Room was in the f________ style popular in those days.

【5】The Amber Room was also a treasure d____________ with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.

【6】 In ___________, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers.

【7】 By studying the old photos of the ___________Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one.

【8】A fact is a____________ that can be proved.

【9】 In a ____________, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe.

【10】Suddenly Jan Hasek saw some German soldiers by the ________ of the moon and they were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting them in the mine.